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	24 January 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	302,459
Weighted average price paid (p)	168.73
Highest price paid (p)	171.10
Lowest price paid (p)	167.60

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 100,901,697 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 649,793,318. 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 24 January 2024 is 649,793,318. 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	168.72	186,286
BATE	168.95	61,096
CHIX	168.54	39,773
TRQX	168.41	15,304

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:02:07	1133	168.90	CHIX
08:02:11	1217	169.10	TRQX
08:02:11	1,000	168.90	BATE
08:02:11	12	168.90	BATE
08:02:11	30	168.90	BATE
08:05:02	1,452	168.10	XLON
08:11:22	1,587	168.80	XLON
08:11:22	153	169.30	BATE
08:11:22	926	170.50	BATE
08:11:22	1,573	170.50	BATE
08:11:22	71	170.50	BATE
08:11:22	1,562	169.10	XLON
08:11:22	500	169.00	XLON
08:11:22	1,131	169.00	XLON
08:11:22	496	171.10	CHIX
08:11:22	51	171.10	CHIX
08:11:22	592	171.10	CHIX
08:11:22	1,584	169.70	XLON
08:11:22	1,437	169.40	XLON
08:11:22	2,960	169.50	XLON
08:11:45	1,259	168.50	BATE
08:33:22	1,093	168.00	CHIX
08:42:22	27	168.30	XLON
08:42:22	1,387	168.30	XLON
08:42:30	33	168.30	BATE
08:42:30	54	168.30	BATE
08:42:30	946	168.30	BATE
08:46:58	500	168.50	TRQX
08:46:58	551	168.50	TRQX
08:47:02	1,510	168.10	XLON
08:47:02	63	168.30	CHIX
08:47:02	1,154	168.30	CHIX
08:47:02	1,252	168.30	CHIX
08:48:21	1183	169.00	BATE
08:48:21	227	168.40	XLON
08:48:21	1,288	168.40	XLON
08:48:21	91	168.40	XLON
08:51:21	1922	168.50	XLON
08:51:51	1,180	169.00	BATE
08:52:21	1666	168.70	XLON
08:54:56	118	169.00	XLON
08:54:56	2,826	169.10	XLON
08:59:23	1,606	168.70	XLON
08:59:41	1,246	169.00	BATE
08:59:41	1,000	168.90	BATE
08:59:41	1101	169.00	BATE
09:09:28	1,083	169.40	CHIX
09:09:28	1,553	169.10	XLON
09:09:28	2,917	169.10	XLON
09:09:28	3090	169.10	XLON
09:19:22	200	169.00	XLON
09:19:22	643	169.00	XLON
09:19:22	805	169.00	XLON
09:22:22	1726	169.00	XLON
09:22:22	1215	169.40	BATE
09:22:22	1,045	168.90	CHIX
09:25:22	500	169.00	XLON
09:25:22	1000	169.00	XLON
09:25:22	138	169.00	XLON
09:30:21	1070	168.90	TRQX
09:30:21	164	168.90	TRQX
09:33:02	329	168.80	XLON
09:33:22	1220	168.90	BATE
09:33:22	31	168.90	BATE
09:33:59	252	168.80	XLON
09:34:02	881	168.80	XLON
09:34:02	150	168.80	XLON
09:35:45	71	168.80	XLON
09:38:29	194	168.90	CHIX
09:38:29	647	168.90	CHIX
09:38:52	1,000	169.00	XLON
09:38:52	690	169.00	XLON
09:39:13	262	168.90	CHIX
09:41:19	500	168.90	BATE
09:41:19	823	168.90	BATE
