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	25 January 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	268,672
Weighted average price paid (p)	169.58
Highest price paid (p)	173.70
Lowest price paid (p)	168.60

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 101,170,369 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 649,524,646. 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 25 January 2024 is 649,524,646. 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	169.54	187,802
BATE	169.64	29,841
CHIX	169.62	41,580
TRQX	169.97	9,449

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:01:52	1101	173.10	CHIX
08:02:02	1267	173.70	TRQX
08:02:17	1,088	169.00	CHIX
08:02:17	42	169.00	CHIX
08:02:17	1283	170.90	BATE
08:06:24	317	169.80	XLON
08:06:24	1,082	169.80	XLON
08:06:24	462	169.80	XLON
08:06:24	1922	169.60	XLON
08:06:24	500	169.60	XLON
08:06:24	500	169.60	XLON
08:06:24	512	169.60	XLON
08:06:24	500	169.60	XLON
08:06:24	1,111	169.60	XLON
08:06:24	488	169.60	XLON
08:06:24	1,686	169.90	XLON
08:09:24	104	169.80	XLON
08:09:24	1,593	169.80	XLON
08:11:24	1,654	169.50	XLON
08:11:24	1,218	169.50	CHIX
08:22:10	3,866	169.90	XLON
08:22:15	1,767	169.90	XLON
08:22:15	1,705	169.80	XLON
08:22:15	3,202	169.80	XLON
08:29:15	1,562	169.70	XLON
08:33:15	499	169.70	XLON
08:33:15	1	169.70	XLON
08:33:15	995	169.70	XLON
08:37:15	1,000	169.70	XLON
08:37:15	697	169.70	XLON
08:43:05	1,000	170.10	XLON
08:43:05	472	170.10	XLON
08:43:17	1,051	170.50	BATE
08:43:24	1137	170.20	CHIX
08:43:24	157	170.20	XLON
08:43:24	1,315	170.20	XLON
08:43:27	142	169.80	XLON
08:43:27	1380	169.80	XLON
08:43:27	1,192	169.80	TRQX
08:47:51	789	169.90	XLON
08:47:51	899	169.90	XLON
08:53:25	1,617	169.90	XLON
09:00:25	1,645	170.20	XLON
09:05:28	500	169.90	CHIX
09:05:28	500	169.90	CHIX
09:05:28	123	169.90	CHIX
09:09:25	463	169.90	XLON
09:09:25	1,306	169.90	XLON
09:09:26	1,270	169.80	BATE
09:19:25	1435	169.80	XLON
09:24:25	1,437	169.30	XLON
09:28:55	1,624	169.40	XLON
09:28:55	121	169.40	XLON
09:44:20	309	169.70	XLON
09:44:20	113	169.70	XLON
09:44:20	1,790	169.70	XLON
09:44:20	886	169.70	XLON
09:44:20	157	169.50	XLON
09:44:20	179	169.50	XLON
09:44:20	500	169.50	XLON
09:44:20	157	169.70	XLON
09:44:20	1,278	169.70	XLON
09:44:47	132	169.60	TRQX
09:44:47	122	169.60	TRQX
09:44:47	855	169.60	TRQX
09:45:15	1,000	169.60	BATE
09:45:15	170	169.60	BATE
09:49:39	346	169.50	CHIX
09:49:39	276	169.50	CHIX
09:49:39	562	169.50	CHIX
09:49:45	1,204	169.80	BATE
09:49:45	663	169.80	BATE
09:49:45	459	169.80	BATE
10:01:20	1,675	169.90	XLON
10:09:20	1,630	169.90	XLON
10:10:47	351	169.70	CHIX
10:10:47	769	169.70	CHIX
10:14:20	1,711	169.90	XLON
10:24:20	658	170.20	XLON
10:24:20	828	170.20	XLON
10:25:24	268	169.90	XLON
10:25:24	660	169.90	XLON
10:25:38	500	169.90	XLON
10:25:38	255	169.90	XLON
10:28:47	1126	169.70	CHIX
10:37:03	500	169.70	BATE
10:37:03	613	169.70	BATE
10:43:28	436	169.60	CHIX
10:43:28	500	169.60	CHIX
10:43:28	126	169.60	CHIX
10:43:28	116	169.60	CHIX
10:48:54	15	169.50	XLON
10:48:54	1476	169.50	XLON
