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	23 April 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	94,978
Weighted average price paid (p)	171.30
Highest price paid (p)	172.60
Lowest price paid (p)	170.00

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 113,556,540 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 637,138,475. 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 23 April 2024 is 637,138,475. 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
CHIX	171.33	94,978

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:09:04	1235	171.10	08:09:04
08:09:04	575	171.10	08:09:04
08:09:05	1810	171.00	08:09:05
08:30:00	1120	171.10	08:30:00
08:30:00	690	171.10	08:30:00
08:31:17	1	170.70	08:31:17
08:40:39	1809	170.70	08:40:39
08:40:40	1810	170.70	08:40:40
08:42:09	1810	170.50	08:42:09
09:00:41	1738	170.60	09:00:41
09:00:41	72	170.60	09:00:41
09:35:20	1688	170.60	09:35:20
09:35:20	122	170.60	09:35:20
10:00:15	719	170.60	10:00:15
10:00:15	1000	170.60	10:00:15
10:00:15	91	170.60	10:00:15
10:22:00	1734	170.50	10:22:00
10:22:00	76	170.50	10:22:00
10:39:00	1810	170.30	10:39:00
10:51:00	438	170.20	10:51:00
10:51:00	1372	170.20	10:51:00
10:52:59	1810	170.00	10:52:59
10:53:29	688	170.10	10:53:29
10:53:29	928	170.10	10:53:29
10:53:29	194	170.10	10:53:29
11:07:53	1810	170.10	11:07:53
12:00:04	1810	170.00	12:00:04
12:00:28	118	171.40	12:00:28
12:00:28	1692	171.40	12:00:28
12:13:40	1127	171.30	12:13:40
12:13:40	683	171.30	12:13:40
12:32:25	1810	171.20	12:32:25
12:32:26	206	171.20	12:32:26
12:32:26	375	171.20	12:32:26
12:32:26	25	171.20	12:32:26
12:33:25	1204	171.20	12:33:25
12:51:31	10	171.80	12:51:31
12:53:38	355	171.80	12:53:38
12:53:38	1445	171.80	12:53:38
13:00:49	10	171.60	13:00:49
13:06:52	13	171.90	13:06:52
13:08:52	1797	171.90	13:08:52
13:15:27	1810	171.70	13:15:27
13:15:31	428	171.30	13:15:31
13:15:31	1310	171.30	13:15:31
13:15:31	72	171.30	13:15:31
13:15:34	426	171.20	13:15:34
13:15:36	1384	171.20	13:15:36
13:18:37	279	171.10	13:18:37
13:18:37	500	171.10	13:18:37
13:18:37	1031	171.10	13:18:37
13:49:51	26	170.90	13:49:51
13:49:51	47	170.90	13:49:51
13:49:51	7	170.90	13:49:51
13:49:51	20	170.90	13:49:51
14:02:03	1810	171.10	14:02:03
14:16:03	1810	171.00	14:16:03
14:20:40	175	170.80	14:20:40
14:20:44	77	170.80	14:20:44
14:31:11	236	170.80	14:31:11
14:31:11	1000	170.80	14:31:11
14:31:11	322	170.80	14:31:11
14:32:33	344	170.50	14:32:33
14:32:33	1466	170.50	14:32:33
14:33:08	337	170.50	14:33:08
14:33:10	1473	170.50	14:33:10
15:10:13	1312	171.80	15:10:13
15:10:13	498	171.80	15:10:13
15:15:07	68	171.60	15:15:07
15:15:07	1742	171.60	15:15:07
15:18:39	1810	171.50	15:18:39
15:23:05	998	171.70	15:23:05
15:23:05	812	171.70	15:23:05
15:25:10	1337	171.60	15:25:10
15:25:10	473	171.60	15:25:10
15:28:08	1155	172.60	15:28:08
15:28:08	500	172.60	15:28:08
15:28:08	155	172.60	15:28:08
15:30:27	950	172.30	15:30:27
15:30:27	689	172.30	15:30:27
15:30:27	171	172.30	15:30:27
15:32:07	1187	172.20	15:32:07
15:32:07	623	172.20	15:32:07
15:33:42	382	172.30	15:33:42
15:33:47	1169	172.30	15:33:47
15:34:02	259	172.30	15:34:02
15:37:07	1399	172.20	15:37:07
15:37:07	411	172.20	15:37:07
15:56:52	862	172.30	15:56:52
15:56:52	948	172.30	15:56:52
15:56:55	869	172.40	15:56:55
15:56:55	941	172.40	15:56:55
15:56:58	1810	172.30	15:56:58
15:57:04	1810	172.20	15:57:04
15:57:08	1306	172.10	15:57:08
15:57:08	504	172.10	15:57:08
15:57:09	796	171.90	15:57:09
16:00:22	191	172.10	16:00:22
16:00:22	275	172.10	16:00:22
16:01:35	139	172.10	16:01:35
16:01:35	1205	172.10	16:01:35
16:02:08	1810	172.00	16:02:08
16:07:08	448	171.90	16:07:08
16:08:08	1362	171.90	16:08:08
16:08:46	1810	171.80	16:08:46
16:08:48	442	171.70	16:08:48
16:09:01	260	171.70	16:09:01
16:09:47	411	171.70	16:09:47
16:12:24	153	171.70	16:12:24
16:12:27	1810	172.10	16:12:27
16:22:41	496	172.30	16:22:41

 

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