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	31 January 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	217,931
Weighted average price paid (p)	169.75
Highest price paid (p)	173.10
Lowest price paid (p)	168.70

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 102,266,205 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 648,428,810. 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 31 January 2024 is 648,428,810. 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	169.69	141,714
BATE	169.82	22,438
CHIX	169.89	42,972
TRQX	169.86	10,807

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:04:12	1136	171.70	TRQX
08:05:00	1180	173.10	CHIX
08:05:00	2,048	171.60	XLON
08:05:00	759	171.60	XLON
08:05:00	1513	171.60	XLON
08:05:10	1,256	171.40	CHIX
08:05:10	1,289	172.10	BATE
08:08:00	800	170.70	XLON
08:08:00	778	170.70	XLON
08:14:10	400	170.10	CHIX
08:14:10	712	170.10	CHIX
08:24:10	639	170.50	CHIX
08:24:10	400	170.50	CHIX
08:24:10	1,686	170.30	XLON
08:24:47	1,200	170.20	XLON
08:24:47	198	170.20	XLON
08:25:47	357	170.50	XLON
08:25:47	265	170.50	XLON
08:25:47	989	170.50	XLON
08:30:30	1,273	170.60	XLON
08:30:30	2,751	170.60	XLON
08:31:30	968	170.90	XLON
08:31:30	643	170.90	XLON
08:39:10	52	170.70	CHIX
08:39:10	1,150	170.70	CHIX
08:39:10	1,907	170.60	XLON
08:41:00	380	170.50	XLON
08:41:00	1304	170.50	XLON
08:50:40	1,205	170.50	CHIX
09:05:00	257	170.60	XLON
09:05:00	1,283	170.60	XLON
09:15:15	1,135	170.30	CHIX
09:21:00	400	170.10	XLON
09:21:00	1200	170.10	XLON
09:21:00	20	170.10	XLON
09:23:27	52	170.10	XLON
09:23:27	2,463	170.10	XLON
09:23:27	2000	170.10	XLON
09:23:27	279	170.10	XLON
09:23:27	400	170.10	XLON
09:23:27	228	170.10	XLON
09:25:20	881	170.60	TRQX
09:25:20	152	170.60	TRQX
09:25:20	400	170.30	CHIX
09:25:20	804	170.30	CHIX
09:26:57	51	170.20	XLON
09:26:57	1,601	170.20	XLON
09:46:29	1,140	170.40	BATE
09:49:57	52	170.60	XLON
09:49:57	2137	170.60	XLON
09:50:40	52	170.60	XLON
09:50:40	1,927	170.60	XLON
09:50:40	1050	170.60	XLON
09:50:40	1248	170.60	XLON
10:11:17	800	170.50	CHIX
10:11:17	457	170.50	CHIX
10:11:29	829	170.40	BATE
10:11:29	118	170.40	BATE
10:11:29	319	170.40	BATE
10:11:32	295	170.30	XLON
10:11:33	1157	170.30	XLON
10:13:16	1,389	170.30	XLON
10:45:05	350	170.20	XLON
10:45:05	1,199	170.20	XLON
10:45:44	885	169.80	XLON
10:46:29	231	169.80	XLON
10:46:29	363	169.80	XLON
10:47:09	316	169.90	CHIX
10:47:18	192	170.00	XLON
10:47:18	1373	170.00	XLON
10:47:18	1,385	170.00	XLON
10:47:22	10	169.90	CHIX
10:47:22	817	169.90	CHIX
10:47:22	1,150	169.90	CHIX
10:47:22	800	169.90	CHIX
10:47:22	407	169.90	CHIX
