Transaction in Own Shares

FirstGroup plc

Transaction in own shares

FirstGroup plc ("FirstGroup") announces that, in accordance with the terms of its share buyback programme (the "Programme") announced on 8 June 2023, it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”) through Liberum Capital Limited.

Date of Purchase	20 December 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	378,559
Weighted average price paid (p)	171.16
Highest price paid (p)	173.50
Lowest price paid (p)	169.10

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 96,140,552 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 654,554,463 FirstGroup initially intends to hold the purchased shares as treasury shares but may cancel them in the due course.

The total number of voting rights in FirstGroup, excluding treasury shares as at 20 December 2023 is 654,554,463. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, FirstGroup under the FCA’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Contacts at FirstGroup: Marianna Bowes, Head of Investor Relations David Blizzard, Company Secretary [e-mail] Tel: [phone]	Contacts at Brunswick PR: Andrew Porter / Simone Selzer Tel: [phone]
Contacts at Liberum Capital Limited: Nicholas How / John Fishley Tel: [phone]	Contacts at RBC Europe Limited: James Agnew / Jack Wood Tel: [phone]

Transaction details

Issuer name: FirstGroup PLC

LEI: 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93

ISIN: GB0003452173

Classification: 2.4. Acquisition or disposal of the issuer's own shares

Intermediary name: Liberum Capital Limited

Intermediary Code: RINFGB21XXX

Timezone: GMT

Currency: GBp

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), a breakdown of the individual trades made by RBC Europe Limited on behalf of FirstGroup as part of the Programme is detailed below:

Aggregate information: 

Venue	Weighted average price (pence per share)	Aggregated volume
XLON	171.11	252,239
BATE	171.41	66,889
CHIX	171.07	42,899
TRQX	171.04	16,532

