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	27 March 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	91,602
Weighted average price paid (p)	183.20
Highest price paid (p)	184.30
Lowest price paid (p)	182.40

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 110,624,640 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 640,070,375. 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 27 March 2024 is 640,070,375. 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	182.40	1,899
CHIX	183.26	89,703

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:42:49	1400	184.30	CHIX
08:42:49	499	184.30	CHIX
08:42:51	316	184.10	CHIX
08:42:51	983	184.10	CHIX
08:42:51	600	184.10	CHIX
08:56:56	1899	183.90	CHIX
08:57:00	214	183.70	CHIX
08:57:00	1685	183.70	CHIX
08:57:25	1899	183.60	CHIX
08:57:25	1432	183.40	CHIX
08:57:37	452	183.80	CHIX
08:57:37	1447	183.80	CHIX
08:57:37	69	183.60	CHIX
08:59:55	1830	183.60	CHIX
09:03:47	1899	183.70	CHIX
09:11:29	1899	183.60	CHIX
09:56:26	1899	183.50	CHIX
09:56:29	437	183.20	CHIX
09:56:29	1462	183.20	CHIX
09:57:08	153	183.00	CHIX
10:04:08	1746	183.00	CHIX
10:36:00	700	183.00	CHIX
10:36:00	700	183.00	CHIX
10:36:00	499	183.00	CHIX
10:45:23	1102	182.90	CHIX
10:45:23	654	182.90	CHIX
10:45:23	143	182.90	CHIX
10:45:27	935	182.80	CHIX
10:45:27	964	182.80	CHIX
10:46:29	1234	182.70	CHIX
10:46:29	665	182.70	CHIX
10:54:11	923	182.60	CHIX
11:14:07	976	182.60	CHIX
11:50:02	1400	182.80	CHIX
11:50:02	499	182.80	CHIX
11:52:31	523	182.60	CHIX
12:00:00	222	182.60	CHIX
12:00:00	111	182.60	CHIX
12:00:00	1043	182.60	CHIX
12:17:29	1711	183.30	CHIX
12:17:29	25	183.30	CHIX
12:17:29	163	183.30	CHIX
12:33:45	1899	183.70	CHIX
12:42:08	193	183.70	CHIX
12:42:08	1676	183.70	CHIX
12:42:08	30	183.70	CHIX
12:45:11	781	183.70	CHIX
12:46:45	415	183.70	CHIX
12:49:59	1899	183.80	CHIX
12:55:00	1899	183.70	CHIX
13:14:02	644	183.80	CHIX
13:21:04	40	183.80	CHIX
13:21:04	1215	183.80	CHIX
13:33:52	408	184.20	CHIX
13:43:02	1491	184.20	CHIX
13:44:39	62	183.90	CHIX
13:44:39	149	183.90	CHIX
13:44:39	233	183.90	CHIX
13:44:39	44	183.90	CHIX
13:45:02	697	183.90	CHIX
13:45:02	714	183.90	CHIX
13:46:02	207	183.80	CHIX
13:48:55	95	183.80	CHIX
14:18:07	1899	183.90	CHIX
14:18:13	1372	183.60	CHIX
14:18:13	527	183.60	CHIX
14:19:22	1899	183.60	CHIX
14:25:52	659	183.30	CHIX
14:26:02	416	183.40	CHIX
14:26:02	1483	183.40	CHIX
14:30:02	1446	183.30	CHIX
14:32:00	453	183.30	CHIX
14:32:11	1899	183.20	CHIX
14:43:23	1899	183.10	CHIX
14:44:29	1899	183.00	CHIX
14:44:52	1899	182.70	CHIX
14:46:52	1899	182.60	CHIX
14:55:05	659	182.60	CHIX
15:29:13	1344	182.80	CHIX
15:29:13	416	182.80	CHIX
15:29:13	139	182.80	CHIX
15:34:16	623	182.50	CHIX
15:35:14	1266	182.50	CHIX
15:35:14	10	182.50	CHIX
15:37:01	280	182.50	CHIX
15:37:01	700	182.50	CHIX
15:41:24	22	182.50	CHIX
15:43:52	700	182.50	CHIX
15:43:52	197	182.50	CHIX
15:57:19	700	182.50	CHIX
16:01:10	1199	182.50	CHIX
16:03:07	718	182.50	CHIX
16:03:20	700	182.50	CHIX
16:03:20	170	182.50	CHIX
16:03:20	311	182.50	CHIX
16:09:10	1352	182.50	CHIX
16:09:10	547	182.50	CHIX
16:17:52	1899	182.60	CHIX
16:20:09	1899	182.50	CHIX
16:20:31	1899	182.40	XLON

 

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