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	25 March 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	68,254
Weighted average price paid (p)	181.90
Highest price paid (p)	182.90
Lowest price paid (p)	181.00

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 110,391,578 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 640,303,437. 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 25 March 2024 is 640,303,437. 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	181.01	18,113
CHIX	182.18	50,141

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:35:51	1884	181.40	CHIX
08:38:27	1884	181.30	CHIX
08:38:27	1884	181.20	CHIX
08:38:28	19	181.00	CHIX
08:38:28	1865	181.00	CHIX
08:39:50	128	181.80	XLON
08:39:58	561	181.90	CHIX
08:39:58	1323	181.90	CHIX
08:57:25	1400	182.20	CHIX
08:57:25	484	182.20	CHIX
08:57:30	1794	182.10	CHIX
08:57:30	28	182.10	CHIX
08:57:30	62	182.10	CHIX
08:58:07	1429	182.00	CHIX
08:58:07	455	182.00	CHIX
10:07:42	1	182.30	CHIX
10:30:31	1884	182.50	CHIX
10:58:26	1884	182.70	CHIX
11:06:27	202	182.80	CHIX
11:06:27	1682	182.80	CHIX
11:58:32	1884	182.90	CHIX
12:02:03	3	182.80	CHIX
12:02:03	700	182.80	CHIX
12:02:03	693	182.80	CHIX
12:02:03	307	182.80	CHIX
12:02:04	181	182.80	CHIX
14:22:06	494	182.60	CHIX
14:22:06	1390	182.60	CHIX
14:24:27	267	182.20	CHIX
14:40:21	1400	182.20	CHIX
14:40:21	217	182.20	CHIX
14:44:00	375	182.00	CHIX
14:44:00	1509	182.00	CHIX
14:59:25	117	182.20	CHIX
14:59:47	202	182.30	CHIX
14:59:47	1400	182.30	CHIX
14:59:47	282	182.30	CHIX
15:03:41	103	182.30	CHIX
15:03:41	907	182.30	CHIX
15:03:41	697	182.30	CHIX
15:03:41	177	182.30	CHIX
15:36:26	1884	182.50	CHIX
15:48:02	171	182.30	CHIX
15:48:02	597	182.30	CHIX
15:48:02	83	182.30	CHIX
15:48:02	1033	182.30	CHIX
15:48:04	1050	182.00	CHIX
16:08:38	362	182.20	CHIX
16:08:38	1522	182.20	CHIX
16:21:20	1884	182.50	CHIX
16:21:23	1873	182.30	CHIX
16:25:49	1884	182.40	CHIX
16:25:49	1884	182.30	CHIX
16:26:19	225	182.20	CHIX
16:29:30	1659	182.20	CHIX
16:35:12	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:12	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:12	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:12	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:12	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:12	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:12	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:12	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:13	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:13	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:13	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:13	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:13	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:13	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:13	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:13	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:13	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:13	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:14	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:14	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:14	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:14	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:14	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:14	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:14	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:14	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:14	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:15	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:15	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:15	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:15	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:15	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:15	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:15	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:15	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:15	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:15	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:16	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:16	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:16	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:16	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:16	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:16	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:16	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:16	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:16	385	181.00	XLON
16:35:16	275	181.00	XLON

 

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