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	04 April 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	152,038
Weighted average price paid (p)	179.10
Highest price paid (p)	179.70
Lowest price paid (p)	178.60

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 111,407,018 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 639,287,997. 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 04 April 2024 is 639,287,997. 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	179.03	16,689
BATE	179.08	1,956
CHIX	179.10	130,554
TRQX	178.97	489
Aquis	179.05	2,350

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:36:43	225	178.70	CHIX
08:36:43	163	178.70	BATE
08:36:43	489	178.70	XLON
08:36:43	100	178.70	TRQX
08:36:43	63	178.70	TRQX
08:36:43	163	178.70	Aquis
08:36:43	163	178.70	CHIX
08:36:43	163	178.70	BATE
08:36:43	225	178.70	XLON
09:19:24	877	178.70	XLON
09:19:24	225	178.70	CHIX
09:19:41	484	178.70	CHIX
09:19:41	168	178.70	CHIX
09:19:41	77	178.70	CHIX
09:19:41	163	178.70	TRQX
09:19:41	163	178.70	BATE
09:19:41	163	178.70	XLON
09:19:47	1758	178.70	CHIX
09:19:47	245	178.70	CHIX
09:19:47	148	178.70	CHIX
09:21:49	1470	178.70	CHIX
09:21:49	533	178.70	CHIX
09:21:58	56	178.80	Aquis
09:59:49	2003	179.10	CHIX
10:00:00	2003	179.00	CHIX
10:00:00	163	179.00	BATE
10:00:00	163	179.00	CHIX
10:00:00	174	179.00	XLON
10:00:55	2003	179.10	CHIX
10:00:55	337	179.00	XLON
10:05:00	700	179.10	CHIX
10:05:00	1303	179.10	CHIX
10:05:26	163	179.00	XLON
10:30:53	2003	179.20	CHIX
10:30:53	337	179.00	CHIX
10:30:53	163	179.00	XLON
10:30:56	2003	179.00	CHIX
10:30:56	326	179.00	CHIX
10:30:56	174	179.00	XLON
10:30:56	76	179.00	Aquis
10:31:00	1348	179.00	CHIX
10:31:00	337	179.00	XLON
10:38:24	655	179.00	CHIX
10:38:24	87	179.00	XLON
10:38:24	337	179.00	CHIX
10:38:24	163	179.00	XLON
10:38:42	1868	179.00	CHIX
10:38:42	135	179.00	CHIX
10:38:42	337	179.00	CHIX
10:38:42	163	179.00	XLON
10:38:42	500	179.00	XLON
10:38:42	500	179.00	XLON
10:38:43	163	179.00	BATE
10:38:43	326	179.00	XLON
10:38:43	2003	179.00	CHIX
10:38:43	11	179.00	CHIX
10:38:43	174	179.00	CHIX
10:39:20	953	179.00	CHIX
10:39:20	1050	179.00	CHIX
10:39:20	326	179.00	CHIX
10:40:50	92	179.00	CHIX
10:41:00	2003	179.00	CHIX
10:41:00	234	179.00	CHIX
10:41:00	174	179.00	XLON
10:41:00	326	179.00	XLON
10:41:18	1030	179.00	CHIX
10:41:18	973	179.00	CHIX
10:41:18	11	179.00	XLON
10:41:35	940	179.00	CHIX
10:42:01	319	179.00	CHIX
10:42:01	744	179.00	CHIX
10:42:17	270	179.00	CHIX
10:52:43	1733	179.00	CHIX
10:53:00	973	178.90	CHIX
10:53:00	1030	178.90	CHIX
11:05:35	2003	178.90	CHIX
11:14:44	8	178.90	CHIX
11:14:45	790	178.90	CHIX
11:14:45	1205	178.90	CHIX
11:22:46	2003	178.80	CHIX
12:02:56	2003	178.80	CHIX
12:26:06	2003	178.70	CHIX
12:26:31	1542	178.60	CHIX
12:26:31	461	178.60	CHIX
13:20:17	270	178.70	CHIX
13:22:51	157	178.70	CHIX
13:22:51	700	178.70	CHIX
13:22:51	876	178.70	CHIX
13:30:14	1077	178.70	CHIX
13:30:14	625	178.70	CHIX
13:30:14	301	178.70	CHIX
13:30:14	113	178.70	Aquis
13:30:14	150	178.70	Aquis
13:30:14	63	178.70	Aquis
13:30:14	135	178.70	XLON
13:30:14	39	178.70	XLON
13:30:15	326	178.70	BATE
13:30:15	174	178.70	XLON
13:43:22	93	178.90	Aquis
13:46:20	1113	178.90	CHIX
13:46:20	70	178.90	Aquis
13:46:24	57	178.90	Aquis
13:58:34	2003	179.10	CHIX
13:58:36	1291	179.10	CHIX
13:58:52	920	179.20	CHIX
13:58:54	920	179.20	CHIX
13:58:55	19	179.20	CHIX
13:58:57	19	179.20	CHIX
13:59:01	125	179.20	CHIX
14:00:02	2003	179.10	CHIX
14:00:55	239	179.10	CHIX
