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	13 February 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	131,923
Weighted average price paid (p)	158.60
Highest price paid (p)	160.10
Lowest price paid (p)	157.40

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 104,272,092 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 646,422,923. 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 13 February 2024 is 646,422,923. 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	158.58	36,144
BATE	158.52	7,983
CHIX	158.55	79,087
TRQX	158.51	2,634
Aquis	158.80	6,075

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:13:00	915	159.60	CHIX
08:13:00	213	159.60	CHIX
08:13:00	1128	159.50	CHIX
08:18:55	1128	159.30	CHIX
08:24:12	472	159.10	CHIX
08:24:12	656	159.10	CHIX
09:31:06	1128	160.10	CHIX
09:33:34	1128	159.90	CHIX
09:58:00	1128	159.70	CHIX
10:15:22	359	159.50	CHIX
10:15:22	769	159.50	CHIX
10:20:51	256	159.30	CHIX
10:20:51	776	159.30	CHIX
10:20:51	96	159.30	CHIX
10:34:39	1128	159.10	CHIX
10:44:00	1128	159.20	CHIX
10:47:05	1128	159.10	CHIX
10:47:05	819	159.10	TRQX
10:47:05	400	159.10	TRQX
10:47:05	39	159.10	TRQX
10:47:05	1440	159.10	XLON
10:47:05	802	159.10	XLON
10:47:05	154	159.10	Aquis
11:29:09	282	159.40	CHIX
11:29:09	846	159.40	CHIX
11:52:17	1128	159.30	CHIX
11:52:17	58	159.30	BATE
11:52:17	472	159.30	Aquis
11:52:17	354	159.30	CHIX
11:52:17	374	159.30	BATE
11:52:17	2242	159.30	XLON
11:52:21	1096	159.30	XLON
12:02:50	1128	159.30	CHIX
12:02:50	472	159.30	CHIX
12:02:50	398	159.30	CHIX
12:02:50	400	159.30	Aquis
12:02:50	544	159.30	Aquis
12:02:50	586	159.30	XLON
12:02:50	1600	159.30	XLON
12:02:50	190	159.30	XLON
12:02:50	810	159.30	XLON
12:02:50	472	159.30	BATE
12:02:50	472	159.30	CHIX
12:02:50	64	159.30	XLON
12:02:50	64	159.30	XLON
12:02:50	3412	159.30	XLON
12:02:50	516	159.30	Aquis
12:02:50	13	159.30	TRQX
12:02:50	52	159.30	TRQX
12:02:50	154	159.30	Aquis
12:02:50	52	159.30	BATE
12:02:50	52	159.30	CHIX
12:02:50	52	159.30	XLON
12:02:50	38	159.30	TRQX
12:02:50	36	159.30	TRQX
12:02:50	154	159.30	Aquis
12:02:50	52	159.30	BATE
12:02:50	52	159.30	CHIX
12:02:50	52	159.30	XLON
12:02:52	13	159.30	TRQX
12:02:52	154	159.30	Aquis
12:02:52	52	159.30	BATE
12:02:52	52	159.30	CHIX
12:02:52	52	159.30	XLON
12:02:52	1497	159.30	XLON
12:02:52	154	159.30	Aquis
12:02:52	52	159.30	BATE
12:02:52	13	159.30	CHIX
12:02:52	52	159.30	CHIX
12:02:52	52	159.30	XLON
12:02:52	13	159.30	BATE
12:02:52	754	159.20	CHIX
12:02:52	208	159.20	CHIX
12:02:52	166	159.20	CHIX
12:02:54	154	159.30	Aquis
12:02:54	3716	159.30	CHIX
12:02:54	402	159.30	BATE
12:02:54	70	159.30	BATE
12:02:54	446	159.30	CHIX
12:02:54	9	159.30	CHIX
12:02:57	397	159.30	BATE
12:02:57	193	159.30	BATE
12:02:57	2714	159.30	XLON
12:03:03	1061	159.30	CHIX
12:03:03	67	159.30	CHIX
12:03:03	61	159.30	CHIX
12:03:03	325	159.30	Aquis
12:03:03	325	159.30	Aquis
12:03:03	58	159.30	Aquis
12:03:03	154	159.30	Aquis
12:03:03	497	159.30	XLON
12:03:03	497	159.30	XLON
12:03:04	154	159.30	Aquis
12:03:04	52	159.30	CHIX
12:03:04	52	159.30	XLON
12:03:25	536	159.30	CHIX
12:03:25	592	159.30	CHIX
