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 Liberum Capital Limited.

Date of Purchase	17 May 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	248,102
Weighted average price paid (p)	171.65
Highest price paid (p)	172.40
Lowest price paid (p)	170.70

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 118,198,687 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 632,496,328. 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 17 May 2024 is 632,496,328. 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: Liberum Capital Limited

Intermediary Code: RINFGB21XXX

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 Liberum Capital 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	171.68	131,200
BATE	171.60	25,063
CHIX	171.66	73,593
TRQX	171.54	18,246

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:03:54	2030	171.60	XLON
08:05:07	1000	171.70	CHIX
08:05:07	1483	171.70	CHIX
08:18:34	40	171.60	XLON
08:18:34	261	171.60	XLON
08:18:34	500	171.60	XLON
08:18:34	1500	171.60	XLON
08:25:29	359	172.00	CHIX
08:25:29	1898	172.00	CHIX
08:27:54	1826	171.90	XLON
08:33:41	2558	171.80	BATE
08:37:10	1675	171.60	TRQX
08:37:10	1057	171.60	TRQX
09:02:00	1416	171.70	XLON
09:02:00	500	171.70	XLON
09:02:03	2329	171.90	XLON
09:02:03	2095	171.90	XLON
09:25:03	266	172.00	XLON
09:25:03	1000	172.00	XLON
09:25:03	3000	172.00	XLON
09:33:03	1742	172.30	XLON
09:33:03	904	172.30	XLON
10:03:47	46	172.20	CHIX
10:04:35	4786	172.00	XLON
10:04:35	500	172.00	XLON
10:04:35	6678	172.00	XLON
10:04:35	2155	172.00	XLON
10:04:35	500	172.20	CHIX
10:04:35	836	172.20	CHIX
10:04:35	500	172.20	CHIX
10:04:35	500	172.20	CHIX
10:04:35	381	172.20	CHIX
10:19:09	1812	172.00	BATE
10:19:09	406	172.00	BATE
11:03:21	448	171.40	CHIX
11:03:21	670	171.40	CHIX
11:03:21	1641	171.40	CHIX
12:08:49	1548	171.00	XLON
12:08:49	305	171.00	XLON
12:08:49	500	171.00	XLON
12:08:49	2240	171.00	XLON
12:09:55	1114	171.30	TRQX
12:09:55	1339	171.30	TRQX
12:11:16	2297	171.20	CHIX
12:12:16	1319	171.20	CHIX
12:15:43	415	171.20	CHIX
12:15:43	872	171.20	CHIX
12:15:43	256	171.20	CHIX
12:39:04	312	171.30	XLON
12:39:04	117	171.30	XLON
12:39:04	318	171.30	XLON
12:39:04	990	171.30	XLON
12:39:04	299	171.30	XLON
12:45:20	525	171.40	CHIX
12:45:20	2186	171.40	CHIX
12:45:20	202	171.40	CHIX
12:45:20	1000	171.40	CHIX
12:45:20	1640	171.40	CHIX
12:46:09	381	171.30	XLON
12:46:09	468	171.30	XLON
12:46:09	1167	171.30	XLON
12:51:53	2757	171.00	XLON
13:02:53	4	170.70	XLON
13:06:56	2450	170.90	XLON
13:07:27	1847	170.90	XLON
13:26:27	2108	170.90	XLON
13:34:08	2326	170.80	CHIX
13:34:08	283	170.80	CHIX
13:34:08	386	170.80	TRQX
13:34:08	46	170.80	TRQX
13:34:08	40	170.80	TRQX
13:34:08	2277	170.80	TRQX
13:56:53	35	170.70	BATE
14:12:18	500	171.20	XLON
14:12:18	1739	171.20	XLON
14:12:18	242	171.20	XLON
14:12:18	621	171.20	XLON
14:12:18	2717	171.20	XLON