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:00:04	828	169.50	XLON
08:00:04	447	169.50	XLON
08:00:05	6	169.50	XLON
08:00:05	1,039	169.50	XLON
08:00:05	383	169.50	XLON
08:00:05	211	169.80	CHIX
08:00:05	937	169.80	CHIX
08:00:05	547	169.80	BATE
08:00:05	478	170.70	BATE
08:00:05	1,279	169.80	TRQX
08:02:30	1,227	170.80	XLON
08:02:35	800	170.40	XLON
08:02:35	653	170.40	XLON
08:03:07	1,289	169.60	XLON
08:05:05	1,177	170.50	CHIX
08:05:07	1,381	169.80	XLON
08:06:07	1,323	169.60	XLON
08:07:07	664	169.60	XLON
08:07:07	800	169.60	XLON
08:08:11	1,298	169.30	XLON
08:09:35	765	170.20	XLON
08:09:35	800	170.20	XLON
08:10:35	418	170.20	XLON
08:10:35	800	170.20	XLON
08:11:35	1,475	170.00	XLON
08:13:35	753	170.20	XLON
08:13:35	729	170.20	XLON
08:15:35	400	169.80	XLON
08:15:35	400	169.80	XLON
08:15:35	429	169.80	XLON
08:17:35	1,453	169.80	XLON
08:19:29	1,248	169.60	CHIX
08:22:55	1,345	170.00	XLON
08:22:55	1258	170.00	XLON
08:23:55	1,461	170.00	XLON
08:26:55	1,246	170.20	XLON
08:28:55	1,448	170.40	XLON
08:29:58	1092	170.10	CHIX
08:29:58	1,215	169.80	XLON
08:34:58	1359	170.40	XLON
08:34:58	497	170.40	XLON
08:36:58	906	170.20	XLON
08:36:58	392	170.20	XLON
08:38:58	1,485	170.40	XLON
08:38:58	1,191	170.30	TRQX
08:41:58	1284	170.20	XLON
08:44:58	1,334	170.00	XLON
08:54:42	1,494	170.00	XLON
08:54:42	526	170.00	XLON
08:54:42	858	170.00	XLON
08:54:42	1,407	170.00	XLON
08:57:38	1,447	169.80	XLON
08:57:39	1465	169.70	XLON
09:01:39	721	169.70	XLON
09:01:39	743	169.70	XLON
09:01:39	1,246	169.60	CHIX
09:04:44	1,319	169.50	XLON
09:09:06	1473	169.50	XLON
09:09:10	1,318	169.10	XLON
09:16:58	1773	169.30	XLON
09:16:58	332	169.30	XLON
09:16:58	1,423	169.50	BATE
09:16:58	348	169.90	BATE
09:16:58	1,070	169.90	BATE
09:16:58	1,132	169.80	CHIX
09:16:58	566	169.30	CHIX
09:17:01	1,138	169.20	TRQX
09:18:06	150	169.70	BATE
09:18:06	509	169.70	BATE
09:18:06	552	169.80	BATE
09:18:06	419	170.10	BATE
09:18:06	364	170.10	BATE
09:18:06	859	170.10	BATE
09:19:58	659	169.50	XLON
09:21:02	269	169.50	XLON
09:21:02	400	169.50	XLON
09:25:16	353	169.80	XLON
09:25:16	283	169.80	XLON
09:25:16	800	169.80	XLON
09:28:30	1,053	169.80	XLON
09:28:30	298	169.80	XLON
09:28:30	417	169.80	XLON
09:30:30	530	169.80	XLON
09:30:30	194	169.80	XLON
09:30:30	505	169.80	XLON
09:34:16	1,388	169.70	XLON
09:39:16	600	169.50	XLON
09:39:16	400	169.50	XLON
09:39:16	400	169.50	XLON
09:39:44	1,198	169.70	BATE
09:39:44	1,138	169.90	BATE
09:43:44	1,390	169.80	XLON
09:43:44	45	169.80	XLON
09:49:07	139	169.70	XLON
09:49:07	1302	169.70	XLON
09:51:05	1,146	170.30	CHIX
09:51:05	121	170.30	CHIX
09:51:05	1064	170.30	CHIX
10:04:40	167	170.20	XLON
10:04:40	1,600	170.20	XLON
10:04:40	1,481	170.20	XLON
10:04:40	1,359	170.20	XLON
10:04:40	414	170.20	XLON
10:05:01	1,043	170.20	CHIX
10:06:05	642	170.30	TRQX
10:06:05	400	170.30	TRQX
10:06:40	465	170.40	XLON
10:06:40	800	170.40	XLON
10:09:27	400	170.40	XLON
10:09:27	400	170.40	XLON
10:09:27	138	170.40	XLON
10:09:27	346	170.40	XLON
10:13:27	655	170.60	XLON
10:13:27	400	170.60	XLON
10:13:27	225	170.60	XLON
10:17:27	365	170.60	XLON
10:17:27	450	170.60	XLON
10:17:27	450	170.60	XLON
10:19:05	297	170.70	CHIX
10:19:05	800	170.70	CHIX
10:22:21	1,211	171.30	BATE
10:22:21	1,233	171.30	BATE
10:22:21	260	171.40	XLON
10:22:21	1,200	171.40	XLON
