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	5 January 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	186,588
Weighted average price paid (p)	174.87
Highest price paid (p)	175.00
Lowest price paid (p)	174.30

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 98,160,312 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 652,534,703. 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 5 January 2024 is 652,534,703. 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	174.88	127,777
BATE	174.93	18,098
CHIX	174.75	30,159
TRQX	174.92	10,554

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:04:20	1569	175.00	XLON
08:04:20	495	175.00	BATE
08:04:20	706	175.00	BATE
08:04:20	1,223	175.00	CHIX
08:04:20	1256	175.00	TRQX
08:13:56	1,474	175.00	XLON
08:13:56	1,550	175.00	XLON
08:31:56	1,000	175.00	BATE
08:31:56	289	175.00	BATE
08:49:23	1,162	175.00	CHIX
08:49:23	113	175.00	XLON
08:49:23	1,520	175.00	XLON
09:10:01	1600	175.00	XLON
09:14:51	1,201	175.00	CHIX
09:14:51	272	175.00	CHIX
09:14:51	948	175.00	CHIX
09:14:51	320	174.80	XLON
09:14:52	1,902	174.80	XLON
09:24:51	266	175.00	XLON
09:24:51	485	175.00	XLON
09:24:51	111	175.00	XLON
09:24:51	455	175.00	XLON
09:24:56	832	175.00	XLON
09:24:56	262	175.00	XLON
09:24:56	2,074	175.00	XLON
09:24:56	1,000	175.00	XLON
09:24:56	500	175.00	XLON
09:24:56	500	175.00	XLON
09:24:56	209	175.00	XLON
09:24:56	164	175.00	XLON
09:24:56	140	175.00	XLON
09:29:30	1,096	175.00	TRQX
09:29:30	639	175.00	BATE
09:29:30	524	175.00	BATE
09:29:30	1,066	175.00	BATE
09:32:11	564	175.00	XLON
09:32:11	899	175.00	XLON
09:56:48	1377	174.90	XLON
09:56:48	1,607	174.90	XLON
09:56:48	1000	174.80	XLON
09:56:48	2000	174.80	XLON
09:56:48	233	174.80	XLON
10:15:11	1,253	174.80	CHIX
10:23:30	1,184	175.00	TRQX
10:51:30	337	174.50	CHIX
10:51:30	438	174.50	CHIX
10:51:30	500	174.50	CHIX
10:51:30	2,033	174.50	CHIX
10:59:00	113	174.60	XLON
10:59:00	1375	174.60	XLON
10:59:01	282	174.60	XLON
10:59:01	500	174.60	XLON
10:59:01	500	174.60	XLON
10:59:01	316	174.60	XLON
10:59:01	1132	174.50	CHIX
11:09:00	351	174.70	TRQX
11:09:00	515	174.70	TRQX
11:09:00	234	174.70	TRQX
11:10:52	422	174.50	CHIX
11:10:52	500	174.50	CHIX
11:14:35	266	174.50	CHIX
11:48:52	488	174.80	XLON
11:48:52	1	174.80	XLON
11:48:52	4,761	174.80	XLON
11:48:52	500	174.50	BATE
11:48:52	881	174.50	BATE
11:48:52	14	174.70	BATE
11:48:52	1367	174.70	BATE
11:48:56	398	174.50	CHIX
11:48:56	639	174.50	CHIX
11:49:00	515	174.40	TRQX
11:49:00	628	174.60	TRQX
11:49:00	1,030	174.50	XLON
11:49:04	482	174.50	CHIX
11:49:24	2,394	174.80	XLON
11:49:24	419	174.80	XLON
11:49:24	1,193	174.80	XLON
11:49:24	1,030	174.80	CHIX
11:49:24	158	174.80	CHIX
11:49:24	1,252	174.80	CHIX
