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	18 March 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	70,505
Weighted average price paid (p)	175.30
Highest price paid (p)	176.00
Lowest price paid (p)	173.60

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 109,936,190 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 640,758,825. 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 18 March 2024 is 640,758,825. 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
BATE	173.90	1,724
CHIX	175.31	68,781

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:24:38	1724	176.00	CHIX
08:24:40	611	175.80	CHIX
08:24:40	1113	175.80	CHIX
08:24:41	1724	175.70	CHIX
08:24:46	721	175.30	CHIX
08:24:46	1003	175.30	CHIX
08:24:49	1724	175.20	CHIX
08:49:08	1724	176.00	CHIX
09:02:35	600	176.00	CHIX
09:02:35	135	176.00	CHIX
09:02:35	989	176.00	CHIX
09:02:36	1724	175.90	CHIX
09:02:39	1724	175.80	CHIX
09:03:16	1724	175.70	CHIX
09:03:21	1019	175.40	CHIX
09:06:25	1724	176.00	CHIX
09:06:53	1724	175.80	CHIX
12:37:43	300	175.00	CHIX
12:37:43	900	175.00	CHIX
12:37:43	300	175.00	CHIX
12:37:43	224	175.00	CHIX
12:37:55	1724	174.90	CHIX
12:38:34	587	175.00	CHIX
12:40:16	1137	175.00	CHIX
12:40:19	1457	174.60	CHIX
12:40:19	267	174.60	CHIX
12:58:13	1724	174.90	CHIX
14:03:55	1724	176.00	CHIX
14:03:58	1711	175.70	CHIX
14:04:24	724	175.80	CHIX
14:08:41	775	175.80	CHIX
14:08:41	225	175.80	CHIX
14:09:21	1309	175.70	CHIX
14:09:21	184	175.70	CHIX
14:09:21	231	175.70	CHIX
14:09:31	300	175.10	CHIX
14:09:31	300	175.10	CHIX
14:09:31	1124	175.10	CHIX
14:16:59	1203	175.10	CHIX
14:16:59	521	175.10	CHIX
14:19:15	300	174.40	CHIX
14:19:15	1424	174.40	CHIX
14:37:20	754	174.70	CHIX
14:37:20	433	174.70	CHIX
14:37:20	300	174.70	CHIX
14:37:20	237	174.70	CHIX
14:37:21	1724	174.70	CHIX
14:40:04	1724	175.50	CHIX
14:56:05	963	176.00	CHIX
14:56:05	703	176.00	CHIX
14:56:05	58	176.00	CHIX
14:58:02	1724	176.00	CHIX
15:10:15	533	176.00	CHIX
15:10:15	1191	176.00	CHIX
15:10:18	308	175.90	CHIX
15:10:28	213	176.00	CHIX
15:10:28	600	176.00	CHIX
15:10:28	300	176.00	CHIX
15:10:28	600	176.00	CHIX
15:10:28	11	176.00	CHIX
15:11:53	1724	175.90	CHIX
15:12:32	1724	175.80	CHIX
15:13:25	231	175.70	CHIX
15:27:43	1724	174.50	CHIX
15:27:45	1724	174.20	CHIX
15:29:21	1724	174.50	CHIX
15:43:00	1724	174.10	CHIX
15:43:29	1724	173.90	BATE
15:47:15	1724	173.60	CHIX
15:47:20	1724	173.80	CHIX

 

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