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	2 January 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	236,885
Weighted average price paid (p)	174.61
Highest price paid (p)	175.00
Lowest price paid (p)	173.70

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 97,475,651 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 653,219,364 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 2 January 2024 is 653,219,364. 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	174.58	141,459
BATE	174.58	40,649
CHIX	174.71	39,246
TRQX	174.65	15,531

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBP)	Platform
08:06:48	1059	175.00	TRQX
08:06:48	1290	175.00	CHIX
08:06:48	1,290	175.00	BATE
08:06:48	1,337	175.00	XLON
08:06:48	498	175.00	XLON
08:06:48	266	175.00	XLON
08:06:48	400	175.00	XLON
08:06:48	390	175.00	XLON
08:34:19	661	175.00	XLON
08:34:19	796	175.00	XLON
08:34:19	1,620	175.00	XLON
08:42:04	1,542	174.80	XLON
08:45:01	1828	175.00	XLON
08:45:01	2,844	175.00	XLON
08:45:01	1,517	175.00	XLON
09:01:03	400	175.00	BATE
09:01:03	795	175.00	BATE
09:01:03	1,070	175.00	CHIX
09:01:03	1,626	175.00	CHIX
09:05:27	474	175.00	XLON
09:05:27	1,138	175.00	XLON
09:05:27	800	175.00	BATE
09:05:27	407	175.00	BATE
09:08:22	1,200	174.80	XLON
09:08:22	304	174.80	XLON
09:08:22	1,602	174.90	XLON
09:18:07	800	174.80	XLON
09:18:07	631	174.80	XLON
09:18:58	1,009	174.70	TRQX
09:18:58	187	174.70	TRQX
09:20:52	80	174.50	XLON
09:25:02	797	174.50	XLON
09:25:02	372	174.50	XLON
09:25:02	407	174.50	XLON
09:25:19	529	174.50	XLON
09:37:17	1,141	174.20	XLON
09:37:17	235	174.20	XLON
09:55:20	62	175.00	XLON
09:55:20	1,127	175.00	XLON
09:55:20	847	175.00	XLON
09:55:20	495	175.00	XLON
09:55:20	1,200	175.00	XLON
09:56:03	19	175.00	BATE
09:56:03	1,029	175.00	BATE
09:56:03	1,198	175.00	CHIX
09:56:03	1149	175.00	CHIX
09:56:03	940	175.00	BATE
09:59:49	1,604	174.80	XLON
10:04:58	1,237	174.80	XLON
10:04:58	945	174.80	XLON
10:11:05	718	174.50	XLON
10:15:05	1,217	175.00	XLON
10:15:05	232	175.00	XLON
10:26:42	1517	175.00	XLON
11:18:17	2702	175.00	XLON
11:18:17	1,531	175.00	XLON
11:31:20	844	175.00	CHIX
11:31:20	313	175.00	CHIX
11:31:20	88	175.00	CHIX
11:31:20	1107	175.00	TRQX
11:44:16	400	175.00	XLON
11:44:16	400	175.00	XLON
11:44:16	160	175.00	XLON
11:44:16	522	175.00	XLON
11:45:17	1,290	175.00	XLON
11:45:17	39	175.00	XLON
12:00:35	183	175.00	XLON
12:00:35	217	175.00	XLON
12:00:35	400	175.00	XLON
12:00:35	566	175.00	XLON
12:00:35	186	175.00	CHIX
12:00:35	902	175.00	CHIX
12:00:36	17	174.90	CHIX
12:00:36	1,232	174.90	CHIX
12:11:46	155	174.50	XLON
12:11:46	2,564	174.50	XLON
12:11:46	186	174.70	CHIX