10:48:54	1461	169.50	XLON
10:48:54	248	169.50	XLON
10:48:54	8	169.50	XLON
10:48:54	453	169.50	XLON
10:48:54	157	169.50	XLON
10:48:56	576	169.50	XLON
10:49:03	1,111	169.70	BATE
10:49:53	1,090	169.50	XLON
10:49:53	1,489	169.50	XLON
10:49:53	522	169.50	XLON
10:49:53	1,753	169.50	XLON
10:49:56	1,130	169.20	XLON
10:50:08	408	169.20	XLON
11:12:29	2000	169.40	XLON
11:12:29	476	169.40	XLON
11:12:29	192	169.40	CHIX
11:12:29	1,023	169.40	CHIX
11:12:29	1,204	169.40	CHIX
11:12:36	179	169.10	XLON
11:12:53	348	169.10	XLON
11:12:55	601	169.10	XLON
11:12:55	349	169.10	XLON
11:19:42	325	169.20	XLON
11:19:42	128	169.20	XLON
11:22:53	294	169.20	XLON
11:23:00	695	169.20	XLON
11:23:00	226	169.20	XLON
11:23:00	24	169.20	XLON
11:23:00	157	169.20	XLON
11:23:02	157	169.30	BATE
11:23:02	940	169.30	BATE
11:23:47	500	169.20	TRQX
11:23:47	500	169.20	TRQX
11:23:47	56	169.20	TRQX
11:24:32	157	169.30	XLON
11:24:32	1000	169.30	XLON
11:24:32	602	169.30	XLON
11:28:32	500	169.20	XLON
11:28:32	923	169.20	XLON
11:42:11	176	169.00	XLON
11:42:11	20	169.00	XLON
11:42:12	528	169.00	XLON
11:44:35	712	169.00	XLON
11:44:35	1285	169.00	XLON
11:44:35	242	169.00	XLON
11:53:37	1,000	168.90	XLON
11:53:37	565	168.90	XLON
12:01:37	121	168.90	XLON
12:02:00	1,519	168.90	XLON
12:19:29	510	168.90	XLON
12:19:30	1,036	168.90	XLON
12:19:30	346	168.90	XLON
12:24:23	490	168.80	XLON
12:24:23	974	168.80	XLON
12:24:23	157	168.80	BATE
12:24:23	1,054	168.80	BATE
12:50:13	1,610	168.60	XLON
12:50:13	1,399	168.80	CHIX
13:03:19	234	168.60	BATE
13:04:07	227	168.60	BATE
13:30:15	1,722	168.60	XLON
13:30:15	47	168.60	BATE
13:30:15	306	168.60	BATE
13:30:15	417	168.60	BATE
13:30:15	1434	168.60	XLON
13:30:30	337	168.60	TRQX
13:30:30	1	168.60	TRQX
13:30:36	926	168.60	TRQX
13:30:36	1,213	168.60	CHIX
13:31:29	445	168.90	XLON
13:31:29	1,000	168.90	XLON
13:31:29	26	168.90	XLON
13:31:36	1,699	168.90	XLON
13:34:53	1090	169.30	BATE
13:34:53	3,409	169.20	XLON
13:35:08	500	169.00	XLON
13:35:08	500	169.00	XLON
13:35:08	241	169.00	XLON
13:35:08	448	169.00	XLON
13:35:08	1,251	169.00	CHIX
13:35:08	1192	169.00	CHIX
13:36:19	334	169.00	BATE
13:36:19	451	169.00	BATE
13:36:19	336	169.00	BATE
13:46:08	1,638	168.80	XLON
13:46:08	157	168.80	XLON
13:46:08	1409	168.80	XLON
14:03:58	1,425	169.00	BATE
14:04:04	412	169.00	XLON
14:04:05	332	169.00	XLON
14:04:05	2,035	169.00	XLON
14:04:05	594	169.00	XLON
14:15:09	1,092	169.70	BATE
14:15:09	844	169.80	BATE
14:15:09	309	169.80	BATE
14:15:09	1,000	169.70	CHIX
14:15:09	423	169.70	CHIX
14:15:09	1,197	169.70	CHIX
14:15:09	10981	169.60	XLON
14:15:09	1767	169.50	XLON
14:15:09	500	169.50	XLON
14:15:09	738	169.50	XLON
14:23:15	500	169.40	XLON
14:23:15	1,206	169.40	XLON
14:24:11	113	169.60	TRQX
14:24:11	1068	169.60	TRQX
14:24:11	1,219	169.60	TRQX
14:28:38	1,178	169.50	XLON
14:28:38	496	169.50	XLON
14:34:38	1,565	169.30	XLON
14:42:34	1,312	169.90	CHIX
14:42:38	1,000	169.80	XLON
14:42:38	426	169.80	XLON
14:42:39	1,270	169.60	CHIX
14:42:39	1,611	169.30	XLON
14:42:41	329	169.30	CHIX
14:42:41	830	169.30	CHIX
14:42:42	696	169.20	BATE
