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	12 January 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	270,309
Weighted average price paid (p)	174.13
Highest price paid (p)	175.00
Lowest price paid (p)	166.70

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 98,546,126 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 652,148,889. 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 12 January 2024 is 652,148,889. 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	174.24	165,363
BATE	173.78	56,654
CHIX	174.26	36,233
TRQX	173.89	12,059

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:05:32	500	166.70	XLON
08:05:34	1000	172.50	CHIX
08:05:34	211	172.50	CHIX
08:05:50	1,126	174.70	BATE
08:05:50	1189	174.70	BATE
08:07:51	660	175.00	CHIX
08:07:51	459	175.00	CHIX
08:08:31	156	175.00	XLON
08:08:31	1612	175.00	XLON
08:08:31	5,734	175.00	XLON
08:08:51	484	174.50	TRQX
08:09:31	1,783	174.80	XLON
08:10:11	1619	174.60	XLON
08:11:44	791	174.50	TRQX
08:38:11	1,451	174.30	XLON
08:38:11	103	174.40	XLON
08:38:11	413	174.40	XLON
08:38:11	21	174.40	XLON
08:38:11	3,255	174.20	XLON
08:38:11	1,000	174.40	XLON
08:38:11	929	174.40	XLON
09:00:11	1,000	173.70	XLON
09:00:11	472	173.70	XLON
09:33:49	85	174.20	XLON
09:33:49	1,474	174.20	XLON
09:33:49	1,000	174.20	XLON
09:33:49	556	174.20	XLON
09:33:49	136	174.20	XLON
09:33:49	25	174.20	XLON
09:37:10	654	174.60	CHIX
09:37:10	462	174.60	CHIX
09:40:41	1,605	174.60	XLON
09:40:41	1,414	174.40	XLON
09:41:10	1000	174.60	CHIX
09:41:10	41	174.60	CHIX
09:41:10	1,217	174.60	CHIX
09:47:23	1,105	173.80	TRQX
09:47:23	386	174.00	TRQX
09:47:23	732	174.00	TRQX
10:27:31	333	174.00	CHIX
10:27:31	28	174.00	CHIX
10:27:31	2,031	174.20	XLON
10:27:31	703	174.00	CHIX
10:28:48	1,654	174.10	XLON
10:28:48	143	174.00	XLON
10:28:48	103	174.00	XLON
10:28:48	29	174.10	XLON
10:28:48	103	174.10	XLON
10:28:48	284	174.10	XLON
10:28:48	920	174.10	XLON
10:30:41	408	173.80	BATE
10:30:41	782	173.80	BATE
10:31:48	1155	173.90	CHIX
10:31:48	1054	174.10	CHIX
10:32:48	1056	174.20	XLON
10:32:48	315	174.20	XLON
10:34:02	209	174.20	XLON
10:52:06	1638	173.80	XLON
10:52:06	1,509	173.80	XLON
11:03:46	834	174.30	CHIX
11:03:46	268	174.30	CHIX
11:05:11	1,444	174.40	XLON
11:05:11	208	174.10	BATE
11:05:11	826	174.10	BATE
11:07:47	1,487	174.10	XLON
11:07:47	478	174.20	XLON
11:07:47	103	174.20	XLON
11:07:47	406	174.20	XLON
11:07:47	430	174.20	XLON
11:10:39	24	173.90	XLON
11:10:39	1,454	173.90	XLON
11:18:39	287	173.90	XLON
11:18:39	53	173.90	XLON
11:18:39	1,219	173.90	XLON
11:18:39	103	173.90	XLON
11:18:39	1,358	173.90	XLON
11:58:46	1,255	172.90	CHIX
11:58:46	1,099	173.40	TRQX
11:58:46	248	173.40	TRQX
12:22:14	1,171	173.90	CHIX
12:22:14	618	173.80	XLON
12:22:14	363	173.80	XLON
12:22:14	592	173.80	CHIX
12:22:14	103	173.90	CHIX
12:22:14	349	173.90	CHIX
12:22:14	902	173.90	CHIX
12:22:14	3766	173.80	XLON
