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	22 March 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	124,747
Weighted average price paid (p)	184.20
Highest price paid (p)	185.00
Lowest price paid (p)	182.90

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 110,323,324 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 640,371,691. 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 22 March 2024 is 640,371,691. 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	183.85	3,706
BATE	185.00	97
CHIX	184.20	119,627
Aquis	184.81	1,317

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:02:39	1227	182.90	CHIX
08:02:39	626	182.90	CHIX
08:07:38	1853	182.90	CHIX
08:11:18	1074	183.50	CHIX
08:11:20	309	183.50	CHIX
08:16:45	470	183.50	CHIX
08:16:52	1853	183.40	CHIX
08:41:38	27	184.60	CHIX
08:42:38	1826	184.60	CHIX
08:54:21	1853	184.40	CHIX
08:54:58	400	184.40	CHIX
08:54:58	400	184.40	CHIX
08:54:58	1053	184.40	CHIX
08:57:06	932	184.20	CHIX
08:57:06	400	184.20	CHIX
08:57:06	521	184.20	CHIX
09:01:30	400	184.20	CHIX
09:01:30	355	184.20	CHIX
09:01:30	255	184.20	CHIX
09:01:30	800	184.20	CHIX
09:01:30	43	184.20	CHIX
09:03:06	1347	184.70	CHIX
09:03:06	400	184.70	CHIX
09:03:06	106	184.70	CHIX
09:03:15	1431	184.70	CHIX
09:03:15	338	184.70	CHIX
09:03:15	84	184.70	CHIX
09:05:00	782	184.70	CHIX
09:05:00	1071	184.70	CHIX
09:05:03	1853	184.60	CHIX
09:21:37	1052	184.30	CHIX
09:21:37	36	184.30	CHIX
09:21:37	70	184.30	CHIX
09:22:24	695	184.30	CHIX
09:26:27	20	184.10	CHIX
09:30:36	718	184.10	CHIX
09:36:43	138	184.20	CHIX
09:36:43	584	184.20	CHIX
09:36:43	1131	184.20	CHIX
09:40:03	1276	184.10	XLON
09:40:03	577	184.10	XLON
09:49:07	746	183.90	CHIX
09:49:07	1107	183.90	CHIX
09:58:47	530	183.80	CHIX
10:00:53	376	183.80	CHIX
10:11:41	458	184.70	CHIX
10:14:45	320	184.80	CHIX
10:14:45	720	184.80	CHIX
10:16:29	813	184.80	CHIX
10:16:30	1250	184.80	Aquis
10:16:30	603	184.80	CHIX
10:20:51	1853	184.60	CHIX
10:27:49	1474	184.50	CHIX
10:27:49	379	184.50	CHIX
10:29:31	140	184.40	CHIX
10:29:31	164	184.40	CHIX
10:29:31	108	184.40	CHIX
10:29:52	220	184.40	CHIX
10:29:52	51	184.40	CHIX
10:29:52	1170	184.40	CHIX
10:41:38	18	184.30	CHIX
10:45:29	1281	184.30	CHIX
10:45:29	554	184.30	CHIX
10:51:22	400	184.60	CHIX
10:51:22	1453	184.60	CHIX
10:51:52	400	184.50	CHIX
10:51:52	297	184.50	CHIX
10:51:52	1156	184.50	CHIX
11:25:27	16	184.80	CHIX
11:25:27	70	184.80	CHIX
11:25:27	1591	184.80	CHIX
11:25:27	176	184.80	CHIX
11:35:28	1	184.50	CHIX
11:35:28	1852	184.50	CHIX
11:38:31	1853	184.30	CHIX
11:38:47	16	184.10	CHIX
11:39:14	769	184.10	CHIX
11:39:14	1	184.10	CHIX
11:39:14	1067	184.10	CHIX
