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	28 December 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	329,018
Weighted average price paid (p)	172.91
Highest price paid (p)	174.30
Lowest price paid (p)	171.70

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 97,219,129 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 653,475,886 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 28 December 2023 is 653,475,886. 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	172.85	245,326
BATE	173.39	29,273
CHIX	172.77	40,936
TRQX	173.46	13,483

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:00:27	1192	172.80	TRQX
08:00:27	1216	172.80	CHIX
08:00:27	1,146	172.80	BATE
08:02:27	1,135	172.60	BATE
08:03:26	183	172.90	XLON
08:03:26	1,309	172.90	XLON
08:03:26	4,239	172.70	XLON
08:03:26	1,275	172.50	CHIX
08:03:27	1181	172.40	BATE
08:03:27	66	172.40	BATE
08:04:26	1,344	172.50	XLON
08:08:27	1,210	172.20	BATE
08:19:49	1168	172.20	CHIX
08:32:49	1,268	172.50	CHIX
08:32:49	1,229	172.40	TRQX
08:48:20	1,126	172.50	CHIX
09:03:40	1,089	172.50	CHIX
09:05:00	1,386	172.10	XLON
09:22:30	400	172.20	CHIX
09:22:30	749	172.20	CHIX
09:40:20	246	172.00	CHIX
09:40:20	893	172.00	CHIX
09:47:49	66	172.00	CHIX
09:48:03	1,979	171.80	XLON
09:59:52	334	172.00	CHIX
09:59:52	400	172.00	CHIX
09:59:52	333	172.00	CHIX
10:01:03	70	172.10	XLON
10:01:03	261	172.10	XLON
10:01:03	277	172.10	XLON
10:01:03	650	172.10	XLON
10:28:30	400	172.00	CHIX
10:28:30	400	172.00	CHIX
10:28:30	350	172.00	CHIX
10:28:49	693	172.00	TRQX
10:28:49	387	172.00	TRQX
10:40:31	1,099	172.00	CHIX
10:54:35	1346	171.90	XLON
11:01:54	1,080	171.80	CHIX
11:10:29	4801	171.90	XLON
11:10:29	2000	171.90	XLON
11:10:29	603	171.90	XLON
11:22:29	1,254	171.70	CHIX
11:27:51	89	171.90	BATE
11:27:51	217	171.90	BATE
11:27:53	146	172.40	BATE
11:27:53	1,135	172.40	BATE
11:27:53	56	172.20	BATE
11:28:29	1,237	172.10	XLON
11:36:52	1741	172.10	XLON
11:37:01	2,301	172.10	XLON
11:49:01	1,208	171.90	CHIX
11:49:05	324	172.10	XLON
11:49:05	888	172.10	XLON
11:49:05	101	172.10	XLON
11:49:47	400	172.10	XLON
11:49:47	152	172.10	XLON
11:49:47	800	172.10	XLON
11:49:47	715	172.10	XLON
11:49:47	1002	172.10	XLON
11:49:47	400	172.10	XLON
11:55:28	842	172.10	XLON
11:55:28	400	172.10	XLON
11:55:28	384	172.10	XLON
11:55:28	400	172.10	XLON
11:55:28	400	172.10	XLON
11:55:28	400	172.10	XLON
11:55:28	803	172.10	XLON
11:55:29	1770	172.10	XLON
11:55:29	400	172.10	XLON
11:55:29	199	172.10	XLON
11:55:29	1,346	172.10	XLON
11:55:29	733	172.10	XLON
11:55:29	1,267	172.10	XLON
11:55:29	579	172.10	XLON
11:55:29	479	172.10	XLON
11:55:29	48	171.90	CHIX
12:00:37	5,914	172.50	XLON
12:00:37	18,017	172.50	XLON
12:01:15	6,097	172.50	XLON
12:01:15	15,706	172.50	XLON
12:01:15	1,548	172.40	XLON
12:02:02	1,147	173.20	BATE
12:02:02	486	173.00	BATE
12:02:02	770	173.00	BATE
12:02:02	500	172.90	XLON
12:02:06	5741	172.90	XLON
12:02:06	5,119	172.90	XLON
12:02:06	2835	172.90	XLON
12:02:06	4,400	172.90	XLON
12:02:06	3,093	172.90	XLON
12:02:11	800	172.90	XLON
12:02:11	120	172.90	XLON
12:02:11	561	172.90	XLON
12:02:11	1439	172.80	XLON
12:04:11	800	172.80	XLON
12:04:11	515	172.80	XLON
12:15:56	1125	172.70	CHIX