14:22:12	881	179.10	CHIX
14:22:12	163	179.10	XLON
14:22:14	1	179.20	CHIX
14:23:13	5	179.30	CHIX
14:31:09	1813	179.40	CHIX
14:31:09	190	179.40	CHIX
14:31:11	2003	179.40	CHIX
14:31:11	673	179.30	CHIX
14:31:17	1330	179.30	CHIX
14:31:25	84	179.30	CHIX
14:31:59	261	179.30	CHIX
14:34:37	600	179.30	CHIX
14:34:37	1058	179.30	CHIX
14:46:16	2003	179.50	CHIX
14:46:16	163	179.50	BATE
14:46:16	169	179.50	CHIX
14:46:16	326	179.50	XLON
14:46:16	163	179.50	Aquis
14:46:16	163	179.50	BATE
14:46:16	326	179.50	XLON
14:46:44	2003	179.50	CHIX
14:46:44	1	179.50	XLON
14:46:44	5	179.50	XLON
14:46:55	326	179.50	XLON
14:47:28	403	179.50	CHIX
14:48:46	4	179.50	CHIX
14:49:10	1596	179.50	CHIX
14:49:10	332	179.50	XLON
14:49:11	76	179.50	CHIX
14:49:11	163	179.50	BATE
14:49:11	163	179.50	TRQX
14:49:11	163	179.50	XLON
14:49:11	2003	179.50	CHIX
14:49:11	93	179.50	CHIX
14:49:12	326	179.50	XLON
14:49:16	829	179.50	CHIX
14:49:17	829	179.50	CHIX
14:49:18	332	179.50	XLON
14:49:18	345	179.50	CHIX
14:49:18	169	179.50	CHIX
14:49:18	163	179.50	BATE
14:49:20	317	179.50	CHIX
14:49:21	326	179.50	CHIX
14:49:22	1360	179.50	CHIX
14:49:24	47	179.50	CHIX
14:49:25	47	179.50	CHIX
14:49:26	47	179.50	CHIX
14:50:05	508	179.50	CHIX
14:50:05	185	179.50	CHIX
14:50:05	693	179.50	CHIX
14:50:05	765	179.50	CHIX
14:50:05	37	179.50	CHIX
14:50:05	163	179.50	BATE
14:50:05	163	179.50	Aquis
14:50:05	55	179.50	XLON
14:51:39	56	179.50	CHIX
14:51:39	1947	179.50	CHIX
14:51:39	277	179.50	Aquis
14:51:58	94	179.60	CHIX
14:52:04	1046	179.70	CHIX
14:52:04	957	179.70	CHIX
14:52:39	2003	179.60	CHIX
15:00:34	376	179.50	CHIX
15:01:33	66	179.50	CHIX
15:02:02	361	179.50	CHIX
15:02:35	368	179.50	CHIX
15:03:08	346	179.50	CHIX
15:03:41	226	179.50	CHIX
15:04:47	288	179.50	CHIX
15:11:03	348	179.50	CHIX
15:11:07	2003	179.50	CHIX
15:11:08	685	179.40	CHIX
15:11:08	1318	179.40	CHIX
15:11:36	2003	179.40	CHIX
15:11:42	2003	179.20	CHIX
15:11:47	2003	179.10	CHIX
15:11:59	2003	179.10	CHIX
15:17:59	2003	179.00	CHIX
15:18:29	1038	178.90	CHIX
15:18:29	965	178.90	CHIX
15:18:43	39	178.80	CHIX
15:19:26	281	178.80	CHIX
15:19:38	1683	178.80	CHIX
15:30:41	70	179.00	XLON
15:31:45	2003	179.00	CHIX
15:31:45	407	179.00	XLON
15:31:45	477	179.00	XLON
15:31:45	151	179.00	Aquis
15:31:45	326	179.00	XLON
15:31:45	326	179.00	XLON
15:31:45	151	179.00	Aquis
15:31:46	1477	179.00	CHIX
15:31:46	526	179.00	CHIX
15:31:46	151	179.00	Aquis
15:31:46	326	179.00	XLON
15:31:46	326	179.00	XLON
15:31:46	151	179.00	Aquis
15:31:46	326	179.00	XLON
15:31:46	151	179.00	Aquis
15:31:46	477	179.00	XLON
15:31:46	326	179.00	XLON
15:31:46	151	179.00	Aquis
15:31:46	477	179.00	XLON
15:31:46	477	179.00	XLON
15:31:46	477	179.00	XLON
15:31:46	477	179.00	XLON
15:31:46	477	179.00	XLON
15:31:47	118	179.00	XLON
15:31:47	359	179.00	XLON
15:31:48	1717	179.00	CHIX
15:31:48	286	179.00	CHIX
15:31:48	477	179.00	XLON
15:31:48	12	179.00	XLON
15:31:48	465	179.00	XLON
15:31:48	477	179.00	XLON
15:31:48	477	179.00	XLON
15:31:48	80	179.00	XLON
15:31:48	397	179.00	XLON
15:34:04	645	179.00	CHIX
15:34:04	1358	179.00	CHIX
15:35:09	1986	178.90	CHIX
15:36:17	17	178.90	CHIX
16:02:33	2003	178.90	CHIX
16:03:03	236	178.80	CHIX
16:03:27	281	178.80	CHIX
16:07:39	289	178.80	CHIX
16:08:03	300	178.80	CHIX
16:08:51	31	178.80	CHIX
16:08:51	180	178.80	CHIX
16:14:05	928	178.90	CHIX
16:25:24	368	178.90	CHIX
16:25:26	158	178.90	CHIX
16:26:12	549	178.90	CHIX
16:26:16	2003	178.90	CHIX
16:27:17	397	178.80	CHIX

 

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