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	26 March 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	141,460
Weighted average price paid (p)	182.50
Highest price paid (p)	183.10
Lowest price paid (p)	180.80

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 110,533,038 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 640,161,977. 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 26 March 2024 is 640,161,977. 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	182.85	30,753
BATE	182.54	1,753
CHIX	182.31	97,035
TRQX	183.00	3,584
Aquis	183.00	8,335

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:08:33	1882	181.20	CHIX
08:10:47	1882	181.40	CHIX
08:11:28	1788	181.10	CHIX
08:11:28	94	181.10	CHIX
08:11:31	29	180.80	CHIX
08:11:31	1853	180.80	CHIX
08:56:02	643	181.30	XLON
08:56:02	1239	181.30	XLON
09:02:22	1364	181.80	CHIX
09:02:22	518	181.80	CHIX
09:18:21	1665	182.00	CHIX
09:18:21	217	182.00	CHIX
09:24:41	1234	182.00	CHIX
09:24:41	648	182.00	CHIX
09:40:24	1882	181.90	CHIX
09:53:11	421	181.80	CHIX
10:09:20	678	181.90	CHIX
10:09:20	700	181.90	CHIX
10:09:20	504	181.90	CHIX
10:22:04	395	182.30	CHIX
10:46:20	1882	183.10	CHIX
10:46:28	289	183.10	CHIX
10:46:28	1593	183.10	CHIX
10:46:55	1882	183.10	CHIX
10:46:55	144	183.00	TRQX
10:46:55	144	183.00	Aquis
10:46:55	144	183.00	BATE
10:46:55	272	183.00	CHIX
10:46:55	1296	183.00	XLON
10:46:55	144	183.00	TRQX
10:46:55	144	183.00	Aquis
10:46:55	144	183.00	BATE
10:46:55	144	183.00	CHIX
10:46:55	220	183.00	XLON
10:46:55	557	183.00	XLON
10:46:55	647	183.00	XLON
10:46:55	576	183.00	Aquis
10:46:55	1424	183.00	XLON
10:46:55	288	183.00	TRQX
10:46:55	288	183.00	Aquis
10:46:55	1424	183.00	XLON
10:46:55	416	183.00	TRQX
10:46:55	288	183.00	Aquis
10:46:55	1296	183.00	XLON
10:46:55	704	183.00	Aquis
10:46:55	1296	183.00	XLON
10:46:57	1882	183.00	CHIX
10:46:57	288	183.00	TRQX
10:46:57	288	183.00	Aquis
10:46:57	897	183.00	XLON
10:46:57	527	183.00	XLON
10:47:01	704	183.00	Aquis
10:47:01	1296	183.00	XLON
10:47:01	1882	183.00	CHIX
10:47:27	1882	183.00	CHIX
10:47:37	1882	183.00	CHIX
10:48:21	576	183.00	TRQX
10:48:21	720	183.00	Aquis
10:48:21	576	183.00	BATE
10:48:21	689	183.00	CHIX
10:48:21	2687	183.00	Aquis
10:48:21	4752	183.00	XLON
10:48:22	1728	183.00	TRQX
10:48:22	1792	183.00	Aquis
10:48:22	6480	183.00	XLON
10:48:23	5000	183.00	XLON
10:48:23	1882	183.00	CHIX
11:04:01	1397	183.10	CHIX
11:04:01	485	183.10	CHIX
11:13:34	40	183.00	CHIX
11:13:34	1842	183.00	CHIX
11:18:44	1882	182.80	CHIX
11:22:07	502	182.50	CHIX
11:22:07	1380	182.50	CHIX
11:23:48	84	182.40	CHIX
11:27:26	172	182.40	CHIX
11:37:49	459	182.40	CHIX
11:37:49	827	182.40	CHIX
11:37:49	340	182.40	CHIX
11:43:11	1882	182.20	CHIX
11:43:11	1882	182.20	CHIX
11:43:46	211	182.00	CHIX
11:57:09	213	182.00	CHIX
11:57:49	737	182.00	CHIX
12:02:00	454	182.00	CHIX
12:02:00	267	182.00	CHIX
12:14:26	217	182.00	CHIX
12:21:40	204	182.00	CHIX
12:27:36	200	182.00	CHIX
12:52:53	396	182.40	CHIX
13:08:20	1486	182.40	CHIX
13:08:25	1409	182.10	CHIX
13:08:25	473	182.10	CHIX
13:10:08	956	182.10	CHIX
13:10:08	700	182.10	CHIX
13:10:08	226	182.10	CHIX
13:15:03	215	182.00	CHIX
13:21:25	216	182.00	CHIX
13:22:44	969	182.00	CHIX
13:23:14	314	182.00	CHIX
13:23:14	168	182.00	CHIX
13:23:20	762	182.00	CHIX
13:23:20	625	182.00	CHIX
13:23:20	495	182.00	CHIX
13:27:14	224	182.00	CHIX
13:33:45	301	182.10	BATE
13:33:45	240	182.10	BATE
13:33:45	233	182.10	BATE
13:33:45	115	182.10	BATE
13:34:00	993	182.10	CHIX
13:41:42	178	182.00	CHIX
13:41:42	1704	182.00	CHIX
13:56:36	288	182.00	CHIX
14:23:42	46	182.50	CHIX
14:23:42	1836	182.50	CHIX
14:27:32	261	182.30	CHIX
14:40:21	1621	182.30	CHIX
14:44:21	253	182.20	CHIX
14:44:21	1629	182.20	CHIX
14:44:41	1110	182.00	CHIX
14:44:41	575	182.00	CHIX
14:44:41	197	182.00	CHIX
14:55:07	846	182.20	CHIX
14:55:07	775	182.20	CHIX
14:57:24	232	182.20	CHIX
14:57:42	29	182.20	CHIX
15:02:21	44	182.30	CHIX
15:04:06	983	182.30	CHIX
15:04:06	855	182.30	CHIX
15:04:20	959	182.30	CHIX
15:05:53	700	182.30	CHIX
15:05:53	223	182.30	CHIX
15:25:31	586	182.30	CHIX
15:25:31	1296	182.30	CHIX
15:25:32	1189	182.30	CHIX
15:25:32	693	182.30	CHIX
15:28:21	62	182.20	CHIX
15:28:21	178	182.20	CHIX
15:28:21	1642	182.20	CHIX
15:33:51	902	182.20	CHIX
15:33:51	110	182.20	CHIX
15:33:51	11	182.20	CHIX
15:33:51	44	182.20	XLON
15:33:51	244	182.20	XLON
15:35:02	527	182.20	CHIX
15:35:02	212	182.20	XLON
15:40:36	288	182.20	XLON
15:41:43	332	182.20	CHIX
15:41:43	31	182.20	XLON
15:41:43	181	182.20	XLON
15:41:44	288	182.20	XLON
15:45:01	212	182.20	XLON
15:45:01	1882	182.20	CHIX
15:47:29	136	182.20	XLON
15:48:00	123	182.20	XLON
15:50:39	1882	182.20	CHIX
15:50:39	212	182.20	CHIX
16:05:51	830	182.50	CHIX
16:05:51	1052	182.50	CHIX
16:06:03	1616	182.50	CHIX
16:06:03	266	182.50	CHIX
16:06:46	358	182.50	CHIX
16:15:21	1882	182.60	CHIX
16:18:20	1882	182.50	CHIX
16:18:42	119	182.50	CHIX
16:19:07	700	182.50	CHIX
16:19:07	700	182.50	CHIX
16:19:08	363	182.50	CHIX
16:19:13	200	182.40	CHIX

 

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