12:24:20	552	172.50	XLON
12:24:20	400	172.50	XLON
12:24:20	341	172.50	XLON
12:24:20	59	172.50	XLON
12:24:20	1,289	172.50	XLON
12:26:24	1,442	172.90	XLON
12:32:24	800	172.90	XLON
12:32:24	544	172.90	XLON
12:37:24	800	172.90	XLON
12:37:24	362	172.90	XLON
12:37:24	249	172.90	XLON
12:41:20	400	173.00	CHIX
12:41:20	739	173.00	CHIX
12:41:59	1,257	172.90	XLON
12:45:02	312	172.60	XLON
12:45:02	893	172.60	XLON
12:48:07	1,200	173.10	XLON
12:48:07	81	173.10	XLON
12:53:07	675	173.10	XLON
12:53:07	800	173.10	XLON
12:53:07	19	173.10	XLON
13:02:00	120	173.10	XLON
13:02:00	800	173.10	XLON
13:02:00	285	173.10	XLON
13:02:00	515	173.10	XLON
13:02:00	400	173.10	XLON
13:02:00	522	173.10	XLON
13:02:00	764	173.00	CHIX
13:02:00	387	173.00	CHIX
13:05:54	1255	173.10	XLON
13:10:54	1152	173.10	XLON
13:10:54	342	173.10	XLON
13:14:54	400	173.10	XLON
13:14:54	800	173.10	XLON
13:14:54	232	173.10	XLON
13:17:54	1,494	173.10	XLON
13:20:03	1,371	173.50	XLON
13:20:09	974	173.10	CHIX
13:20:09	174	173.10	CHIX
13:29:55	1200	173.10	XLON
13:29:55	400	173.10	XLON
13:29:55	400	173.10	XLON
13:29:55	400	173.10	XLON
13:29:55	400	173.10	XLON
13:29:55	112	173.10	XLON
13:30:39	618	173.10	XLON
13:30:39	686	173.10	XLON
13:32:39	1376	173.10	XLON
13:35:39	800	173.10	XLON
13:35:39	469	173.10	XLON
13:40:29	1,289	172.90	XLON
13:40:29	1,353	172.90	XLON
13:44:43	658	172.90	XLON
13:45:35	1,114	173.10	CHIX
13:47:49	820	172.90	XLON
13:51:18	629	172.90	XLON
13:51:18	1	172.90	XLON
13:51:18	663	172.90	XLON
13:55:35	418	173.10	XLON
13:55:35	416	173.10	XLON
13:56:44	151	173.10	XLON
13:56:44	326	173.10	XLON
13:59:52	400	173.10	CHIX
13:59:52	856	173.10	CHIX
13:59:52	744	173.10	XLON
13:59:52	400	173.10	XLON
13:59:52	180	173.10	XLON
14:12:46	986	172.90	XLON
14:12:46	278	172.90	XLON
14:12:46	1,437	172.90	XLON
14:12:46	868	172.90	XLON
14:12:46	390	172.90	XLON
14:12:46	1,432	172.90	XLON
14:16:50	514	172.80	CHIX
14:17:05	1,232	172.90	XLON
14:22:23	72	173.10	CHIX
14:22:23	59	173.10	CHIX
14:22:23	294	173.10	CHIX
14:25:53	400	173.10	CHIX
14:25:53	408	173.10	CHIX
14:25:53	1,973	173.00	XLON
14:25:53	1320	173.00	XLON
14:27:53	1,365	173.00	XLON
14:34:05	1,346	173.10	XLON
14:35:15	234	173.80	CHIX
14:35:15	292	173.80	CHIX
14:35:15	753	173.60	CHIX
14:35:15	700	173.60	TRQX
14:35:15	537	173.60	TRQX
14:35:15	1,419	173.50	XLON
14:35:15	1,572	173.40	CHIX
14:35:15	1,227	173.20	XLON
14:35:15	502	173.20	TRQX
14:35:15	743	173.20	TRQX
14:37:15	1434	173.20	XLON
14:42:15	800	173.00	XLON
14:42:15	573	173.00	XLON
14:44:02	400	173.20	BATE
14:44:02	400	173.20	BATE
14:44:02	308	173.20	BATE
14:45:16	1541	173.20	XLON
14:45:16	567	173.20	XLON
14:45:16	1,440	173.20	XLON
14:47:11	1,274	173.20	CHIX
14:50:16	800	173.20	XLON
14:50:16	400	173.20	XLON
14:50:16	66	173.20	XLON
14:54:25	774	173.10	CHIX
14:54:25	412	173.10	CHIX
14:54:30	961	173.00	XLON
14:58:32	1,293	173.00	XLON
14:58:32	332	173.00	XLON
14:58:32	1,312	173.00	XLON
14:59:28	1,196	173.20	BATE
14:59:28	146	173.20	BATE
14:59:28	990	173.20	BATE
14:59:44	1,466	173.20	XLON
15:02:44	94	173.00	CHIX
15:02:44	1,106	173.00	CHIX
15:02:44	1,472	173.00	XLON
15:04:44	800	173.00	XLON
15:04:44	681	173.00	XLON
15:13:11	989	172.80	CHIX