12:11:46	1	174.70	CHIX
12:11:46	499	174.70	CHIX
12:11:46	701	174.70	CHIX
12:12:16	499	174.70	BATE
12:12:16	186	174.70	BATE
12:12:16	460	174.80	BATE
12:12:21	879	174.50	CHIX
12:12:47	1624	174.60	CHIX
12:12:47	2,334	174.60	CHIX
12:42:55	1522	174.20	XLON
12:51:30	1,236	174.00	CHIX
12:52:20	1230	174.30	TRQX
12:56:37	1,937	173.90	XLON
12:56:37	1,273	173.90	XLON
12:56:37	572	173.90	XLON
13:01:07	1236	174.20	BATE
13:01:07	1124	174.20	BATE
13:01:07	122	174.20	BATE
13:06:06	1,382	173.90	XLON
13:10:06	1,351	173.90	XLON
13:21:04	172	173.70	CHIX
13:21:04	135	174.10	TRQX
13:21:04	1,052	174.10	TRQX
13:21:04	390	174.10	TRQX
13:21:04	698	174.10	TRQX
13:21:37	400	173.90	CHIX
13:21:37	400	173.90	CHIX
13:21:37	290	173.90	CHIX
13:21:37	1636	173.90	XLON
13:29:13	1347	173.80	XLON
13:32:01	1187	174.00	CHIX
13:32:01	62	174.20	XLON
13:32:01	820	174.30	XLON
13:32:01	62	174.30	XLON
13:32:01	1,395	174.30	XLON
13:32:01	187	174.40	XLON
13:32:01	1,032	174.00	BATE
13:32:01	400	174.20	XLON
13:32:01	1,032	174.20	XLON
13:32:01	1,207	174.00	BATE
13:32:01	1,262	174.60	BATE
13:32:01	500	174.50	BATE
13:32:01	872	174.60	BATE
13:32:01	1,509	174.20	XLON
13:32:01	800	174.20	XLON
13:32:01	1,304	174.20	XLON
13:32:01	1,299	174.00	XLON
13:32:01	277	174.00	XLON
13:32:02	800	174.20	XLON
13:32:02	1,737	174.20	XLON
13:32:02	2873	174.10	XLON
13:32:02	2000	174.10	XLON
13:32:02	400	174.10	XLON
13:33:07	2,007	174.10	XLON
13:33:07	1,268	173.90	CHIX
13:34:33	2,472	174.10	XLON
13:35:01	800	174.00	BATE
13:35:01	407	174.00	BATE
13:39:07	800	174.10	XLON
13:39:07	1200	174.10	XLON
13:39:07	163	174.10	XLON
13:39:07	11	174.10	XLON
13:39:07	800	174.10	XLON
13:39:07	400	174.10	XLON
13:39:07	1,600	174.10	XLON
13:39:07	400	174.10	XLON
13:39:07	400	174.10	XLON
13:39:07	287	174.10	XLON
13:39:07	816	174.10	XLON
13:39:07	676	174.10	XLON
13:39:07	1,068	174.10	XLON
13:39:07	1,523	174.10	XLON
13:39:07	2,679	174.10	XLON
13:40:02	800	174.20	BATE
13:40:02	301	174.20	BATE
13:44:02	1,784	174.50	XLON
13:44:07	1,229	174.70	TRQX
13:45:02	800	174.60	XLON
13:45:02	217	174.60	XLON
13:45:02	800	174.60	XLON
13:45:02	1848	174.60	XLON
14:00:49	1,293	174.70	BATE
14:00:49	1,110	174.70	BATE
14:00:49	184	174.70	BATE
14:00:50	42	174.30	CHIX
14:04:51	242	174.30	CHIX
14:04:51	754	174.30	CHIX
14:14:09	400	174.80	XLON
14:14:09	800	174.80	XLON
14:14:09	400	174.80	XLON
14:14:09	1,379	174.80	XLON
14:14:09	2001	175.00	XLON
14:14:09	186	175.00	CHIX
14:14:09	855	175.00	CHIX
14:15:09	400	174.80	XLON
14:15:09	462	174.80	XLON
14:15:09	593	174.80	XLON
14:21:11	586	174.90	CHIX
14:29:09	238	175.00	CHIX
14:29:09	189	175.00	CHIX
14:29:09	800	175.00	CHIX
14:29:09	19	175.00	CHIX