12:52:06	377	174.80	BATE
12:52:06	157	174.80	BATE
12:52:06	500	174.80	BATE
12:52:06	25	174.80	BATE
12:53:05	499	174.80	XLON
12:53:05	1,507	174.80	XLON
12:53:05	500	174.80	XLON
12:53:05	883	174.80	XLON
12:53:05	7738	174.80	XLON
12:53:05	2,768	174.80	XLON
12:53:05	500	174.80	XLON
12:53:05	500	174.80	XLON
12:53:05	631	174.80	XLON
13:04:02	316	174.80	CHIX
13:04:02	624	174.80	CHIX
13:04:02	624	174.80	CHIX
13:04:02	500	174.80	CHIX
13:04:02	894	174.80	CHIX
13:04:04	651	174.80	XLON
13:04:04	316	174.80	XLON
13:04:07	7	174.80	XLON
13:04:11	500	174.80	XLON
13:04:11	50	174.80	XLON
13:04:11	450	174.80	XLON
13:04:11	1,378	174.80	XLON
13:30:22	500	175.00	XLON
13:30:22	1188	175.00	XLON
13:30:22	1000	175.00	CHIX
13:30:22	46	175.00	CHIX
13:30:22	101	175.00	CHIX
13:30:22	1,055	175.00	CHIX
13:30:22	1,159	175.00	TRQX
13:30:22	2,690	175.00	XLON
13:36:22	1,000	174.80	XLON
13:36:22	455	174.80	XLON
13:50:01	500	174.60	CHIX
13:50:01	541	174.60	CHIX
13:50:01	241	174.60	XLON
13:50:01	2,001	174.60	XLON
13:50:01	1,000	174.50	XLON
13:50:01	500	174.50	XLON
13:50:01	1,343	174.50	XLON
13:50:30	1,081	175.00	BATE
13:50:30	1,228	175.00	BATE
13:50:30	49	175.00	BATE
13:54:46	1,516	175.00	XLON
13:56:30	1,602	174.80	XLON
13:56:30	58	174.80	XLON
13:56:37	500	174.80	XLON
13:56:37	500	174.80	XLON
13:56:37	500	174.80	XLON
13:56:37	500	174.80	XLON
13:56:37	96	174.80	XLON
13:59:49	500	175.00	XLON
13:59:49	226	175.00	XLON
13:59:49	1000	175.00	XLON
13:59:49	1108	175.00	XLON
13:59:49	678	175.00	XLON
13:59:49	1,074	175.00	TRQX
14:06:29	54	174.90	XLON
14:06:29	1455	175.00	BATE
14:06:29	935	175.00	BATE
14:06:29	1025	175.00	BATE
14:06:29	329	175.00	CHIX
14:06:29	718	175.00	CHIX
14:06:30	905	175.00	XLON
14:06:30	129	175.00	XLON
14:06:32	10,756	175.00	XLON
14:06:32	2,500	175.00	XLON
14:06:32	3,006	175.00	XLON
14:06:32	176	175.00	XLON
14:06:32	10,860	175.00	XLON
14:11:34	1,263	174.60	CHIX
14:32:58	500	174.30	CHIX
14:32:58	708	174.30	CHIX
14:35:58	867	174.30	CHIX
14:35:58	1,112	175.00	BATE
14:35:58	554	175.00	TRQX
14:35:58	725	175.00	TRQX
14:35:58	1,263	175.00	TRQX
14:40:25	1,210	175.00	BATE
14:40:25	1,081	174.70	CHIX
14:40:25	194	174.70	CHIX
14:40:25	2,000	174.70	XLON
14:40:25	332	174.70	XLON
14:40:25	1,463	175.00	BATE
14:40:25	766	174.80	XLON
14:40:25	2,500	174.80	XLON
14:40:25	1000	174.80	XLON
14:40:25	910	174.80	XLON
14:40:25	3,387	174.80	XLON
14:40:25	3,588	174.80	XLON
14:40:28	2,000	175.00	XLON
14:40:28	4006	175.00	XLON
14:40:28	443	175.00	XLON
14:40:28	1,553	175.00	XLON
16:26:34	31	175.00	XLON
16:27:31	944	175.00	CHIX
16:28:41	282	175.00	CHIX
16:28:41	595	175.00	CHIX
16:29:45	197	175.00	XLON
16:29:46	541	175.00	CHIX
16:29:46	290	175.00	CHIX

 

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