11:44:51	1853	184.00	CHIX
11:49:51	456	184.50	CHIX
11:49:51	1104	184.50	CHIX
11:49:51	293	184.50	CHIX
11:55:34	17	184.30	CHIX
12:02:37	11	184.50	CHIX
12:02:37	243	184.50	CHIX
12:03:48	1853	184.60	CHIX
12:35:04	1853	184.60	CHIX
12:35:10	1630	184.50	CHIX
12:35:12	223	184.50	CHIX
12:45:48	379	184.40	CHIX
12:45:48	1474	184.40	CHIX
12:53:53	300	184.10	CHIX
12:55:32	17	184.10	CHIX
12:56:31	400	184.10	CHIX
12:56:31	317	184.10	CHIX
12:56:37	819	184.10	CHIX
13:17:01	1853	184.00	CHIX
13:22:15	918	184.00	CHIX
13:22:15	935	184.00	CHIX
13:22:22	1853	183.90	CHIX
13:23:49	1853	183.80	CHIX
13:24:12	18	183.70	CHIX
13:24:12	1835	183.70	CHIX
13:30:11	292	183.60	XLON
13:30:11	1561	183.60	XLON
13:41:04	21	183.40	CHIX
14:17:35	1399	183.70	CHIX
14:17:35	454	183.70	CHIX
14:25:48	186	183.40	CHIX
14:25:48	1600	183.40	CHIX
14:25:48	67	183.40	CHIX
14:32:33	1853	183.30	CHIX
14:32:46	1853	183.00	CHIX
14:48:25	160	183.50	CHIX
14:48:40	1853	183.70	CHIX
14:55:54	993	184.10	CHIX
14:55:54	369	184.10	CHIX
14:55:54	491	184.10	CHIX
14:55:57	778	184.00	CHIX
14:55:57	1	184.00	CHIX
14:55:57	117	184.00	CHIX
14:55:57	957	184.00	CHIX
15:12:27	42	184.00	CHIX
15:12:33	1666	184.00	CHIX
15:12:33	145	184.00	CHIX
15:12:42	504	183.90	CHIX
15:12:46	467	183.90	CHIX
15:12:52	550	183.90	CHIX
15:13:12	332	183.90	CHIX
15:14:42	800	183.90	CHIX
15:14:42	800	183.90	CHIX
15:14:42	1	183.90	CHIX
15:14:42	166	183.90	CHIX
15:14:42	86	183.90	CHIX
15:14:51	1208	183.90	CHIX
15:14:51	282	183.90	CHIX
15:14:51	341	183.90	CHIX
15:15:03	22	183.90	CHIX
15:15:23	400	183.90	CHIX
15:15:23	400	183.90	CHIX
15:15:30	166	183.90	CHIX
15:15:30	400	183.90	CHIX
15:15:30	400	183.90	CHIX
15:16:02	87	183.90	CHIX
15:22:34	400	183.80	CHIX
15:22:34	1453	183.80	CHIX
15:31:36	411	183.80	CHIX
15:31:36	1200	183.80	CHIX
15:31:36	242	183.80	CHIX
15:35:37	400	183.80	CHIX
15:35:37	400	183.80	CHIX
15:35:37	1053	183.80	CHIX
15:57:42	1187	184.60	CHIX
15:57:42	666	184.60	CHIX
16:01:31	319	184.30	CHIX
16:01:31	400	184.30	CHIX
16:01:31	400	184.30	CHIX
16:01:31	400	184.30	CHIX
16:01:31	334	184.30	CHIX
16:12:41	43	184.90	CHIX
16:12:41	449	184.90	CHIX
16:12:41	6	184.90	CHIX
16:12:45	200	184.90	CHIX
16:12:46	557	184.90	CHIX
16:13:35	67	185.00	Aquis
16:13:35	97	185.00	BATE
16:13:35	260	185.00	CHIX
16:14:15	942	185.00	CHIX
16:14:15	402	185.00	CHIX
16:22:47	85	185.00	CHIX
16:24:21	1853	185.00	CHIX
16:24:25	1853	185.00	CHIX
16:25:20	279	184.80	CHIX
16:25:26	1853	184.90	CHIX
16:25:30	1236	184.80	CHIX
16:25:31	617	184.80	CHIX
16:25:34	1219	184.70	CHIX
16:25:34	634	184.70	CHIX
16:29:50	214	184.80	CHIX

 

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