14:31:50	172	175.00	XLON
14:31:50	1,469	175.00	XLON
14:33:50	306	175.00	XLON
14:33:51	178	175.00	XLON
14:33:51	1,124	175.00	XLON
14:33:51	779	174.90	CHIX
14:33:51	198	174.90	CHIX
14:33:51	175	174.90	CHIX
14:42:24	1,193	174.80	CHIX
14:43:35	2,020	175.00	XLON
14:43:35	1,629	175.00	XLON
14:43:35	1,517	175.00	XLON
14:43:35	800	175.00	XLON
14:43:35	1632	175.00	XLON
14:43:35	1,140	175.00	BATE
14:43:35	1,291	175.00	TRQX
15:18:58	1,167	175.00	BATE
15:18:58	1,181	175.00	CHIX
15:18:58	1249	175.00	CHIX
15:18:58	1238	175.00	CHIX
15:18:58	1,214	175.00	CHIX
15:18:58	400	175.00	BATE
15:18:58	219	175.00	BATE
15:18:58	548	175.00	BATE
15:19:01	1,487	175.00	XLON
15:19:27	1,361	174.70	TRQX
15:27:03	1,604	174.50	XLON
15:27:23	1,247	174.70	TRQX
15:42:18	358	175.00	XLON
15:42:18	4,152	175.00	XLON
15:42:18	980	175.00	BATE
15:42:18	232	175.00	BATE
15:42:18	1,271	175.00	BATE
15:42:18	308	175.00	CHIX
15:42:18	1,690	175.00	CHIX
15:42:18	2,119	175.00	XLON
15:42:18	400	175.00	XLON
15:42:18	2,550	175.00	XLON
15:42:18	2,483	175.00	BATE
15:43:04	541	175.00	BATE
15:43:04	602	175.00	BATE
15:45:00	400	175.00	XLON
15:45:00	197	175.00	XLON
15:45:00	400	175.00	XLON
15:45:00	459	175.00	XLON
15:45:00	676	175.00	TRQX
15:45:00	455	175.00	TRQX
15:47:53	241	175.00	CHIX
15:47:53	955	175.00	CHIX
15:53:34	186	174.80	BATE
15:53:34	400	174.80	BATE
15:53:34	58	174.80	BATE
15:53:34	509	174.80	BATE
15:53:34	1,180	175.00	BATE
15:53:34	498	174.90	TRQX
15:53:34	589	175.00	TRQX
15:54:00	35	174.80	XLON
15:54:00	800	174.80	XLON
15:54:00	400	174.80	XLON
15:54:00	68	174.80	XLON
15:54:00	532	174.80	XLON
15:55:00	223	174.80	XLON
15:55:00	1,425	174.80	XLON
15:57:31	299	174.60	CHIX
15:58:08	809	174.60	CHIX
15:58:08	31	174.60	CHIX
16:11:43	1,150	174.30	CHIX
16:13:10	1,240	174.20	BATE
16:13:10	1,270	174.20	BATE
16:13:10	400	174.20	TRQX
16:13:10	356	174.20	TRQX
16:13:10	136	174.20	TRQX
16:15:36	2,246	174.30	XLON
16:15:36	800	174.30	XLON
16:15:36	400	174.30	XLON
16:15:36	400	174.30	XLON
16:15:36	1,654	174.30	XLON
16:16:33	160	174.20	CHIX
16:17:30	485	174.20	CHIX
16:19:10	426	174.30	TRQX
16:23:41	888	174.20	CHIX
16:23:42	751	174.20	BATE
16:23:42	355	174.20	BATE
16:24:55	400	174.30	XLON
16:24:55	1,200	174.30	XLON
16:24:55	382	174.30	XLON
16:24:55	800	174.30	XLON
16:24:55	800	174.30	XLON
16:24:55	151	174.30	XLON
16:24:55	400	174.30	XLON
16:24:55	370	174.30	XLON
16:24:55	98	174.30	XLON
16:25:14	1,280	174.30	BATE
16:25:14	1,166	174.30	BATE
16:29:34	1,129	174.00	BATE
16:29:34	13	174.00	BATE
16:29:34	867	174.00	BATE
16:29:52	1,227	174.00	BATE
16:29:52	360	174.00	BATE

 

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