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	07 March 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	284,282
Weighted average price paid (p)	159.40
Highest price paid (p)	160.10
Lowest price paid (p)	155.30

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 108,316,728 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 642,378,287. 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 07 March 2024 is 642,378,287. 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	159.23	142,672
BATE	159.54	7,501
CHIX	159.53	117,302
TRQX	159.38	8,687
Aquis	159.55	8,120

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:04:00	108	155.30	Aquis
08:10:03	53	159.80	CHIX
08:10:03	1387	159.80	CHIX
08:10:09	422	159.30	CHIX
08:10:09	1018	159.30	CHIX
08:11:43	1440	159.20	CHIX
08:18:43	1,440	159.20	CHIX
08:35:32	541	159.70	CHIX
08:37:02	328	159.70	CHIX
08:37:02	571	159.70	CHIX
08:42:11	540	159.60	CHIX
08:42:11	900	159.60	CHIX
08:59:11	1440	159.50	CHIX
08:59:11	229	159.50	BATE
08:59:11	648	159.50	XLON
08:59:11	229	159.50	Aquis
08:59:11	385	159.50	XLON
08:59:11	155	159.50	XLON
08:59:24	400	159.50	CHIX
08:59:24	1040	159.50	CHIX
08:59:24	108	159.50	XLON
09:00:40	1092	159.50	CHIX
09:00:40	108	159.50	CHIX
09:00:40	216	159.50	Aquis
09:00:40	400	159.50	XLON
09:00:40	153	159.50	XLON
09:00:40	306	159.50	CHIX
09:00:40	42	159.50	CHIX
09:00:40	121	159.50	CHIX
09:00:40	540	159.50	XLON
09:00:41	91	159.50	CHIX
09:00:43	990	159.50	CHIX
09:00:43	63	159.50	CHIX
09:02:29	3	159.50	CHIX
09:02:29	108	159.50	CHIX
09:02:29	108	159.50	XLON
09:02:29	289	159.50	CHIX
09:02:29	4	159.50	CHIX
09:02:29	216	159.50	Aquis
09:02:29	540	159.50	XLON
09:03:10	545	159.50	CHIX
09:08:56	895	159.50	CHIX
09:08:56	121	159.50	XLON
09:08:56	40	159.50	CHIX
09:09:59	1440	159.50	CHIX
09:09:59	189	159.50	CHIX
09:09:59	316	159.50	XLON
09:09:59	224	159.50	XLON
09:12:02	542	159.50	CHIX
09:12:02	898	159.50	CHIX
09:12:05	498	159.50	CHIX
09:21:02	545	159.50	CHIX
09:28:02	146	159.50	CHIX
09:28:02	251	159.50	CHIX
09:28:02	2	159.50	XLON
09:28:02	106	159.50	XLON
09:28:03	40	159.50	BATE
09:28:03	40	159.50	CHIX
09:28:03	40	159.50	XLON
09:28:03	120	159.50	XLON
09:32:34	108	159.50	BATE
09:32:38	1440	159.50	CHIX
09:32:38	205	159.50	BATE
09:32:38	108	159.50	CHIX
09:32:38	108	159.50	XLON
09:32:38	40	159.50	CHIX
09:32:38	68	159.50	CHIX
09:32:38	97	159.50	CHIX
09:32:38	368	159.50	XLON
09:32:38	412	159.50	XLON
09:32:38	40	159.50	BATE
09:32:38	603	159.50	CHIX
09:32:38	40	159.50	CHIX