10:30:11	194	171.00	XLON
10:30:11	1,224	171.00	XLON
10:30:11	783	171.00	XLON
10:30:11	675	171.00	XLON
10:31:58	977	170.90	BATE
10:31:58	346	170.90	XLON
10:31:58	1,103	170.90	XLON
10:31:58	67	170.90	BATE
10:36:54	419	170.90	XLON
10:36:54	1,006	170.90	XLON
10:36:54	1,042	170.90	CHIX
10:41:54	706	170.70	XLON
10:41:54	794	170.70	XLON
10:47:09	1447	170.40	XLON
10:50:25	1,240	170.70	BATE
10:50:25	1,704	170.70	BATE
10:50:25	1303	170.70	XLON
10:54:54	913	170.50	CHIX
10:54:54	321	170.50	CHIX
10:55:00	991	170.40	XLON
10:55:00	441	170.40	XLON
10:55:21	1094	170.60	TRQX
10:58:00	1281	170.00	XLON
11:01:02	507	170.30	BATE
11:01:02	776	170.40	BATE
11:02:55	1,286	170.70	XLON
11:14:57	1,231	170.40	XLON
11:14:57	1,357	170.40	XLON
11:14:57	696	170.40	XLON
11:14:57	800	170.40	XLON
11:14:57	2	170.40	XLON
11:17:57	969	170.20	XLON
11:17:57	242	170.20	XLON
11:19:54	330	170.20	CHIX
11:19:54	400	170.20	CHIX
11:19:54	400	170.20	CHIX
11:21:57	502	170.20	XLON
11:21:57	800	170.20	XLON
11:26:33	1,273	170.00	XLON
11:33:33	1,107	170.10	BATE
11:33:33	618	170.10	BATE
11:33:33	803	170.00	XLON
11:33:33	883	170.00	XLON
11:37:33	1,387	170.00	XLON
11:41:33	1097	170.00	CHIX
11:42:33	1352	170.00	XLON
11:47:33	1,355	170.00	XLON
11:52:33	24	170.00	XLON
11:52:33	1,476	170.00	XLON
11:52:33	1072	170.00	TRQX
12:03:33	618	170.00	CHIX
12:03:33	591	170.10	BATE
12:03:33	800	170.10	BATE
12:03:33	800	170.00	XLON
12:03:33	1,579	170.00	XLON
12:03:33	421	170.00	CHIX
12:03:33	888	170.00	XLON
12:08:16	1,274	169.80	XLON
12:08:33	1,194	170.10	BATE
12:08:33	1,482	170.10	BATE
12:30:20	800	170.00	XLON
12:30:20	166	170.00	XLON
12:30:20	800	170.00	XLON
12:30:20	1,132	170.00	CHIX
12:30:20	441	170.00	XLON
12:30:20	82	170.00	XLON
12:30:20	156	170.00	XLON
12:30:20	1114	170.00	XLON
12:30:20	800	170.00	XLON
12:30:28	1,153	170.10	BATE
12:31:30	14	170.10	XLON
12:31:30	400	170.10	XLON
12:31:30	711	170.10	XLON
12:31:30	800	170.10	XLON
12:31:30	173	170.10	XLON
12:31:30	208	170.10	XLON
12:31:30	486	170.10	XLON
12:34:30	1,422	169.90	XLON
12:36:24	2	169.90	XLON
12:44:35	400	170.20	XLON
12:44:35	400	170.20	XLON
12:44:35	1,200	170.20	XLON
12:44:35	1,252	170.30	TRQX
12:46:35	219	170.40	XLON
12:46:35	444	170.40	XLON
12:46:35	800	170.40	XLON
12:48:24	400	170.30	CHIX
12:48:24	42	170.30	CHIX
12:48:26	400	170.30	CHIX
12:48:27	208	170.30	CHIX
12:50:41	53	170.30	XLON
12:51:53	21	170.30	XLON
12:51:53	291	170.30	XLON
12:51:53	974	170.30	XLON
12:53:21	720	170.50	BATE
12:53:21	400	170.50	BATE
12:53:21	506	170.60	BATE
12:53:21	586	170.70	BATE
12:55:13	6	170.40	XLON
12:55:16	1235	170.70	XLON
13:05:16	930	171.10	XLON
13:05:16	2,000	171.10	XLON
13:07:25	1,089	171.10	CHIX
13:11:17	364	171.10	XLON
13:11:17	718	171.20	XLON
13:11:17	1,200	171.20	XLON
13:13:17	261	171.10	XLON
13:13:17	213	171.10	XLON
13:13:17	139	171.10	XLON
13:13:17	800	171.10	XLON
13:19:16	1,906	171.20	XLON
13:25:43	285	171.40	CHIX
13:25:43	800	171.40	CHIX
13:25:43	606	171.40	XLON
13:25:43	800	171.40	XLON
13:25:43	1,071	171.40	XLON
13:29:09	959	171.40	XLON
13:29:09	88	171.40	XLON
13:29:09	105	171.40	XLON
13:29:09	247	171.40	XLON
13:29:09	76	171.40	XLON
13:30:48	90	171.40	XLON
13:30:48	108	171.40	XLON
13:30:48	253	171.40	XLON
13:34:40	305	171.50	XLON
13:34:40	589	171.50	XLON
13:34:40	131	171.50	XLON