09:41:19	500	168.90	BATE
09:41:19	500	168.90	BATE
09:41:19	137	168.90	BATE
09:56:58	636	168.90	XLON
09:56:58	1,205	169.00	XLON
09:56:58	1,453	168.90	XLON
09:56:59	1,286	168.70	CHIX
09:57:41	1,500	168.60	XLON
09:57:41	95	168.60	XLON
09:57:44	335	168.50	XLON
09:57:44	1,080	168.50	XLON
09:57:44	1479	168.60	XLON
09:58:45	1,064	168.70	BATE
09:58:45	724	169.00	BATE
09:58:45	1,135	169.00	BATE
10:07:44	881	168.50	XLON
10:07:44	560	168.50	XLON
10:16:02	872	168.20	XLON
10:16:02	35	168.20	XLON
10:16:02	572	168.20	XLON
10:18:28	807	168.10	BATE
10:18:28	1	168.10	BATE
10:18:28	751	168.10	BATE
10:21:13	1041	168.40	BATE
10:21:13	1,105	168.30	TRQX
10:21:16	265	168.40	BATE
10:21:16	1,424	168.50	XLON
10:27:00	500	168.40	BATE
10:27:00	185	168.40	BATE
10:27:00	321	168.40	BATE
10:39:06	1718	168.30	XLON
10:39:06	1702	168.30	XLON
10:39:06	1223	168.30	CHIX
10:39:06	1,598	168.30	XLON
10:43:04	1,288	168.40	BATE
10:43:04	109	168.40	BATE
10:43:04	1,127	168.40	BATE
10:43:06	1,266	168.10	CHIX
10:53:06	348	168.00	XLON
10:53:06	263	168.00	XLON
10:53:06	500	168.00	XLON
10:53:06	349	168.00	XLON
10:58:09	202	168.00	XLON
10:58:09	559	168.00	XLON
10:58:15	407	168.00	XLON
10:58:15	262	168.00	XLON
11:05:02	876	168.00	XLON
11:05:02	233	168.00	XLON
11:05:41	396	168.00	XLON
11:14:06	1,091	168.00	CHIX
11:14:06	1,092	168.00	TRQX
11:14:07	41	167.90	XLON
11:14:15	443	167.90	XLON
11:14:15	500	167.90	XLON
11:14:15	700	167.90	XLON
11:18:45	642	168.00	XLON
11:18:45	755	168.00	XLON
11:19:26	737	167.90	XLON
11:19:26	378	167.90	XLON
11:21:25	244	167.90	XLON
11:21:51	128	167.90	XLON
11:21:51	24	167.90	XLON
11:33:06	58	168.00	CHIX
11:33:06	306	168.00	CHIX
11:33:06	221	168.00	CHIX
11:34:04	200	168.00	CHIX
11:34:04	283	168.00	CHIX
11:45:52	1248	167.80	BATE
11:45:52	233	167.80	BATE
11:45:52	500	167.80	BATE
11:45:52	500	167.80	BATE
11:45:52	500	167.80	BATE
11:45:52	12	167.80	BATE
11:53:52	264	167.80	CHIX
11:53:52	938	167.80	CHIX
12:07:36	579	167.60	XLON
12:20:49	1,047	167.70	CHIX
12:23:15	874	167.60	XLON
12:23:15	194	167.60	XLON
12:23:15	1,070	167.60	TRQX
12:48:39	849	167.60	BATE
12:48:39	396	167.60	BATE
12:48:39	52	167.60	CHIX
12:48:39	991	167.60	CHIX
12:52:34	291	167.60	XLON
12:52:34	1,249	167.60	XLON
12:52:34	500	167.60	XLON
12:52:34	500	167.60	XLON
12:52:34	500	167.60	XLON
12:52:34	122	167.60	XLON
13:05:50	500	167.80	CHIX
13:05:50	500	167.80	CHIX
13:05:50	267	167.80	CHIX
13:06:15	500	167.90	BATE
13:06:15	500	167.90	BATE
13:06:15	260	167.90	BATE
13:06:15	295	167.90	BATE
13:08:15	500	167.90	TRQX
13:08:15	500	167.90	TRQX
13:08:15	77	167.90	TRQX