09:32:38	40	159.50	BATE
09:32:38	40	159.50	CHIX
09:32:38	40	159.50	XLON
09:32:42	68	159.50	CHIX
09:32:47	400	159.50	CHIX
09:32:47	1040	159.50	CHIX
09:32:47	6	159.50	XLON
09:32:47	108	159.50	TRQX
09:32:47	432	159.50	XLON
09:36:28	1094	159.50	CHIX
09:36:28	111	159.50	CHIX
09:36:28	235	159.50	CHIX
09:36:28	121	159.50	TRQX
09:36:28	216	159.50	XLON
09:36:29	1440	159.50	CHIX
09:36:29	75	159.50	BATE
09:36:29	121	159.50	CHIX
09:36:29	108	159.50	TRQX
09:36:29	540	159.50	XLON
09:41:22	529	159.50	CHIX
09:41:25	911	159.50	CHIX
09:41:25	33	159.50	XLON
09:42:08	456	159.50	CHIX
09:42:08	108	159.50	CHIX
10:10:08	1346	159.80	CHIX
10:10:08	74	159.80	CHIX
10:10:08	20	159.80	CHIX
10:15:34	1440	159.70	CHIX
10:18:09	1440	159.60	CHIX
10:18:16	1440	159.50	CHIX
10:21:15	1440	159.40	CHIX
10:21:16	920	159.20	CHIX
10:23:15	520	159.20	CHIX
10:23:16	910	159.10	CHIX
10:35:44	16	159.10	CHIX
10:35:44	514	159.10	CHIX
10:35:44	15	159.10	CHIX
10:35:44	108	159.10	BATE
10:35:44	106	159.10	CHIX
10:35:44	108	159.10	TRQX
10:35:44	540	159.10	XLON
10:35:44	97	159.10	CHIX
10:35:44	29	159.10	CHIX
10:35:44	27	159.10	CHIX
10:35:44	33	159.10	CHIX
10:36:29	187	159.10	XLON
11:05:09	180	159.20	CHIX
11:05:09	1,260	159.20	CHIX
11:05:09	216	159.20	BATE
11:05:09	108	159.20	CHIX
11:05:09	601	159.20	XLON
11:05:09	40	159.20	BATE
11:05:09	40	159.20	CHIX
11:05:09	40	159.20	XLON
11:05:09	27	159.20	XLON
11:05:09	11	159.20	XLON
11:05:09	12	159.20	XLON
11:05:09	10	159.20	XLON
11:05:09	12	159.20	XLON
11:05:09	10	159.20	XLON
11:05:09	5	159.20	XLON
11:05:09	97	159.20	XLON
11:14:42	1440	159.20	CHIX
11:14:42	108	159.20	CHIX
11:14:42	108	159.20	BATE
11:14:42	97	159.20	XLON
11:14:42	308	159.20	XLON
11:14:42	540	159.20	XLON
11:21:02	1,297	159.20	CHIX
11:21:02	143	159.20	CHIX
11:21:02	385	159.20	XLON
11:21:02	169	159.20	CHIX
11:21:02	216	159.20	Aquis
11:21:02	40	159.20	XLON
11:21:02	21	159.20	XLON
11:21:02	479	159.20	XLON
11:21:02	40	159.20	XLON
11:21:05	187	159.20	XLON
11:22:59	55	159.20	CHIX
11:22:59	254	159.20	CHIX
11:22:59	991	159.20	CHIX
11:22:59	345	159.20	CHIX
11:22:59	353	159.20	XLON
11:24:02	140	159.20	CHIX
11:24:02	385	159.20	CHIX
11:24:02	20	159.20	XLON
11:43:02	545	159.20	CHIX
11:51:02	77	159.20	CHIX
11:51:02	818	159.20	CHIX
11:54:44	678	159.10	CHIX
11:54:44	617	159.10	CHIX
11:54:44	145	159.10	CHIX
13:16:16	1440	159.00	CHIX
13:16:18	796	159.00	CHIX
13:16:18	644	159.00	CHIX
13:34:53	1266	159.10	CHIX
13:34:53	174	159.10	CHIX
13:34:54	1440	159.00	CHIX
13:35:44	729	158.90	CHIX