12:23:11	1,195	173.80	BATE
12:23:11	103	173.80	BATE
12:23:11	1,037	173.80	BATE
12:23:11	2,127	173.80	XLON
12:23:11	228	173.80	XLON
12:25:51	163	173.60	XLON
12:28:51	159	174.20	XLON
12:28:51	1434	174.20	XLON
12:28:51	1,198	174.30	CHIX
12:48:46	1,607	173.80	XLON
12:48:46	1939	173.90	XLON
12:53:55	889	173.80	CHIX
12:53:55	153	173.80	CHIX
12:53:55	1,730	173.60	XLON
12:55:00	297	173.40	TRQX
12:56:02	1,183	173.80	TRQX
12:56:55	1,038	173.60	XLON
12:56:55	1,026	173.60	XLON
13:03:28	1431	173.50	XLON
13:07:02	452	173.80	XLON
13:07:02	1221	173.90	XLON
13:07:02	1,369	173.80	XLON
13:07:02	73	173.80	XLON
13:26:28	1,500	173.80	CHIX
13:26:28	79	173.80	CHIX
13:37:04	1,159	174.40	CHIX
13:58:04	500	174.80	CHIX
13:58:04	191	174.80	CHIX
13:58:04	348	174.80	CHIX
14:11:31	1,279	175.00	XLON
14:11:31	291	175.00	XLON
14:11:31	744	175.00	CHIX
14:11:31	368	175.00	CHIX
14:11:31	1,555	175.00	XLON
14:32:24	914	175.00	XLON
14:32:24	996	175.00	XLON
14:32:24	15	175.00	CHIX
14:32:24	1,136	175.00	CHIX
14:32:24	688	175.00	CHIX
14:32:24	345	175.00	CHIX
14:33:24	1551	175.00	XLON
14:33:24	526	175.00	XLON
14:37:46	291	174.80	XLON
14:37:46	1,000	174.80	XLON
14:37:46	379	174.80	XLON
14:37:46	1,241	175.00	BATE
14:37:49	1,074	175.00	TRQX
14:37:57	500	175.00	XLON
14:37:57	500	175.00	XLON
14:37:57	786	175.00	XLON
14:37:57	1188	175.00	CHIX
14:37:57	2,431	175.00	XLON
14:39:05	500	174.90	XLON
14:39:05	1111	174.90	XLON
14:39:05	566	174.90	XLON
14:39:05	830	174.90	XLON
14:43:46	1,054	174.80	BATE
14:43:46	500	174.80	BATE
14:43:46	500	174.80	BATE
14:43:46	68	174.80	BATE
14:43:46	5	174.80	BATE
14:43:46	35	174.70	XLON
14:43:46	1,070	174.70	XLON
14:43:46	51	174.80	XLON
14:43:46	458	174.80	XLON
14:43:46	1,000	174.80	XLON
14:43:46	1,366	174.80	XLON
14:47:49	629	174.80	CHIX
14:47:49	2076	174.90	XLON
14:47:49	1,039	174.90	XLON
14:47:49	500	174.90	XLON
14:47:49	975	174.90	XLON
14:47:49	24	174.70	XLON
14:47:49	2,154	174.80	XLON
14:47:49	1,545	174.90	XLON
14:54:53	2,299	175.00	XLON
14:54:53	1,720	175.00	XLON
14:54:53	1,615	175.00	XLON
14:54:53	721	175.00	CHIX
14:54:53	326	175.00	CHIX
14:54:53	703	175.00	XLON
14:54:53	102	175.00	XLON
14:54:53	1518	175.00	XLON
14:59:30	500	174.80	XLON
14:59:30	2,283	174.80	XLON
15:00:25	383	174.60	CHIX
15:00:25	129	174.60	CHIX
15:00:25	439	174.60	CHIX
15:00:25	204	174.60	CHIX
15:00:25	1,923	174.70	XLON
15:01:21	1,650	174.60	XLON
15:09:21	1,706	174.90	XLON
15:13:32	1042	174.80	CHIX
15:15:38	35	174.80	XLON
15:15:38	1,550	174.80	XLON
15:19:31	990	174.80	CHIX
15:19:31	48	174.80	CHIX
15:26:58	500	174.60	XLON
15:26:58	500	174.60	XLON
15:26:58	500	174.60	XLON
15:26:58	705	174.60	XLON
15:30:31	485	174.80	CHIX
15:30:31	623	174.80	CHIX
15:33:45	13	174.70	XLON
15:33:45	1414	174.70	XLON
15:39:32	189	174.30	CHIX
15:39:32	500	174.30	CHIX
15:39:32	439	174.30	CHIX
15:43:45	1,000	174.20	XLON
15:43:45	671	174.20	XLON
15:43:45	36	174.20	XLON