12:03:25	197	159.30	Aquis
12:03:25	236	159.30	CHIX
12:03:25	681	159.30	XLON
12:03:25	420	159.30	XLON
12:03:25	143	159.20	BATE
12:03:25	157	159.20	CHIX
12:03:25	118	159.20	XLON
12:03:25	985	159.20	BATE
12:03:26	636	159.10	CHIX
12:03:30	492	159.10	CHIX
12:03:38	177	159.00	BATE
12:03:38	951	159.00	BATE
12:10:09	547	159.10	CHIX
12:10:09	581	159.10	CHIX
12:18:33	1128	159.00	CHIX
12:20:40	400	158.90	CHIX
12:20:40	728	158.90	CHIX
12:21:14	516	158.90	CHIX
12:26:59	356	158.90	CHIX
12:26:59	702	158.90	CHIX
12:26:59	70	158.90	CHIX
12:38:14	1128	158.80	CHIX
12:46:05	1017	158.60	CHIX
12:46:05	111	158.60	CHIX
13:04:14	909	158.40	CHIX
13:30:01	1128	158.50	CHIX
13:30:08	1128	158.40	CHIX
13:30:16	10	158.30	CHIX
13:30:16	1118	158.30	CHIX
13:30:40	1128	158.20	CHIX
13:31:54	1128	157.80	CHIX
13:33:45	788	157.90	CHIX
13:33:45	340	157.90	CHIX
13:44:03	750	158.20	CHIX
13:44:03	378	158.20	CHIX
13:45:18	621	158.10	CHIX
13:45:18	507	158.10	CHIX
13:55:12	982	158.00	CHIX
13:55:12	146	158.00	CHIX
14:00:39	1128	157.90	CHIX
14:07:43	689	157.80	CHIX
14:07:43	439	157.80	CHIX
14:20:43	797	157.60	CHIX
14:20:43	331	157.60	CHIX
14:21:22	239	157.50	CHIX
14:21:22	889	157.50	CHIX
14:29:02	415	157.40	BATE
14:29:02	713	157.40	BATE
14:29:55	1128	157.60	CHIX
14:46:33	1128	158.00	CHIX
14:46:41	1128	158.00	CHIX
14:46:42	1128	158.00	CHIX
14:49:03	1128	158.00	CHIX
14:55:21	1128	157.90	CHIX
14:55:21	708	157.80	Aquis
14:55:21	354	157.80	TRQX
14:55:21	398	157.80	CHIX
14:55:21	354	157.80	BATE
14:55:21	3186	157.80	XLON
14:55:46	211	157.80	CHIX
14:55:46	917	157.80	CHIX
14:55:46	472	157.80	CHIX
14:55:46	130	157.80	BATE
14:55:46	386	157.80	BATE
14:55:46	400	157.80	Aquis
14:55:46	426	157.80	Aquis
14:55:46	2460	157.80	XLON
14:55:46	726	157.80	XLON
14:55:46	354	157.80	TRQX
14:55:46	218	157.80	BATE
14:55:46	354	157.80	CHIX
14:55:46	136	157.80	BATE
14:55:46	3186	157.80	XLON
14:55:52	340	157.80	CHIX
14:55:52	252	157.80	CHIX
14:55:52	536	157.80	CHIX
14:55:52	162	157.80	TRQX
14:56:01	570	157.80	CHIX
14:56:01	98	157.80	XLON
14:56:01	386	157.80	XLON
14:56:25	392	157.80	CHIX
14:56:25	166	157.80	CHIX
14:56:25	106	157.80	XLON
14:56:25	749	157.80	XLON
15:01:02	368	157.80	Aquis
15:01:02	357	157.80	CHIX
15:01:02	298	157.80	BATE
15:01:02	354	157.80	TRQX
15:01:02	56	157.80	BATE
15:01:02	2714	157.80	XLON
15:01:02	104	157.80	Aquis
15:01:02	1128	157.80	CHIX
15:01:02	70	157.80	BATE
15:01:02	70	157.80	XLON
15:01:02	1008	157.80	XLON
15:01:02	48	157.80	XLON
15:01:02	57	157.80	XLON
15:01:02	209	157.80	BATE
15:01:02	499	157.80	BATE
15:01:02	679	157.80	CHIX
15:01:02	2360	157.80	XLON
15:01:10	216	157.70	CHIX
15:01:10	912	157.70	CHIX
15:01:13	1128	157.60	CHIX
15:27:17	1128	157.90	CHIX
15:35:39	1128	158.20	CHIX
15:36:13	400	158.00	CHIX
15:36:13	728	158.00	CHIX
15:37:57	456	157.90	CHIX
15:37:57	672	157.90	CHIX
15:57:12	1128	158.00	CHIX
16:10:57	1128	158.20	CHIX
16:12:23	1128	158.20	CHIX
16:19:25	1128	158.20	CHIX
16:20:25	1128	158.10	CHIX
16:23:46	807	158.00	CHIX
16:24:20	95	158.00	CHIX
16:26:16	226	158.00	CHIX
16:26:38	1128	158.00	CHIX
16:28:45	56	157.90	BATE

 

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