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	16 January 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	256,847
Weighted average price paid (p)	172.41
Highest price paid (p)	175.00
Lowest price paid (p)	170.60

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 99,094,932 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 651,600,083. 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 16 January 2024 is 651,600,083. 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	172.39	183,134
BATE	172.53	27,006
CHIX	172.36	36,047
TRQX	172.56	10,660

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:00:31	28	175.00	BATE
08:00:31	13	175.00	BATE
08:00:31	1,247	175.00	BATE
08:00:37	1,116	175.00	TRQX
08:01:11	1058	175.00	CHIX
08:04:00	1,700	172.00	XLON
08:05:01	343	172.40	XLON
08:05:01	1,746	172.60	XLON
08:05:01	2948	172.00	XLON
08:05:01	2,164	172.00	XLON
08:05:01	500	172.00	XLON
08:05:01	2,089	172.70	XLON
08:05:01	2386	172.70	XLON
08:06:11	361	173.80	CHIX
08:06:11	864	173.80	CHIX
08:15:15	775	172.90	CHIX
08:15:15	500	172.90	CHIX
08:35:31	1,101	172.90	CHIX
08:49:31	2,564	174.30	XLON
08:49:31	746	174.10	XLON
08:49:31	149	174.20	XLON
08:49:31	1,350	174.20	XLON
08:49:31	61	174.20	XLON
08:49:31	4,734	173.80	XLON
08:49:31	1,588	173.80	XLON
08:49:32	1,558	173.60	XLON
08:49:32	1,695	173.80	XLON
08:51:32	1119	173.80	CHIX
08:59:33	742	173.60	BATE
08:59:33	500	173.60	BATE
08:59:33	284	173.60	BATE
08:59:33	1,518	173.90	BATE
09:01:28	1,612	173.60	XLON
09:01:32	630	173.30	XLON
09:01:32	1,416	173.60	XLON
09:19:00	889	173.60	CHIX
09:19:00	268	173.60	CHIX
09:28:51	991	173.30	XLON
09:28:51	500	173.30	XLON
09:34:00	1096	173.30	CHIX
09:56:15	872	173.10	CHIX
09:56:15	298	173.10	CHIX
10:01:51	149	173.10	XLON
10:01:51	1,500	173.10	XLON
10:13:01	1,510	172.90	XLON
10:13:01	345	172.90	XLON
10:13:01	424	172.90	XLON
10:13:01	157	172.90	XLON
10:13:01	1,293	172.90	XLON
10:13:37	310	173.50	TRQX
10:13:37	289	173.50	TRQX
10:13:37	524	173.50	TRQX
10:13:37	1821	173.30	XLON
10:13:37	1568	173.10	XLON
10:33:42	318	172.90	CHIX
10:33:42	932	172.90	CHIX
10:33:42	739	172.80	XLON
10:33:42	894	172.80	XLON
10:33:42	1,534	172.70	XLON
10:42:05	1369	173.10	BATE
10:42:05	186	173.10	BATE
10:49:01	1,060	172.90	CHIX
10:49:01	83	172.90	CHIX
10:56:21	1,708	172.90	XLON
11:09:11	1,040	172.80	CHIX
11:12:21	1,691	173.10	XLON
11:37:35	128	173.20	CHIX
11:37:35	906	173.20	CHIX
11:40:48	1403	172.90	XLON
11:40:48	500	172.90	XLON
11:52:46	1,243	172.90	BATE
11:52:46	1,447	172.90	BATE
11:53:46	641	173.40	BATE
11:53:46	524	173.40	BATE
12:10:27	600	172.90	CHIX
12:18:55	25	172.90	CHIX
12:22:36	12	172.90	XLON
12:22:36	81	172.90	XLON
12:22:36	399	172.90	XLON
12:22:36	966	172.90	XLON
12:22:36	69	172.90	XLON
12:22:36	637	172.90	CHIX
12:27:37	769	173.30	TRQX
12:27:37	477	173.30	TRQX
12:27:37	681	173.30	TRQX
12:27:37	2,293	173.30	XLON
12:27:37	1005	173.30	XLON
12:27:37	546	173.30	TRQX
12:27:37	1005	173.30	XLON
12:27:37	1,005	173.30	XLON
12:27:37	597	173.30	XLON
12:27:37	157	173.30	XLON
12:27:37	975	173.30	XLON
12:27:37	1417	173.30	XLON
12:27:37	2074	173.10	XLON
12:27:39	641	173.30	XLON
12:27:39	1,000	173.30	XLON
12:29:13	931	173.00	CHIX
12:29:49	163	173.00	CHIX
12:29:49	602	173.00	XLON
12:29:49	2,089	173.10	XLON
12:29:49	2,273	173.10	XLON
12:40:53	1,111	173.00	XLON
12:40:53	1,525	173.00	XLON
12:40:53	196	173.10	XLON
12:40:53	459	173.10	XLON
12:40:53	2000	173.30	XLON
12:40:53	1467	173.30	XLON
12:41:36	1,109	173.40	BATE
12:45:37	1,677	173.10	XLON
12:45:37	1,828	173.10	XLON
12:45:38	1,745	173.10	XLON
12:45:38	979	173.10	XLON
12:46:51	1,574	173.00	XLON
12:47:17	3,234	173.00	XLON
12:47:17	1,427	173.00	XLON
12:58:05	342	172.90	CHIX