13:34:40	109	171.50	XLON
13:34:40	1,576	171.60	XLON
13:35:35	1,150	171.50	TRQX
13:44:15	34	171.50	CHIX
13:44:15	32	171.50	CHIX
13:44:15	33	171.50	CHIX
13:44:15	33	171.50	CHIX
13:44:15	1,145	171.50	CHIX
13:53:42	1,607	171.60	XLON
13:53:42	1,600	171.60	XLON
13:53:42	2,563	171.60	XLON
13:53:55	2,219	172.00	XLON
13:56:04	1,200	172.40	XLON
13:56:04	47	172.40	XLON
13:57:46	278	172.20	CHIX
13:57:46	768	172.20	CHIX
13:57:46	1,325	172.20	XLON
13:57:46	1,513	172.30	BATE
13:57:46	1,513	172.40	BATE
14:01:46	430	172.40	XLON
14:01:46	912	172.40	XLON
14:03:46	1,422	172.20	XLON
14:05:46	1,288	172.20	XLON
14:06:46	947	172.10	XLON
14:08:58	400	172.60	CHIX
14:08:59	604	172.60	CHIX
14:08:59	135	172.60	CHIX
14:13:15	1,206	172.60	TRQX
14:16:21	1,457	172.40	XLON
14:16:21	1,438	172.40	XLON
14:16:21	1,379	172.40	XLON
14:18:21	1,449	172.40	XLON
14:22:25	800	171.80	XLON
14:22:25	346	171.80	XLON
14:22:25	294	171.80	XLON
14:22:25	187	171.90	BATE
14:22:25	449	171.90	BATE
14:22:25	345	171.90	BATE
14:22:26	122	171.90	BATE
14:22:26	713	171.90	BATE
14:22:41	1,230	172.70	BATE
14:22:41	6	172.70	BATE
14:22:41	574	171.60	CHIX
14:22:42	408	171.60	CHIX
14:25:41	1317	171.90	XLON
14:26:41	1311	171.80	XLON
14:26:42	200	171.60	CHIX
14:26:42	1,200	171.70	BATE
14:26:42	392	171.70	BATE
14:26:42	1,200	171.70	BATE
14:30:42	1,445	171.50	XLON
14:30:42	321	171.10	XLON
14:32:42	400	171.30	CHIX
14:32:42	785	171.30	CHIX
14:32:45	249	171.20	XLON
14:32:45	1,177	171.20	XLON
14:35:22	1,247	171.20	XLON
14:35:22	1,196	171.10	TRQX
14:35:22	42	170.80	XLON
14:37:22	371	170.80	XLON
14:37:49	721	170.80	XLON
14:38:45	800	171.10	CHIX
14:38:45	247	171.10	CHIX
14:41:45	833	170.80	XLON
14:41:45	380	170.80	XLON
14:42:45	1,133	170.90	CHIX
14:44:46	757	171.30	BATE
14:44:46	918	171.40	BATE
14:44:46	1,224	171.40	BATE
14:44:47	1,815	171.20	XLON
14:49:45	310	171.30	CHIX
14:49:45	310	171.30	CHIX
14:49:45	310	171.30	CHIX
14:49:45	165	171.30	CHIX
14:50:22	66	171.20	XLON
14:50:22	253	171.20	XLON
14:50:22	933	171.20	XLON
14:50:22	718	171.20	XLON
14:50:22	677	171.20	XLON
14:50:22	1,427	171.20	XLON
14:50:22	1,201	171.20	XLON
14:50:22	90	171.20	XLON
14:53:03	51	171.20	XLON
14:53:03	400	171.20	XLON
14:53:03	829	171.20	XLON
14:53:22	400	171.30	TRQX
14:53:22	400	171.30	TRQX
14:53:42	45	171.30	TRQX
14:53:49	325	171.30	TRQX
14:55:22	8	171.20	XLON
14:57:22	810	171.30	CHIX
14:57:22	418	171.30	CHIX
15:00:07	800	171.50	XLON
15:00:07	400	171.50	XLON
15:00:07	800	171.50	XLON
15:00:07	1,274	171.50	XLON
15:00:07	400	171.50	XLON
15:00:07	366	171.50	XLON
15:01:07	808	171.40	BATE
15:01:07	393	171.40	BATE
15:06:26	400	171.70	CHIX
15:06:26	735	171.70	CHIX
15:09:01	754	171.90	BATE
15:09:01	815	171.90	BATE
15:09:01	888	171.90	BATE
15:09:01	2,143	171.80	XLON
15:09:01	2,487	171.80	XLON
15:09:01	420	171.80	XLON
15:09:01	150	171.90	BATE
15:09:01	1530	171.90	BATE
15:09:01	800	171.90	BATE
15:10:01	1253	171.80	XLON
15:10:01	35	171.80	XLON
15:11:01	318	171.80	XLON
15:11:01	483	171.80	XLON
15:11:01	612	171.80	XLON
15:11:39	52	171.90	BATE
15:11:52	129	172.00	BATE
15:11:52	309	172.00	BATE
15:11:52	309	172.00	BATE
15:11:52	309	172.00	BATE
15:11:52	309	172.00	BATE
15:11:52	309	172.00	BATE
15:11:52	309	172.00	BATE
15:11:52	309	172.00	BATE
15:11:52	309	172.00	BATE
15:11:52	309	172.00	BATE
