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 RBC Europe Limited.

Date of Purchase	12 February 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	95,952
Weighted average price paid (p)	159.30
Highest price paid (p)	160.60
Lowest price paid (p)	158.00

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 104,140,169 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 646,554,846. 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 February 2024 is 646,554,846. 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: RBC Europe Limited

Intermediary Code: ROYCGB22

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	159.15	23,094
BATE	159.17	2,312
CHIX	159.43	64,929
TRQX	159.34	595
Aquis	159.17	5,022

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:03:00	4	158.20	CHIX
08:03:00	1113	158.20	CHIX
08:08:58	9	158.00	CHIX
08:09:27	1108	158.00	CHIX
08:24:00	581	159.60	CHIX
08:24:00	536	159.60	CHIX
08:31:33	1117	160.10	CHIX
08:31:37	1117	159.70	CHIX
08:32:01	1117	159.60	CHIX
08:37:20	1117	159.20	CHIX
08:40:58	1051	159.30	CHIX
08:40:58	66	159.30	CHIX
08:49:38	581	159.20	CHIX
08:49:38	536	159.20	CHIX
08:49:40	466	159.20	CHIX
08:49:40	651	159.20	CHIX
08:49:40	95	159.10	CHIX
08:49:40	556	159.10	XLON
08:49:40	634	159.10	XLON
08:50:02	342	159.10	CHIX
08:50:02	775	159.10	CHIX
08:50:02	239	159.10	CHIX
08:50:02	476	159.10	XLON
08:50:02	119	159.10	BATE
08:50:02	215	159.10	CHIX
08:50:02	119	159.10	TRQX
08:50:02	357	159.10	Aquis
08:50:02	1190	159.10	XLON
08:57:38	581	159.10	Aquis
08:57:45	181	159.10	CHIX
08:57:45	400	159.10	CHIX
08:57:45	536	159.10	CHIX
08:57:45	229	159.10	Aquis
08:57:45	253	159.10	XLON
08:57:45	937	159.10	XLON
09:03:04	66	159.10	CHIX
09:03:04	1051	159.10	CHIX
09:03:04	149	159.10	Aquis
09:03:04	215	159.10	BATE
09:03:04	119	159.10	CHIX
09:03:04	327	159.10	Aquis
09:03:04	1190	159.10	XLON
09:03:10	788	159.10	CHIX
09:03:10	119	159.10	CHIX
09:03:24	329	159.10	CHIX
09:03:24	485	159.10	XLON
09:03:24	119	159.10	BATE
09:03:24	467	159.10	XLON
09:03:24	200	159.10	CHIX
09:03:24	225	159.10	Aquis
09:03:30	400	159.10	CHIX
09:03:30	147	159.10	BATE
09:05:30	717	159.10	CHIX
09:05:30	206	159.10	BATE
09:05:30	32	159.10	BATE
09:05:30	1250	159.10	Aquis
09:10:52	512	159.10	XLON
09:10:54	450	159.10	CHIX
09:10:54	240	159.10	CHIX
09:10:54	400	159.10	CHIX
09:10:54	119	159.10	BATE
09:10:54	66	159.10	XLON
09:10:54	27	159.10	CHIX
09:10:54	30	159.10	XLON
09:10:54	23	159.10	XLON
09:10:59	679	159.10	CHIX
09:10:59	119	159.10	CHIX
09:10:59	400	159.10	XLON
09:10:59	574	159.10	XLON
09:10:59	216	159.10	XLON
09:23:22	1117	159.20	CHIX