12:58:05	764	172.90	CHIX
13:09:21	1,433	172.80	XLON
13:16:05	399	172.60	CHIX
13:16:05	143	172.60	CHIX
13:16:05	500	172.60	CHIX
13:18:02	781	172.50	XLON
13:18:02	922	172.50	XLON
13:24:36	1,162	172.90	BATE
13:24:36	1,045	172.90	BATE
13:26:07	183	172.60	XLON
13:26:07	500	172.60	XLON
13:26:07	2882	172.60	XLON
13:32:36	1,418	172.00	XLON
13:33:41	163	171.70	CHIX
13:44:44	1,164	172.00	CHIX
13:47:38	1,090	171.80	XLON
13:47:38	458	171.80	XLON
13:53:29	1,628	171.70	XLON
13:59:27	1250	171.50	CHIX
14:09:27	3775	171.80	XLON
14:09:27	830	171.80	XLON
14:09:27	601	171.80	XLON
14:09:27	799	171.80	XLON
14:09:27	500	171.80	XLON
14:09:35	1,220	171.50	CHIX
14:10:54	709	171.30	XLON
14:10:54	212	171.30	XLON
14:10:54	500	171.30	XLON
14:10:54	65	171.30	XLON
14:10:54	1664	171.30	XLON
14:24:58	1,559	171.20	XLON
14:25:58	3,616	171.60	XLON
14:26:36	558	171.40	BATE
14:26:36	516	171.40	BATE
14:30:48	1,192	171.50	CHIX
14:30:48	61	171.50	CHIX
14:31:18	2,330	171.30	XLON
14:31:18	1,607	171.30	XLON
14:31:18	318	171.30	XLON
14:31:18	500	171.30	XLON
14:31:37	647	171.20	TRQX
14:31:37	47	171.20	TRQX
14:31:37	500	171.20	TRQX
14:31:37	529	171.30	TRQX
14:31:37	128	171.50	TRQX
14:31:37	529	171.50	TRQX
14:31:37	78	171.50	TRQX
14:32:43	1,108	171.00	BATE
14:35:52	1,112	170.90	CHIX
14:40:18	470	170.60	XLON
14:40:18	500	170.60	XLON
14:40:18	500	170.60	XLON
14:42:07	465	170.60	CHIX
14:46:41	1,562	170.70	XLON
14:54:07	489	171.20	XLON
14:54:07	2,433	171.30	XLON
14:54:07	95	171.30	XLON
14:54:07	1,534	171.20	XLON
14:54:47	1,644	171.10	CHIX
14:54:47	1,279	171.00	BATE
14:56:11	785	171.00	XLON
14:56:11	500	171.00	XLON
14:56:11	500	171.00	XLON
14:58:30	1,192	171.00	CHIX
15:01:11	688	171.30	XLON
15:01:11	1,000	171.30	XLON
15:11:09	1,074	171.50	CHIX
15:11:09	1,951	171.50	XLON
15:11:09	490	171.50	XLON
15:14:45	106	171.30	BATE
15:14:45	1,416	171.50	XLON
15:14:45	26	171.40	BATE
15:14:45	262	171.50	BATE
15:14:45	943	171.50	BATE
15:14:45	981	171.40	XLON
15:14:45	662	171.40	XLON
15:14:45	846	171.40	XLON
15:19:28	1,656	171.70	XLON
15:19:28	78	171.70	CHIX
15:19:28	1,087	171.70	CHIX
15:19:28	15	171.70	CHIX
15:30:32	1251	171.70	CHIX
15:31:28	1,478	171.70	XLON
15:31:37	1,105	171.70	TRQX
15:31:45	1,232	171.70	BATE
15:31:45	1,219	171.70	BATE
15:41:35	5,873	171.70	XLON
15:41:43	1,107	171.70	XLON
15:41:43	1,847	171.70	XLON
15:41:43	305	171.70	XLON
15:41:43	1,229	171.70	TRQX
15:41:43	1,445	171.70	XLON
15:41:43	84	171.70	XLON
15:45:56	1,180	171.60	CHIX
15:46:43	245	171.60	XLON
15:46:43	1,500	171.60	XLON
15:59:31	1,156	171.60	CHIX
15:59:32	915	171.40	XLON
15:59:32	906	171.40	XLON
16:00:32	1,583	171.40	XLON
16:01:01	814	171.20	XLON
16:01:01	1312	171.20	XLON
16:05:51	303	171.50	CHIX
16:05:51	859	171.50	CHIX
16:08:14	1916	171.70	XLON
16:08:14	3,000	171.70	XLON
16:09:14	1726	171.70	XLON
16:09:14	257	171.80	XLON
16:09:14	157	171.80	XLON
16:09:14	51	171.80	XLON
16:09:14	979	171.80	XLON
16:12:43	734	171.70	BATE
16:12:43	500	171.70	BATE
16:17:57	651	172.00	CHIX
16:17:57	1,541	172.00	BATE
16:17:57	500	172.00	BATE
16:17:57	1,000	172.00	BATE
16:17:57	41	172.00	BATE
16:20:29	1,476	172.00	XLON
16:20:29	500	172.00	XLON
16:20:29	738	172.00	XLON
16:21:11	2,014	172.00	XLON
16:21:43	1,156	172.10	TRQX
16:22:11	215	172.00	XLON
16:22:11	1,452	172.00	XLON
16:22:11	1,554	172.00	XLON
16:22:16	1,420	172.30	XLON
16:22:19	1,329	172.10	XLON
16:22:19	12	172.10	XLON
16:22:19	849	172.30	XLON
16:22:19	622	172.20	XLON
16:22:19	1,879	172.30	XLON
16:22:19	1,498	172.30	XLON
16:26:43	758	172.00	CHIX
16:26:43	1,262	172.00	BATE
16:27:13	1,034	172.60	BATE
16:27:13	87	172.10	BATE
16:27:13	1,550	172.30	XLON

 

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