10:47:22	1,933	170.00	XLON
10:47:22	113	169.80	XLON
10:48:00	400	169.70	XLON
10:48:00	1,728	169.70	XLON
10:53:34	573	169.60	XLON
10:53:34	1,956	169.60	XLON
10:53:34	144	169.60	XLON
10:53:34	800	169.60	XLON
10:53:34	800	169.60	XLON
10:53:34	400	169.60	XLON
10:53:34	400	169.60	XLON
10:53:34	7	169.60	XLON
11:17:34	1502	169.90	XLON
11:18:29	800	169.80	BATE
11:18:29	317	169.80	BATE
11:19:08	1,441	169.90	XLON
11:59:33	371	169.70	XLON
11:59:33	1248	169.70	XLON
11:59:33	19	169.70	XLON
11:59:33	634	169.70	XLON
11:59:33	993	169.70	XLON
12:19:43	52	169.00	XLON
12:19:43	449	169.00	XLON
12:19:43	1,600	169.00	XLON
12:19:43	938	169.00	XLON
12:19:43	6,326	169.00	XLON
12:20:43	1,515	168.80	XLON
12:20:43	461	168.80	XLON
12:21:43	1,571	168.70	XLON
12:21:43	28	168.70	XLON
12:27:34	1410	168.70	XLON
12:27:41	265	168.80	XLON
12:27:41	1,402	168.80	XLON
12:27:41	456	168.80	CHIX
12:27:41	176	168.80	CHIX
12:27:41	332	168.80	CHIX
12:27:41	146	168.80	CHIX
12:27:46	1,543	168.80	XLON
12:28:29	1,145	168.90	BATE
12:28:29	1,196	169.30	TRQX
12:28:29	68	169.10	TRQX
12:28:29	1,046	169.70	TRQX
12:28:29	416	169.10	CHIX
12:28:29	523	169.10	CHIX
12:28:29	334	169.10	CHIX
12:28:29	400	169.00	XLON
12:28:29	1,603	169.70	CHIX
12:28:29	2,058	169.10	XLON
12:28:29	1,197	169.10	XLON
12:28:29	52	169.10	XLON
12:28:29	596	169.10	XLON
12:28:29	52	169.10	XLON
12:28:29	470	169.10	XLON
12:28:29	1,006	169.10	XLON
12:33:57	1,410	169.10	XLON
12:34:29	888	169.10	BATE
12:34:29	352	169.10	BATE
12:40:00	258	169.20	XLON
12:40:00	1,330	169.20	XLON
12:59:31	354	169.20	XLON
12:59:31	243	169.20	XLON
12:59:31	389	169.20	XLON
12:59:31	330	169.20	XLON
12:59:31	337	169.20	XLON
13:21:46	130	169.30	XLON
13:26:27	271	169.30	XLON
13:26:27	1213	169.30	XLON
14:10:37	1,870	169.50	CHIX
14:10:37	589	169.50	CHIX
14:10:37	1273	169.50	CHIX
14:10:37	400	169.50	CHIX
14:10:37	209	169.50	CHIX
14:11:33	161	169.60	BATE
14:11:33	969	169.60	BATE
14:11:33	58	169.60	BATE
14:11:33	213	169.40	XLON
14:11:33	1	169.40	XLON
14:21:39	1,526	169.40	XLON
14:42:39	1,636	169.40	XLON
14:44:33	1116	169.30	BATE
14:51:03	217	169.20	XLON
14:51:03	1	169.20	XLON
14:51:03	309	169.20	XLON
14:51:28	842	169.20	XLON
14:55:25	1,150	169.30	BATE
14:55:25	1,272	169.30	BATE
15:08:01	834	169.10	XLON
15:08:01	966	169.10	XLON
15:08:01	200	169.10	XLON
15:08:01	303	169.10	XLON
15:14:05	959	169.00	XLON
15:14:05	685	169.00	XLON
15:18:10	354	168.90	XLON
15:20:16	1288	168.90	XLON
15:23:56	938	168.80	CHIX
15:27:16	1,729	169.00	XLON
15:27:16	916	169.10	CHIX
15:27:16	400	169.10	CHIX
15:27:16	400	169.10	CHIX
15:27:16	400	169.10	CHIX