15:50:01	500	173.90	XLON
15:50:01	500	173.90	XLON
15:50:01	500	173.90	XLON
15:50:01	199	173.90	XLON
15:51:08	450	173.90	CHIX
15:51:08	89	173.90	CHIX
15:51:08	500	173.90	CHIX
15:51:08	139	173.90	CHIX
15:52:56	1,720	173.90	XLON
15:52:56	3	173.80	XLON
15:52:56	1,492	173.80	XLON
15:52:56	1415	173.80	XLON
15:53:06	3,134	173.80	XLON
15:53:06	61	173.80	XLON
15:53:09	472	173.60	TRQX
15:53:11	784	173.60	TRQX
15:53:32	59	173.60	XLON
15:53:33	19	173.70	XLON
15:53:33	6,690	173.70	XLON
15:57:00	1,468	173.70	XLON
15:57:00	410	173.70	BATE
15:57:00	1,019	173.70	BATE
16:02:19	1,725	173.70	XLON
16:02:20	44	173.50	CHIX
16:02:20	1,075	173.50	CHIX
16:02:22	537	173.60	TRQX
16:02:22	497	173.60	TRQX
16:02:22	999	173.60	TRQX
16:02:22	203	173.60	TRQX
16:02:28	3,500	173.90	XLON
16:02:28	500	173.90	XLON
16:02:28	1,000	173.90	XLON
16:02:28	466	173.90	XLON
16:03:00	690	173.80	BATE
16:03:00	404	173.80	BATE
16:03:28	408	173.80	XLON
16:03:28	2,951	173.80	XLON
16:12:15	1,104	173.80	CHIX
16:15:47	1,532	173.50	XLON
16:15:47	147	173.50	XLON
16:22:11	197	173.30	XLON
16:22:11	1,427	173.30	XLON
16:24:06	733	173.60	CHIX
16:24:34	1	173.50	BATE
16:24:34	1,290	174.00	BATE
16:24:34	2,061	173.80	XLON
16:24:46	1,112	173.90	BATE
16:24:46	1,128	174.00	BATE
16:26:58	288	173.60	BATE
16:26:58	1,739	173.60	BATE
16:26:58	1,401	173.60	BATE
16:26:58	16,571	173.60	BATE
16:26:58	1,834	173.60	BATE
16:26:59	578	173.60	BATE
16:27:02	814	173.60	BATE
16:27:03	4,524	173.60	BATE
16:28:15	47	173.70	BATE
16:28:15	11	173.70	BATE
16:28:15	47	173.70	BATE
16:28:15	95	173.70	BATE
16:28:15	42	173.70	BATE
16:28:20	290	173.70	BATE
16:28:20	107	173.70	BATE
16:28:26	216	173.70	BATE
16:28:26	101	173.70	BATE
16:28:35	290	173.70	BATE
16:28:42	44	173.70	BATE
16:28:45	500	173.80	TRQX
16:28:45	668	173.80	TRQX
16:28:51	81	173.80	XLON
16:28:51	145	173.80	XLON
16:28:51	1,500	173.80	XLON
16:28:51	1,000	173.80	XLON
16:28:51	576	173.80	XLON
16:28:51	71	173.80	XLON
16:28:51	4,354	173.80	XLON
16:28:51	500	173.80	XLON
16:28:51	293	173.80	XLON
16:28:51	500	173.80	XLON
16:29:00	263	173.80	XLON
16:29:00	510	173.80	XLON
16:29:00	276	173.80	XLON
16:29:00	335	173.80	XLON
16:29:00	2,616	173.80	XLON
16:29:00	1,500	173.80	XLON
16:29:00	362	173.60	BATE
16:29:09	361	173.60	BATE
16:29:10	67	173.60	BATE
16:29:10	500	173.70	BATE
16:29:10	500	173.70	BATE
16:29:10	53	173.70	BATE
16:29:10	1,163	173.70	BATE
16:29:18	362	173.60	BATE
16:29:30	349	173.60	BATE
16:29:31	196	173.60	BATE
16:29:38	481	173.60	BATE
16:29:45	361	173.60	BATE
16:29:45	448	173.60	BATE
16:29:45	1255	173.60	BATE
16:29:45	673	173.70	BATE
16:29:46	294	173.70	BATE
16:29:46	304	173.70	BATE
16:29:46	144	173.70	BATE
16:29:50	1,087	173.70	BATE
16:29:50	324	173.60	BATE
16:29:50	362	173.60	BATE
16:29:52	305	173.60	BATE
16:29:55	253	173.60	BATE
16:29:59	1,115	173.70	BATE

 

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