13:35:44	711	158.90	CHIX
13:45:26	1440	159.00	CHIX
13:45:26	577	159.00	CHIX
13:45:48	864	159.00	TRQX
13:45:48	319	159.00	CHIX
13:45:48	1558	159.00	XLON
13:45:48	1682	159.00	XLON
13:45:48	1440	159.00	CHIX
13:45:48	40	159.00	XLON
13:45:48	539	159.00	XLON
13:45:48	3808	159.00	XLON
13:45:48	5000	159.00	XLON
13:45:48	5000	159.00	XLON
13:45:48	5000	159.00	XLON
13:45:48	5000	159.00	XLON
13:45:48	5,000	159.00	XLON
13:45:48	5,000	159.00	XLON
13:45:48	40	158.90	BATE
13:45:48	40	158.90	CHIX
13:45:48	40	158.90	XLON
13:45:48	493	158.90	XLON
13:45:49	5,000	159.00	XLON
13:45:49	5000	159.00	XLON
13:45:49	5000	159.00	XLON
13:45:49	5000	159.00	XLON
13:45:49	5000	159.00	XLON
13:45:49	5000	159.00	XLON
13:45:49	5000	159.00	XLON
13:45:50	1520	159.00	XLON
13:45:55	547	159.00	CHIX
13:45:55	893	159.00	CHIX
13:45:55	1760	159.00	TRQX
13:45:55	1720	159.00	XLON
13:45:55	5000	159.00	XLON
13:46:01	654	159.10	CHIX
13:46:16	979	159.60	CHIX
13:50:16	278	160.10	CHIX
13:50:16	278	160.10	CHIX
13:50:16	278	160.10	CHIX
13:50:16	606	160.10	CHIX
13:51:41	1440	160.10	CHIX
13:52:39	392	160.10	CHIX
13:52:39	392	160.10	CHIX
13:52:39	656	160.10	CHIX
13:53:21	252	160.10	CHIX
13:53:21	1188	160.10	CHIX
13:53:30	1440	160.00	CHIX
13:55:32	423	159.90	CHIX
13:55:32	1017	159.90	CHIX
14:00:04	1,440	159.60	CHIX
14:02:00	718	159.50	CHIX
14:02:00	722	159.50	CHIX
14:04:14	661	159.50	CHIX
14:04:14	366	159.50	CHIX
14:04:14	413	159.50	CHIX
14:10:24	1,440	159.60	CHIX
14:10:45	1440	159.60	CHIX
14:11:42	1,440	159.80	CHIX
14:11:44	459	159.70	CHIX
14:23:12	1440	160.00	CHIX
14:24:05	1440	159.90	CHIX
14:34:55	1440	159.90	CHIX
14:36:00	1,440	159.80	CHIX
14:36:06	1440	159.90	CHIX
14:46:33	1,440	160.00	CHIX
14:46:39	1,440	159.90	CHIX
14:55:05	5	160.00	CHIX
15:00:25	512	160.00	CHIX
15:00:25	923	160.00	CHIX
15:02:58	392	160.00	CHIX
15:02:58	1048	160.00	CHIX
15:08:19	1,440	159.90	CHIX
15:16:47	1440	159.70	CHIX
15:16:47	879	159.70	CHIX
15:16:47	881	159.70	CHIX
15:16:47	3240	159.70	XLON
15:17:15	1,440	159.80	CHIX
15:29:49	1256	159.70	CHIX
15:29:49	866	159.70	Aquis
15:29:49	894	159.70	Aquis
15:29:49	470	159.70	XLON
15:29:49	93	159.70	XLON
15:29:49	1654	159.70	XLON
15:32:15	184	159.70	CHIX
15:32:15	40	159.70	Aquis
15:32:15	365	159.70	Aquis
15:32:15	618	159.70	Aquis
15:34:33	373	159.70	CHIX
15:34:33	572	159.70	CHIX
15:39:36	847	159.70	CHIX
15:44:15	540	159.70	BATE
15:46:00	324	159.70	TRQX
15:46:00	648	159.70	BATE
15:46:00	648	159.70	CHIX
15:46:00	2268	159.70	XLON
15:46:00	432	159.70	Aquis