09:32:40	1117	159.10	CHIX
09:32:40	215	159.10	CHIX
09:32:40	476	159.10	XLON
09:32:40	2000	159.10	XLON
09:32:40	2000	159.10	XLON
09:32:40	2000	159.10	XLON
09:32:48	1117	159.10	CHIX
09:32:48	714	159.10	Aquis
09:32:48	1286	159.10	XLON
09:32:48	2000	159.10	XLON
09:32:48	1000	159.10	XLON
09:32:51	114	158.90	CHIX
09:32:51	1003	158.90	CHIX
09:33:48	1117	158.80	CHIX
09:33:52	921	158.70	CHIX
09:33:52	196	158.70	CHIX
09:33:55	609	158.50	CHIX
09:33:55	508	158.50	CHIX
09:34:30	1117	158.30	CHIX
09:34:36	128	158.20	CHIX
09:34:36	269	158.20	CHIX
10:26:35	423	158.70	CHIX
11:29:37	208	159.40	CHIX
11:29:37	146	159.40	CHIX
11:29:37	763	159.40	CHIX
11:32:38	581	159.40	CHIX
11:33:02	536	159.40	CHIX
11:33:03	1117	159.40	CHIX
11:34:02	879	159.30	CHIX
11:34:02	238	159.30	CHIX
11:49:11	462	159.20	BATE
11:49:11	400	159.20	BATE
11:49:11	255	159.20	BATE
12:07:02	212	159.20	CHIX
12:13:02	1	159.20	CHIX
12:13:03	581	159.20	CHIX
12:13:03	323	159.20	CHIX
12:17:02	581	159.10	CHIX
12:17:02	536	159.10	CHIX
12:41:41	1	159.10	CHIX
13:11:27	1117	159.50	CHIX
13:11:28	1117	159.30	CHIX
13:12:59	1117	159.20	CHIX
13:38:09	204	159.10	CHIX
13:38:09	913	159.10	CHIX
13:53:23	479	159.00	CHIX
13:53:23	638	159.00	CHIX
13:53:23	119	159.00	CHIX
13:53:23	93	159.00	TRQX
13:53:23	630	159.00	XLON
13:53:23	400	159.00	XLON
13:58:13	1117	159.00	CHIX
13:58:13	119	159.00	BATE
13:58:13	115	159.00	CHIX
13:58:13	4	159.00	CHIX
13:58:13	437	159.00	XLON
13:58:13	357	159.00	Aquis
13:58:13	26	159.00	TRQX
14:35:08	1117	159.40	CHIX
15:01:11	1117	159.60	CHIX
15:01:23	1117	159.50	CHIX
15:28:02	581	159.50	CHIX
15:28:02	439	159.50	CHIX
15:28:02	277	159.50	CHIX
15:28:02	357	159.50	Aquis
15:28:02	75	159.50	TRQX
15:28:02	163	159.50	TRQX
15:28:02	520	159.50	XLON
15:28:02	800	159.50	XLON
15:28:02	108	159.50	XLON
15:28:02	97	159.50	CHIX
15:48:13	1117	159.90	CHIX
15:52:07	1115	159.80	CHIX
15:52:07	2	159.80	CHIX
15:52:07	119	159.60	TRQX
15:52:07	476	159.60	Aquis
15:52:07	158	159.60	CHIX
15:52:07	119	159.60	BATE
15:52:07	1428	159.60	XLON
16:03:10	1117	159.70	CHIX
16:09:56	1117	159.90	CHIX
16:10:02	639	159.90	CHIX
16:10:03	478	159.90	CHIX
16:18:14	1117	160.20	CHIX
16:21:46	1117	160.30	CHIX
16:21:50	3	160.50	CHIX
16:21:51	58	160.50	CHIX
16:21:55	195	160.50	CHIX
16:21:55	652	160.50	CHIX
16:21:55	209	160.50	CHIX
16:22:22	1117	160.50	CHIX
16:23:52	1117	160.40	CHIX
16:25:42	1117	160.50	CHIX
16:25:48	150	160.50	CHIX
16:26:23	967	160.50	CHIX
16:26:36	1117	160.50	CHIX
16:26:48	779	160.50	CHIX
16:28:43	338	160.50	CHIX
16:29:30	418	160.60	CHIX
16:29:46	699	160.60	CHIX

 

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