15:27:16	542	169.00	XLON
15:27:16	87	169.00	XLON
15:27:16	56	169.10	CHIX
15:27:16	3517	169.10	CHIX
15:27:17	193	169.00	XLON
15:27:17	24	169.00	XLON
15:27:17	6	169.00	XLON
15:27:17	693	169.00	XLON
15:27:24	448	169.00	XLON
15:28:51	1,442	169.00	XLON
15:28:51	1,888	169.00	XLON
15:28:51	196	169.00	XLON
15:28:51	776	169.00	XLON
15:28:51	1,289	169.00	XLON
15:28:51	241	169.00	XLON
15:40:04	188	169.40	XLON
15:41:33	85	169.40	XLON
15:41:33	1,650	169.40	XLON
15:43:11	1,087	169.40	BATE
15:43:11	168	169.40	BATE
15:44:02	73	169.40	CHIX
15:44:02	917	169.40	CHIX
15:52:21	218	169.20	BATE
15:52:21	897	169.20	BATE
15:52:21	1,067	169.20	BATE
15:52:21	46	169.20	BATE
15:52:53	37	169.20	XLON
15:52:53	72	169.20	XLON
15:52:53	1,820	169.20	XLON
15:55:40	514	169.10	CHIX
15:58:02	216	169.10	CHIX
15:58:02	531	169.10	CHIX
15:58:07	3,056	169.20	XLON
16:00:58	94	168.90	XLON
16:01:18	992	168.90	XLON
16:01:31	550	168.90	XLON
16:03:19	1,682	169.10	CHIX
16:03:19	110	169.10	XLON
16:03:19	1,855	169.10	XLON
16:03:19	1,945	169.10	XLON
16:03:19	3,800	169.10	XLON
16:03:20	76	169.10	XLON
16:03:20	203	169.10	XLON
16:03:25	474	169.10	TRQX
16:03:26	301	169.20	XLON
16:03:27	156	169.30	TRQX
16:03:27	400	169.30	TRQX
16:03:27	400	169.30	TRQX
16:03:27	400	169.30	TRQX
16:03:27	400	169.30	TRQX
16:03:27	400	169.30	TRQX
16:03:27	54	169.30	TRQX
16:03:27	139	169.30	TRQX
16:03:27	989	169.30	TRQX
16:03:27	400	169.30	TRQX
16:03:27	162	169.30	TRQX
16:03:27	36	169.30	TRQX
16:05:06	400	169.50	CHIX
16:05:06	800	169.50	CHIX
16:05:06	335	169.50	CHIX
16:05:06	259	169.50	CHIX
16:06:50	236	169.60	XLON
16:06:50	800	169.60	XLON
16:06:50	1,200	169.60	XLON
16:09:20	400	169.80	BATE
16:09:20	400	169.80	BATE
16:09:20	133	169.80	BATE
16:09:20	129	169.80	BATE
16:09:22	430	169.80	BATE
16:09:22	1,238	169.80	BATE
16:17:37	1,193	170.00	BATE
16:17:37	242	170.20	BATE
16:17:37	800	170.20	BATE
16:17:37	400	170.20	BATE
16:17:37	178	170.20	BATE
16:17:37	74	170.20	BATE
16:17:37	151	170.20	BATE
16:17:37	166	170.20	BATE
16:17:37	997	170.30	CHIX
16:17:37	2,423	170.50	CHIX
16:17:37	1,218	170.50	CHIX
16:17:37	800	170.20	TRQX
16:17:37	128	170.20	TRQX
16:17:37	400	170.20	TRQX
16:17:37	400	170.20	TRQX
16:17:37	190	170.20	TRQX
16:17:37	1,098	170.40	BATE
16:17:37	267	170.20	XLON
16:17:37	1718	170.20	XLON
16:17:37	189	170.20	XLON
16:17:37	800	170.20	XLON
16:17:38	1,318	170.20	XLON
16:17:38	3,550	170.20	XLON
16:20:40	1,372	170.00	XLON
16:20:40	1,114	170.10	CHIX
16:20:40	1,181	170.10	CHIX
16:23:02	1,399	170.00	XLON
16:26:44	1,268	170.00	CHIX
16:29:06	1,687	169.90	XLON

 

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