14:43:03	237	169.20	BATE
14:44:42	1,108	169.30	CHIX
14:46:14	1,000	169.50	XLON
14:46:14	500	169.50	XLON
14:46:14	79	169.50	XLON
14:46:14	929	169.60	CHIX
14:46:14	78	169.70	CHIX
14:46:14	259	169.70	CHIX
14:46:14	1,155	169.70	CHIX
14:52:20	500	169.80	XLON
14:52:20	972	169.80	XLON
14:53:47	500	170.10	BATE
14:53:47	635	170.10	BATE
14:53:47	1161	170.10	BATE
14:53:48	1,094	170.20	CHIX
14:55:55	500	170.00	XLON
14:55:55	355	170.00	XLON
14:55:55	755	170.00	XLON
14:56:55	1,527	170.00	XLON
15:01:06	1731	170.00	XLON
15:04:06	635	169.80	XLON
15:04:06	641	169.80	XLON
15:04:06	181	169.80	XLON
15:08:45	5	170.00	XLON
15:09:45	151	170.20	XLON
15:09:45	1,000	170.20	XLON
15:09:45	48	170.20	XLON
15:09:45	469	170.20	XLON
15:10:42	1,728	169.80	XLON
15:10:44	27	169.70	CHIX
15:11:04	1,500	169.90	CHIX
15:11:04	37	169.90	CHIX
15:15:46	1,568	170.00	XLON
15:16:36	1,386	169.80	XLON
15:16:37	115	169.80	XLON
15:18:38	649	169.60	BATE
15:18:38	50	169.60	BATE
15:18:38	828	169.60	BATE
15:18:39	1,325	169.40	CHIX
15:18:45	40	169.60	BATE
15:18:45	80	169.60	BATE
15:18:45	493	169.60	BATE
15:18:45	459	169.60	BATE
15:18:46	1,224	169.70	CHIX
15:18:51	1,269	169.90	BATE
15:20:47	995	169.80	XLON
15:20:47	561	169.80	XLON
15:26:19	1,419	170.10	CHIX
15:26:19	500	170.10	XLON
15:26:19	500	170.10	XLON
15:26:19	538	170.10	XLON
15:26:19	438	170.10	XLON
15:26:53	1,423	169.90	XLON
15:31:02	807	170.10	BATE
15:31:02	291	170.10	BATE
15:31:02	517	170.10	CHIX
15:31:02	1,021	170.20	XLON
15:31:02	450	170.20	XLON
15:31:02	500	170.10	CHIX
15:31:02	45	170.10	CHIX
15:35:43	410	169.80	XLON
15:35:43	479	169.80	XLON
15:35:43	537	169.80	XLON
15:35:43	896	169.80	XLON
15:35:43	647	169.80	XLON
15:38:43	28	169.70	XLON
15:38:43	1,207	169.70	XLON
15:38:44	528	169.70	XLON
15:39:53	579	169.70	CHIX
15:39:53	1	169.70	CHIX
15:40:53	454	169.70	CHIX
15:41:40	217	169.70	CHIX
15:42:46	560	169.50	XLON
15:42:46	848	169.50	XLON
15:45:20	70	169.50	XLON
15:47:26	1,646	169.60	XLON
15:50:20	1083	169.40	CHIX
15:52:36	1,698	169.40	XLON
15:59:06	2,500	169.60	XLON
15:59:06	242	169.60	XLON
15:59:06	185	169.60	XLON
15:59:06	1,451	169.60	BATE
15:59:06	1,000	169.60	BATE
15:59:06	121	169.60	BATE
15:59:06	330	169.60	BATE
16:00:56	1114	169.30	CHIX
16:01:45	1,161	169.40	TRQX
16:07:56	54	169.50	XLON
16:07:56	4,966	169.50	XLON
16:09:02	922	169.30	CHIX
16:09:02	285	169.30	CHIX
16:13:56	984	169.60	XLON
16:13:56	283	169.60	XLON
16:13:56	3,500	169.60	XLON
16:13:56	500	169.60	XLON
16:13:56	2,432	169.60	XLON
16:16:56	680	169.30	CHIX
16:21:36	500	169.30	XLON
16:21:36	500	169.30	XLON
16:21:36	500	169.30	XLON
16:21:36	1,394	169.30	XLON
16:21:36	2,206	169.30	XLON
16:22:36	129	169.30	XLON
16:22:36	33	169.30	XLON
16:22:37	283	169.30	XLON
16:22:45	306	169.30	XLON
16:25:53	350	169.30	XLON
16:26:48	331	169.30	XLON
16:27:22	122	169.30	XLON
16:27:22	445	169.30	CHIX
16:27:22	431	169.30	CHIX
16:27:22	21	169.30	XLON
16:27:22	1,590	169.30	XLON
16:27:22	1,866	169.30	XLON
16:29:49	1504	169.20	XLON
16:29:58	741	169.20	XLON

 

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