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	29 April 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	55,307
Weighted average price paid (p)	165.30
Highest price paid (p)	167.50
Lowest price paid (p)	163.10

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 114,333,887 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 636,361,128. 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 29 April 2024 is 636,361,128. 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	165.17	3,630
CHIX	165.33	51,412
Aquis	166.20	265

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:09:57	1600	163.10	CHIX
08:11:02	200	163.10	CHIX
09:41:31	1370	164.70	CHIX
09:41:31	430	164.70	CHIX
09:58:56	1500	164.40	CHIX
09:58:56	300	164.40	CHIX
10:39:16	1800	164.50	CHIX
10:39:16	100	164.50	XLON
10:39:16	100	164.50	XLON
10:39:56	1800	164.50	CHIX
10:39:56	1	164.50	XLON
10:39:56	99	164.50	XLON
10:39:56	100	164.50	XLON
10:40:45	1800	164.50	CHIX
10:40:45	100	164.50	XLON
10:40:45	100	164.50	XLON
10:40:45	100	164.50	XLON
10:41:33	1089	164.50	CHIX
10:43:45	711	164.50	CHIX
10:43:45	100	164.50	XLON
11:21:08	755	164.80	CHIX
11:21:08	48	164.80	CHIX
11:21:08	500	164.80	CHIX
11:21:08	71	164.80	CHIX
11:21:08	100	164.80	XLON
11:21:08	29	164.80	CHIX
11:21:08	4	164.80	CHIX
11:21:08	14	164.80	CHIX
11:21:08	13	164.80	CHIX
11:21:08	100	164.80	XLON
11:21:08	100	164.80	XLON
11:21:09	100	164.80	XLON
11:21:09	100	164.80	XLON
11:21:09	100	164.80	XLON
11:21:09	100	164.80	XLON
11:21:09	100	164.80	XLON
11:21:09	100	164.80	XLON
11:21:09	28	164.80	XLON
11:27:55	1800	164.90	CHIX
11:52:35	1800	165.00	CHIX
13:20:13	1800	165.20	CHIX
13:20:52	1498	165.10	CHIX
13:20:56	302	165.10	CHIX
13:31:00	648	165.00	CHIX
13:31:00	1152	165.00	CHIX
14:02:23	100	165.30	XLON
14:02:23	100	165.30	XLON
14:02:23	100	165.30	XLON
14:02:23	100	165.30	XLON
14:02:26	937	165.30	CHIX
14:02:26	171	165.30	CHIX
14:02:26	354	165.30	CHIX
14:02:26	100	165.30	XLON
14:10:15	338	165.30	CHIX
14:10:15	100	165.30	XLON
14:10:15	100	165.30	XLON
14:10:15	41	165.30	XLON
14:10:15	59	165.30	XLON
14:10:16	100	165.30	XLON
14:10:16	100	165.30	XLON
14:10:17	100	165.30	XLON
14:10:18	100	165.30	XLON
14:10:21	1600	165.30	CHIX
14:10:23	200	165.30	CHIX
14:23:31	1000	165.40	CHIX
14:23:31	800	165.40	CHIX
14:26:57	270	165.30	CHIX
14:26:57	1530	165.30	CHIX
14:33:30	1800	165.40	CHIX
14:40:04	1138	165.20	CHIX
14:40:04	662	165.20	CHIX
14:42:16	1071	165.10	CHIX
14:42:16	729	165.10	CHIX
14:49:54	1104	164.90	CHIX
14:50:24	696	164.90	CHIX
14:59:09	1	165.00	CHIX
15:15:06	14	165.00	CHIX
15:24:20	13	165.00	CHIX
15:26:42	1800	165.00	CHIX
15:55:56	279	166.10	CHIX
15:55:56	300	166.10	CHIX
15:55:56	771	166.10	CHIX
16:05:32	500	166.20	CHIX
16:05:32	149	166.20	Aquis
16:05:32	351	166.20	XLON
16:05:32	1300	166.20	CHIX
16:05:33	351	166.20	XLON
16:05:33	116	166.20	Aquis
16:05:47	154	166.30	CHIX
16:07:21	1646	166.30	CHIX
16:15:09	1201	167.10	CHIX
16:15:13	1	167.10	CHIX
16:16:21	500	167.10	CHIX
16:16:21	98	167.10	CHIX
16:18:26	1800	167.50	CHIX
16:21:47	1800	167.20	CHIX
16:22:45	1800	167.10	CHIX

 

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