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	15 March 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	13,101
Weighted average price paid (p)	168.40
Highest price paid (p)	169.90
Lowest price paid (p)	166.40

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 109,865,685 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 640,829,330. 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 15 March 2024 is 640,829,330. 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
CHIX	168.38	13,101

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:02:16	355	166.40	CHIX
08:02:16	1307	166.40	CHIX
08:04:01	626	166.60	CHIX
08:09:37	1662	168.30	CHIX
08:09:40	390	168.10	CHIX
08:09:40	1263	168.10	CHIX
08:09:41	9	168.10	CHIX
08:13:17	162	168.70	CHIX
08:13:17	1099	168.70	CHIX
08:13:17	401	168.70	CHIX
08:13:27	180	168.90	CHIX
08:13:27	1482	168.90	CHIX
08:13:29	1662	168.70	CHIX
08:14:09	841	169.00	CHIX
08:19:45	300	169.90	CHIX
08:19:45	1362	169.90	CHIX

 

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