13:30:21	1,000	167.80	CHIX
13:30:21	80	167.80	CHIX
13:43:10	2,248	167.70	XLON
13:43:10	2,110	167.70	XLON
13:43:10	1207	167.70	CHIX
13:43:57	731	167.60	BATE
13:43:57	237	167.60	BATE
13:44:23	154	167.60	BATE
14:09:52	3	167.60	CHIX
14:09:52	25	167.60	CHIX
14:13:58	1,932	167.80	CHIX
14:17:44	1,603	167.90	TRQX
14:29:44	500	167.90	TRQX
14:29:45	317	167.90	TRQX
14:29:45	325	167.90	TRQX
14:29:45	1,509	167.80	XLON
14:29:45	1278	167.80	CHIX
14:29:46	623	167.80	XLON
14:29:46	773	167.80	XLON
14:30:19	1,270	167.80	XLON
14:30:19	500	167.80	XLON
14:37:16	734	167.90	BATE
14:38:17	2444	169.40	BATE
14:38:17	1839	169.40	BATE
14:38:17	262	169.40	BATE
14:38:17	5,288	169.40	BATE
14:38:17	1,061	169.10	BATE
14:38:17	357	169.60	CHIX
14:38:17	910	170.40	CHIX
14:38:17	1,185	168.90	XLON
14:38:17	950	168.90	XLON
14:38:17	2,164	168.90	XLON
14:38:17	17	168.90	XLON
14:38:17	458	168.90	XLON
14:38:17	1616	168.90	XLON
14:38:17	2,127	168.90	XLON
14:38:17	2,088	168.90	XLON
14:38:17	1,500	168.90	XLON
14:38:17	583	168.90	XLON
14:38:17	2,141	168.90	XLON
14:38:17	1,500	168.90	XLON
14:38:17	521	168.90	XLON
14:38:17	500	168.90	XLON
14:38:17	1590	168.90	XLON
14:38:17	500	168.90	XLON
14:38:17	1,619	168.90	XLON
14:38:20	677	168.90	XLON
14:38:20	228	168.90	XLON
14:38:20	500	168.90	XLON
14:38:20	775	168.90	XLON
14:38:20	649	169.00	XLON
14:38:20	928	169.00	XLON
14:38:20	422	168.90	XLON
14:38:20	1,000	168.90	XLON
14:38:20	500	168.90	XLON
14:38:21	500	168.90	XLON
14:38:21	500	168.90	XLON
14:38:21	206	168.90	XLON
14:38:21	2,086	168.90	XLON
14:38:28	2,545	168.70	XLON
14:39:10	265	168.50	CHIX
14:42:01	41	168.50	CHIX
14:45:00	972	168.50	CHIX
14:45:01	2,512	168.50	XLON
14:48:52	1,038	168.10	CHIX
14:48:52	1,529	168.20	XLON
14:48:52	515	168.20	XLON
14:49:06	1,591	168.20	XLON
14:49:06	1,510	168.20	XLON
14:53:52	1,595	168.50	XLON
14:53:52	1,045	168.50	TRQX
14:53:52	285	168.50	XLON
14:53:52	1,768	168.50	XLON
14:53:54	586	168.60	BATE
14:53:54	596	168.60	BATE
14:53:54	1,438	168.70	BATE
14:54:52	1,481	168.80	XLON
14:54:58	1,776	169.40	XLON
14:54:58	2,036	169.40	XLON
14:55:58	1,164	169.40	XLON
14:55:58	391	169.40	XLON
14:55:58	1,195	169.20	CHIX
14:58:01	1,719	169.10	XLON
15:02:07	1,640	169.10	XLON
15:03:41	371	169.00	XLON
15:03:41	697	169.00	XLON
15:03:41	388	169.00	XLON
15:03:41	188	169.00	XLON
15:07:11	1,000	169.00	CHIX
15:07:59	1052	169.20	BATE
15:07:59	1,442	169.20	BATE
15:08:32	259	169.10	XLON
15:09:52	535	169.10	XLON
15:09:52	644	169.10	XLON
15:12:03	1,546	169.10	XLON
15:12:03	1,000	169.10	CHIX
15:12:04	251	169.10	CHIX
15:12:52	38	169.00	CHIX