15:46:00	205	159.70	TRQX
15:46:00	432	159.70	BATE
15:46:00	83	159.70	TRQX
15:46:00	172	159.70	CHIX
15:46:00	39	159.70	TRQX
15:46:00	260	159.70	CHIX
15:46:00	105	159.70	TRQX
15:46:00	3272	159.70	XLON
15:46:00	220	159.70	CHIX
15:46:00	432	159.70	TRQX
15:46:00	432	159.70	Aquis
15:46:00	464	159.70	BATE
15:46:00	432	159.70	CHIX
15:46:00	3240	159.70	XLON
15:46:00	432	159.70	TRQX
15:46:00	464	159.70	Aquis
15:46:00	432	159.70	BATE
15:46:00	432	159.70	CHIX
15:46:00	3240	159.70	XLON
15:46:00	432	159.70	TRQX
15:46:00	392	159.70	BATE
15:46:01	616	159.70	CHIX
15:46:01	804	159.70	XLON
15:46:01	284	159.70	XLON
15:46:01	464	159.70	CHIX
15:46:01	432	159.70	Aquis
15:46:01	552	159.70	XLON
15:46:01	434	159.70	XLON
15:46:01	392	159.70	XLON
15:46:01	774	159.70	XLON
15:46:01	824	159.70	CHIX
15:46:01	40	159.70	BATE
15:46:01	432	159.70	Aquis
15:46:01	432	159.70	TRQX
15:46:01	432	159.70	BATE
15:46:01	464	159.70	CHIX
15:46:01	3240	159.70	XLON
15:46:01	75	159.70	Aquis
15:46:01	357	159.70	Aquis
15:46:01	216	159.70	TRQX
15:46:01	171	159.70	BATE
15:46:01	45	159.70	BATE
15:46:01	313	159.70	CHIX
15:46:01	800	159.70	XLON
15:46:01	545	159.70	XLON
15:46:01	599	159.70	XLON
15:46:02	1440	159.50	CHIX
15:48:39	442	159.40	CHIX
15:48:39	998	159.40	CHIX
15:50:26	1440	159.30	CHIX
15:50:27	60	159.30	CHIX
15:50:27	1380	159.30	CHIX
16:05:55	432	159.40	TRQX
16:05:55	464	159.40	BATE
16:05:55	432	159.40	CHIX
16:05:55	432	159.40	Aquis
16:05:55	3240	159.40	XLON
16:05:55	3672	159.40	XLON
16:05:55	120	159.40	XLON
16:05:55	1208	159.40	XLON
16:05:55	432	159.40	Aquis
16:05:55	432	159.40	TRQX
16:05:55	432	159.40	BATE
16:05:55	400	159.40	CHIX
16:05:55	32	159.40	CHIX
16:05:55	3272	159.40	XLON
16:05:55	432	159.40	TRQX
16:05:55	432	159.40	Aquis
16:05:55	432	159.40	BATE
16:05:55	432	159.40	CHIX
16:05:55	3272	159.40	XLON
16:05:55	432	159.40	TRQX
16:05:55	432	159.40	Aquis
16:05:55	432	159.40	BATE
16:05:55	432	159.40	CHIX
16:05:55	3272	159.40	XLON
16:05:55	432	159.40	BATE
16:05:55	432	159.40	TRQX
16:05:55	3056	159.40	XLON
16:05:55	216	159.40	XLON
16:05:55	432	159.40	CHIX
16:06:17	108	159.40	CHIX
16:06:17	216	159.40	XLON
16:24:30	39	159.50	CHIX
16:24:30	393	159.50	CHIX
16:24:30	424	159.50	BATE
16:24:30	432	159.50	TRQX
16:24:30	2	159.50	BATE
16:24:30	3,240	159.50	XLON
16:24:56	38	159.50	BATE
16:24:56	230	159.50	XLON
16:24:56	94	159.50	XLON
16:25:36	108	159.50	XLON
16:27:44	12	159.50	XLON
16:29:23	326	159.50	TRQX

 

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