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	20 March 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	35,229
Weighted average price paid (p)	181.70
Highest price paid (p)	182.00
Lowest price paid (p)	179.20

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 110,097,483 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 640,597,532. 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 20 March 2024 is 640,597,532. 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	181.71	35,229

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:28:03	1836	179.20	CHIX
08:45:28	1836	181.10	CHIX
08:45:52	1337	181.30	CHIX
08:45:52	499	181.30	CHIX
08:47:56	201	181.90	CHIX
08:47:56	837	181.90	CHIX
08:47:56	798	181.90	CHIX
08:47:59	1635	182.00	CHIX
08:47:59	201	182.00	CHIX
08:48:09	249	181.90	CHIX
08:48:09	400	181.90	CHIX
08:48:09	400	181.90	CHIX
08:48:09	400	181.90	CHIX
08:48:09	387	181.90	CHIX
08:48:10	1836	181.80	CHIX
08:48:57	1836	181.90	CHIX
08:49:00	674	181.70	CHIX
08:49:00	400	181.70	CHIX
08:49:00	762	181.70	CHIX
09:32:57	1836	182.00	CHIX
15:43:55	347	182.00	CHIX
15:43:55	1489	182.00	CHIX
15:45:28	345	181.70	CHIX
15:45:29	343	181.90	CHIX
15:45:29	344	181.90	CHIX
15:50:13	1149	181.90	CHIX
15:50:14	1194	181.80	CHIX
15:51:22	971	182.00	CHIX
15:51:22	280	182.00	CHIX
15:52:02	585	182.00	CHIX
15:53:09	662	182.00	CHIX
15:54:02	662	182.00	CHIX
15:56:15	512	182.00	CHIX
16:00:52	800	182.00	CHIX
16:00:52	800	182.00	CHIX
16:00:52	236	182.00	CHIX
16:01:33	642	181.90	CHIX
16:11:12	1836	182.00	CHIX
16:11:50	25	182.00	CHIX
16:13:25	1811	182.00	CHIX
16:16:58	1549	181.90	CHIX
16:16:58	287	181.90	CHIX

 

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