15:12:52	500	169.10	TRQX
15:12:52	500	169.10	TRQX
15:12:52	41	169.10	TRQX
15:16:26	139	169.10	BATE
15:17:45	2,340	169.50	XLON
15:17:45	727	169.80	BATE
15:17:45	1,635	169.80	BATE
15:17:45	727	170.30	BATE
15:17:45	2,156	170.30	BATE
15:20:34	1,546	169.50	XLON
15:23:24	1,657	169.40	XLON
15:23:24	208	169.20	CHIX
15:23:24	204	169.20	CHIX
15:23:25	97	169.20	CHIX
15:23:28	731	169.20	CHIX
15:27:30	2,000	169.40	XLON
15:27:30	191	169.40	XLON
15:29:27	1,541	169.40	XLON
15:31:24	890	169.30	BATE
15:31:24	309	169.30	BATE
15:31:24	1,000	169.30	BATE
15:31:24	246	169.30	BATE
15:32:27	1692	169.30	XLON
15:35:27	486	169.10	CHIX
15:35:27	500	169.10	CHIX
15:35:27	273	169.10	CHIX
15:35:27	1,617	169.00	XLON
15:37:52	162	169.10	TRQX
15:37:52	500	169.10	TRQX
15:37:52	432	169.10	TRQX
15:43:47	1,426	169.00	XLON
15:43:47	1,383	169.00	XLON
15:43:47	11	169.00	XLON
15:43:47	312	169.00	XLON
15:43:48	1,679	168.90	XLON
15:47:26	500	169.10	CHIX
15:47:26	500	169.10	CHIX
15:47:26	159	169.10	CHIX
15:48:42	143	169.00	XLON
15:48:42	385	169.00	XLON
15:48:48	123	169.00	XLON
15:49:45	139	169.00	XLON
15:49:45	861	169.00	XLON
15:50:45	500	168.90	XLON
15:50:45	1,000	168.90	XLON
15:50:45	43	168.90	XLON
15:54:45	1,545	168.90	XLON
15:57:01	409	168.70	CHIX
15:57:01	27	168.70	CHIX
15:57:01	237	168.70	CHIX
15:57:01	487	168.70	CHIX
15:58:13	1,000	168.80	XLON
15:58:13	562	168.80	XLON
15:59:47	1	168.80	TRQX
15:59:48	102	168.80	TRQX
15:59:48	550	168.80	TRQX
16:01:13	362	168.80	XLON
16:01:13	201	168.80	XLON
16:01:13	836	168.80	XLON
16:03:13	888	168.80	XLON
16:03:13	527	168.80	XLON
16:05:03	1268	168.70	BATE
16:05:03	829	168.70	XLON
16:05:03	722	168.70	XLON
16:07:01	500	168.70	CHIX
16:07:01	704	168.70	CHIX
16:12:28	97	168.50	XLON
16:12:28	1,512	168.50	XLON
16:12:28	1609	168.50	XLON
16:12:28	183	168.50	TRQX
16:12:28	697	168.50	TRQX
16:12:28	1,000	168.50	XLON
16:12:28	421	168.50	XLON
16:19:51	3,500	168.60	XLON
16:19:51	500	168.60	XLON
16:19:51	1,146	168.60	XLON
16:20:51	1,000	168.60	XLON
16:20:51	500	168.60	XLON
16:20:52	105	168.60	XLON
16:21:01	10	168.50	CHIX
16:21:54	895	168.50	CHIX
16:22:03	500	168.50	BATE
16:22:03	500	168.50	BATE
16:22:03	153	168.50	BATE
16:22:03	827	168.50	BATE
16:22:03	351	168.50	BATE
16:22:52	1,707	168.50	XLON
16:23:54	261	168.50	CHIX
16:23:54	435	168.50	CHIX
16:24:52	249	168.50	XLON
16:24:57	1,353	168.50	XLON
16:25:57	621	168.60	XLON
16:25:57	50	168.60	XLON
16:25:58	365	168.60	XLON
16:26:13	760	168.60	XLON
16:27:29	1,500	168.60	XLON
16:27:29	223	168.60	XLON
16:28:44	492	168.60	XLON

 

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