15:11:52	309	172.00	BATE
15:11:52	309	172.00	BATE
15:11:52	309	172.00	BATE
15:11:52	309	172.00	BATE
15:11:52	257	172.00	BATE
15:13:57	309	172.00	BATE
15:13:57	4,506	172.00	BATE
15:13:57	609	172.00	CHIX
15:13:57	609	172.00	CHIX
15:13:57	33	172.00	CHIX
15:13:57	272	172.00	XLON
15:13:57	996	172.00	XLON
15:13:57	3	172.00	XLON
15:14:46	754	171.90	BATE
15:14:46	487	171.90	BATE
15:14:46	267	171.90	BATE
15:14:46	999	172.00	BATE
15:16:57	1,243	172.00	XLON
15:17:05	1,204	171.90	BATE
15:17:05	1190	171.90	BATE
15:17:55	1,061	172.30	TRQX
15:24:58	4,000	172.40	XLON
15:24:58	800	172.40	XLON
15:24:58	62	172.40	XLON
15:24:58	62	172.40	XLON
15:24:58	784	172.40	XLON
15:25:05	400	172.40	CHIX
15:25:05	400	172.40	CHIX
15:25:05	279	172.40	CHIX
15:25:58	400	172.40	XLON
15:25:58	805	172.40	XLON
15:27:58	800	172.40	XLON
15:27:58	169	172.40	XLON
15:27:58	400	172.40	XLON
15:33:17	400	172.60	XLON
15:33:17	3,071	172.60	XLON
15:34:17	1,288	172.60	XLON
15:34:17	1,145	172.40	CHIX
15:35:14	1,313	172.20	XLON
15:38:14	1,200	172.40	XLON
15:38:14	400	172.40	XLON
15:38:14	180	172.40	XLON
15:40:55	1,204	172.40	TRQX
15:40:55	23	172.40	TRQX
15:42:14	1436	172.20	XLON
15:42:14	1,364	172.20	XLON
15:43:14	1,409	172.20	XLON
15:43:14	1,248	172.20	CHIX
15:45:14	1438	172.20	XLON
15:50:44	800	172.20	XLON
15:50:53	78	172.30	XLON
15:51:35	206	172.30	XLON
15:51:35	1,107	172.30	XLON
15:52:01	2	172.30	XLON
15:53:25	2	172.30	XLON
15:53:40	2	172.30	XLON
15:55:14	249	172.30	XLON
16:03:03	380	172.30	TRQX
16:03:03	270	172.30	TRQX
16:03:03	344	172.30	XLON
16:03:03	400	172.30	XLON
16:03:03	800	172.40	CHIX
16:03:03	953	172.40	CHIX
16:03:06	666	172.30	XLON
16:03:06	327	172.30	XLON
16:03:06	1,487	172.30	XLON
16:03:06	1,465	172.30	XLON
16:03:06	1360	172.30	XLON
16:03:06	1,294	172.30	XLON
16:03:06	1396	172.30	XLON
16:03:06	1,203	172.30	XLON
16:04:06	868	172.30	XLON
16:04:06	492	172.30	XLON
16:04:15	1124	172.20	BATE
16:04:15	232	172.20	BATE
16:04:15	605	172.20	BATE
16:04:15	364	172.20	BATE
16:07:16	743	172.20	CHIX
16:10:41	428	172.40	XLON
16:10:41	183	172.40	XLON
16:10:41	400	172.40	XLON
16:10:41	2721	172.40	XLON
16:10:42	314	172.40	XLON
16:12:05	777	172.60	XLON
16:12:05	678	172.60	XLON
16:14:03	804	172.60	TRQX
16:14:06	1,048	172.60	XLON
16:14:06	1,233	172.60	XLON
16:14:06	750	172.70	BATE
16:14:06	510	172.70	BATE
16:14:06	947	172.60	CHIX
16:14:19	115	172.60	CHIX
16:14:19	155	172.60	CHIX
16:16:06	748	173.10	BATE
16:16:06	313	173.20	BATE
16:16:06	1,600	173.10	XLON
16:16:06	61	173.10	XLON
16:16:06	30	173.10	XLON
16:18:00	400	173.10	XLON
16:18:00	400	173.10	XLON
16:18:00	674	173.10	XLON
16:22:19	825	173.00	CHIX
16:22:19	193	173.00	CHIX
16:24:00	436	172.90	BATE
16:24:00	96	172.90	BATE
16:24:00	1097	172.90	BATE
16:24:24	10	172.90	XLON
16:24:24	938	172.90	XLON
16:24:24	600	172.90	XLON
16:25:06	917	172.90	XLON
16:25:35	620	172.90	XLON
16:26:30	82	172.90	XLON
16:27:26	2,209	173.40	BATE
16:27:26	400	173.20	BATE
16:27:26	969	173.20	XLON
16:27:26	1,442	173.20	XLON
16:27:26	1,032	173.20	XLON
16:27:26	923	173.20	XLON
16:27:26	3,547	173.50	XLON
16:28:11	400	173.20	XLON
16:28:11	400	173.20	XLON
16:28:11	400	173.20	XLON
16:28:11	269	173.20	XLON
16:28:56	400	173.20	XLON
16:28:56	284	173.20	XLON

 

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