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	29 December 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	19,637
Weighted average price paid (p)	174.96
Highest price paid (p)	175.00
Lowest price paid (p)	174.70

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 97,238,766 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 653,456,249.  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 29 December 2023 is 653,456,249.  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	174.94	12,644
BATE	175.00	1,290
CHIX	175.00	3,395
TRQX	175.00	2,308

Individual transactions:

Transaction Date	Transaction Time	Volume	Price	Platform
29/12/2023	08:30:26	346	175.00	CHIX
29/12/2023	08:31:00	953	175.00	XLON
29/12/2023	08:31:05	628	175.00	CHIX
29/12/2023	08:31:05	458	175.00	CHIX
29/12/2023	08:31:05	369	175.00	XLON
29/12/2023	08:31:05	1,290	175.00	BATE
29/12/2023	08:31:05	453	175.00	CHIX
29/12/2023	08:31:05	477	175.00	CHIX
29/12/2023	08:31:05	1231	175.00	TRQX
29/12/2023	08:32:05	162	174.70	XLON
29/12/2023	08:32:05	1,200	174.70	XLON
29/12/2023	08:38:05	1,218	175.00	XLON
29/12/2023	10:11:54	713	175.00	XLON
29/12/2023	10:11:54	528	175.00	XLON
29/12/2023	10:23:18	1,077	175.00	TRQX
29/12/2023	10:35:12	1,100	175.00	XLON
29/12/2023	10:35:12	218	175.00	XLON
29/12/2023	10:35:12	800	175.00	XLON
29/12/2023	10:35:12	1,200	175.00	XLON
29/12/2023	10:35:12	1,749	174.80	XLON
29/12/2023	10:35:12	61	174.80	XLON
29/12/2023	10:35:25	800	175.00	XLON
29/12/2023	10:35:25	762	175.00	XLON
29/12/2023	10:35:25	811	175.00	XLON
29/12/2023	11:49:04	41	175.00	CHIX
29/12/2023	11:56:59	992	175.00	CHIX

 

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