15:16:06	279	172.80	CHIX
15:19:00	632	172.80	XLON
15:19:00	820	172.80	XLON
15:20:30	400	173.10	XLON
15:20:30	800	173.10	XLON
15:20:30	800	173.10	XLON
15:20:30	400	173.10	XLON
15:20:30	400	173.10	XLON
15:20:30	400	173.10	XLON
15:20:30	43	173.10	XLON
15:20:30	84	173.10	XLON
15:20:30	2,969	173.10	XLON
15:21:30	104	173.10	XLON
15:21:30	1,339	173.10	XLON
15:23:12	346	173.20	CHIX
15:23:12	346	173.20	CHIX
15:23:12	474	173.20	CHIX
15:34:56	400	173.20	CHIX
15:34:56	400	173.20	CHIX
15:34:56	294	173.20	CHIX
15:37:02	1,003	173.30	XLON
15:37:02	636	173.30	XLON
15:37:02	272	173.30	XLON
15:37:15	7,868	173.30	XLON
15:37:15	800	173.30	XLON
15:37:15	469	173.30	XLON
15:37:15	111	173.30	XLON
15:41:15	800	173.30	XLON
15:41:15	608	173.30	XLON
15:43:02	1,139	173.30	CHIX
15:52:02	16	173.20	XLON
15:52:02	2,289	173.20	XLON
15:52:02	1,063	173.20	XLON
15:52:02	919	173.10	CHIX
15:52:02	218	173.10	CHIX
15:52:06	272	173.10	XLON
15:52:06	644	173.10	XLON
15:52:16	515	173.10	XLON
15:54:38	430	173.10	BATE
15:56:50	400	173.10	BATE
15:56:50	83	173.10	XLON
15:56:50	617	173.10	XLON
15:57:51	596	173.10	XLON
15:57:51	173	173.10	XLON
15:59:21	216	173.10	XLON
15:59:55	344	173.10	XLON
16:02:28	297	173.10	BATE
16:02:28	394	173.10	CHIX
16:02:28	1,457	173.10	XLON
16:02:28	400	173.10	CHIX
16:02:28	1,360	173.10	XLON
16:02:28	1,497	173.10	XLON
16:02:28	505	173.10	XLON
16:02:28	1,315	173.10	XLON
16:02:29	466	173.10	CHIX
16:04:51	322	173.20	BATE
16:04:52	400	173.40	BATE
16:04:52	800	173.40	BATE
16:04:52	800	173.40	BATE
16:04:52	69	173.40	BATE
16:04:52	56	173.40	BATE
16:04:52	400	173.40	BATE
16:04:52	812	173.40	BATE
16:05:15	776	173.80	TRQX
16:05:15	268	173.80	TRQX
16:05:15	1,452	173.50	XLON
16:05:15	3607	173.50	XLON
16:06:15	800	173.50	XLON
16:06:15	523	173.50	XLON
16:06:15	109	173.50	XLON
16:11:55	503	173.40	CHIX
16:11:56	546	173.40	CHIX
16:14:15	613	173.30	XLON
16:14:52	828	173.30	XLON
16:14:52	1338	173.30	XLON
16:14:52	455	173.30	XLON
16:14:52	376	173.30	XLON
16:14:52	840	173.30	XLON
16:14:52	1,038	173.30	XLON
16:14:52	146	173.30	XLON
16:14:52	611	173.30	XLON
16:14:52	460	173.30	XLON
16:15:15	220	173.30	XLON
16:15:15	15	173.30	XLON
16:16:58	810	173.70	XLON
16:16:58	475	173.70	XLON
16:17:25	16	173.50	XLON
16:19:25	400	173.70	XLON
16:19:25	400	173.70	XLON
16:19:25	400	173.70	XLON
16:19:25	352	173.70	XLON
16:19:55	1,338	173.50	XLON
16:20:54	1,211	173.50	XLON
16:21:09	1230	173.60	CHIX
16:22:09	1,346	173.50	XLON
16:22:54	648	173.90	TRQX
16:22:54	636	173.90	TRQX
16:23:44	1,229	173.60	BATE
16:23:44	1,268	173.50	XLON
16:23:44	154	173.50	XLON
16:24:19	3,126	174.30	BATE
16:24:19	2404	174.30	BATE
16:24:19	887	174.30	TRQX
16:24:19	983	174.10	TRQX
16:24:19	1009	174.10	TRQX
16:24:19	1,002	174.10	TRQX
16:24:19	2,536	173.90	BATE
16:24:19	146	173.90	TRQX
16:24:19	1,071	173.80	BATE
16:24:19	752	173.80	BATE
16:24:19	146	173.70	BATE
16:24:19	999	173.70	BATE
16:24:19	1145	173.60	TRQX
16:25:19	1206	173.70	XLON
16:28:05	400	173.90	XLON
16:28:05	800	173.90	XLON
16:28:05	400	173.90	XLON
16:28:05	400	173.90	XLON
16:28:05	1380	173.90	XLON
16:28:05	1,108	173.90	XLON
16:28:35	1312	173.90	XLON

 

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