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	11 January 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	58,214
Weighted average price paid (p)	174.95
Highest price paid (p)	175.00
Lowest price paid (p)	174.40

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 98,275,817 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 652,419,198. 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 11 January 2024 is 652,419,198. 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	174.96	37,531
BATE	174.80	6,160
CHIX	174.98	9,814
TRQX	175.00	4,709

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
15:14:53	107	175.00	TRQX
15:14:53	1070	175.00	TRQX
15:14:53	89	175.00	TRQX
15:14:53	574	175.00	XLON
15:14:53	1160	175.00	XLON
15:14:53	701	175.00	CHIX
15:14:53	127	175.00	BATE
15:14:53	377	175.00	CHIX
15:14:53	500	175.00	BATE
15:14:53	253	175.00	BATE
15:14:53	212	175.00	CHIX
15:14:53	361	175.00	BATE
15:15:03	1082	175.00	XLON
15:15:52	728	175.00	XLON
15:46:45	1,189	175.00	TRQX
15:46:45	1,104	175.00	TRQX
15:46:45	1,253	175.00	CHIX
15:46:45	1,094	175.00	CHIX
15:46:45	222	175.00	TRQX
15:46:45	48	175.00	TRQX
15:46:45	320	175.00	TRQX
15:46:45	69	175.00	TRQX
15:46:45	491	175.00	TRQX
15:57:52	3,295	175.00	XLON
16:00:35	81	175.00	XLON
16:00:35	1,636	175.00	XLON
16:01:32	70	175.00	BATE
16:01:32	500	175.00	BATE
16:01:32	500	175.00	BATE
16:01:32	1,187	175.00	BATE
16:07:49	44	174.80	XLON
16:07:49	300	174.80	XLON
16:07:49	500	174.80	XLON
16:07:49	1057	174.80	XLON
16:07:49	500	174.80	XLON
16:07:49	321	174.80	XLON
16:08:19	984	174.80	CHIX
16:13:40	1198	175.00	XLON
16:13:40	2,028	175.00	XLON
16:13:40	452	175.00	XLON
16:13:40	1392	175.00	XLON
16:13:40	500	175.00	XLON
16:13:40	176	175.00	XLON
16:13:40	19	175.00	XLON
16:13:40	633	175.00	XLON
16:13:40	10	175.00	XLON
16:13:40	191	175.00	XLON
16:13:40	67	175.00	XLON
16:13:40	604	175.00	XLON
16:13:40	1000	175.00	XLON
16:13:40	1,189	175.00	XLON
16:13:40	1,256	175.00	CHIX
16:13:41	1220	175.00	CHIX
16:14:42	685	174.80	XLON
16:14:42	972	174.80	XLON
16:14:42	500	174.80	XLON
16:14:42	374	174.80	XLON
16:16:02	2207	175.00	XLON
16:18:38	1,864	175.00	XLON
16:18:38	4312	175.00	XLON
16:18:38	1213	175.00	CHIX
16:18:38	362	175.00	XLON
16:18:38	500	175.00	XLON
16:18:38	3,500	175.00	XLON
16:18:38	4	175.00	CHIX
16:18:38	500	175.00	CHIX
16:18:38	1,000	175.00	CHIX
16:28:02	1018	174.60	XLON
16:28:02	500	174.60	XLON
16:28:19	191	174.40	BATE
16:29:02	253	174.40	BATE
16:29:02	629	174.40	BATE
16:29:26	244	174.40	BATE
16:29:33	62	174.40	BATE
16:29:57	1,283	174.70	BATE

 

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