14:12:18	500	171.20	XLON
14:12:18	69	171.20	XLON
14:12:18	207	171.20	XLON
14:12:18	100	171.20	XLON
14:12:18	40	171.20	XLON
14:12:18	6	171.20	XLON
14:12:18	318	171.20	XLON
14:12:18	3437	171.20	BATE
14:12:18	2124	171.20	BATE
14:12:18	531	171.20	BATE
14:12:20	157	171.40	CHIX
14:12:21	267	171.50	CHIX
14:12:21	500	171.50	CHIX
14:12:21	500	171.50	CHIX
14:12:21	500	171.50	CHIX
14:12:21	500	171.50	CHIX
14:12:21	500	171.50	CHIX
14:12:21	1000	171.50	CHIX
14:12:21	500	171.50	CHIX
14:12:21	1979	171.50	CHIX
14:12:21	1121	171.50	CHIX
14:16:20	74	171.40	XLON
14:16:20	2263	171.50	TRQX
14:16:20	517	171.50	TRQX
14:16:20	1984	171.50	TRQX
14:16:20	920	171.40	XLON
14:16:39	62	171.40	XLON
14:19:15	2163	171.60	XLON
14:37:43	2952	171.40	BATE
14:37:43	2680	171.40	CHIX
14:38:15	2095	171.30	XLON
15:02:43	2037	171.60	CHIX
15:02:43	318	171.60	CHIX
15:02:43	267	171.60	CHIX
15:02:43	2427	171.60	CHIX
15:03:52	1882	171.50	BATE
15:03:52	365	171.50	BATE
15:03:52	500	171.50	BATE
15:09:29	223	171.80	XLON
15:09:29	2199	171.80	XLON
15:09:29	1807	171.80	XLON
15:25:43	2339	171.60	CHIX
15:31:03	256	171.60	CHIX
15:31:03	156	171.60	CHIX
16:08:03	1420	171.70	CHIX
16:08:03	802	171.70	CHIX
16:08:03	1178	171.70	CHIX
16:08:20	3443	171.60	XLON
16:08:39	1654	171.40	XLON
16:08:39	1978	171.40	XLON
16:08:39	5751	171.40	XLON
16:08:42	421	171.40	CHIX
16:08:42	2101	171.40	CHIX
16:08:42	196	171.40	CHIX
16:08:42	4424	171.40	XLON
16:08:42	1855	171.40	XLON
16:08:42	3679	171.40	CHIX
16:08:46	1218	171.60	XLON
16:08:46	145	171.60	CHIX
16:08:46	1109	171.60	CHIX
16:08:46	2560	171.60	CHIX
16:08:46	2763	171.70	BATE
16:08:46	1538	171.70	BATE
16:08:46	1743	171.70	BATE
16:08:47	2441	171.80	XLON
16:08:47	329	171.80	XLON
16:08:47	565	171.80	XLON
16:08:47	505	171.80	XLON
16:08:47	500	171.80	XLON
16:08:47	4071	171.80	XLON
16:08:47	1000	171.80	XLON
16:08:47	500	171.80	XLON
16:08:47	3500	171.80	XLON
16:09:04	965	172.10	CHIX
16:09:04	1557	172.10	CHIX
16:09:04	920	172.10	CHIX
16:09:04	724	172.10	CHIX
16:09:04	1891	172.00	XLON
16:09:04	232	172.00	XLON
16:09:04	500	172.00	XLON
16:09:16	2300	172.20	XLON
16:09:16	259	172.20	XLON
16:09:21	99	172.10	TRQX
16:10:03	644	172.20	CHIX
16:10:03	622	172.20	CHIX
16:10:03	500	172.20	CHIX
16:10:03	2641	172.20	CHIX
16:10:03	141	172.20	CHIX
16:10:16	2448	172.10	XLON
16:10:16	2441	172.10	XLON
16:10:16	3039	172.10	TRQX
16:11:03	3	172.00	CHIX
16:11:03	406	172.00	CHIX
16:11:03	2446	172.00	CHIX
16:14:16	1895	171.80	XLON
16:15:03	2467	171.90	CHIX
16:15:03	284	171.90	XLON
16:15:03	43	171.90	XLON
16:15:03	3	171.90	XLON
16:15:03	284	171.90	CHIX
16:15:03	58	171.80	CHIX
16:15:46	2417	172.10	BATE
16:21:48	2659	172.40	CHIX
16:21:48	1058	172.00	XLON
16:21:48	1370	172.00	XLON
16:21:48	1145	172.00	XLON
16:21:48	1151	172.00	XLON
16:21:57	3550	172.00	XLON
16:21:57	2165	172.00	XLON
16:21:57	13	172.00	XLON
16:21:57	114	172.00	XLON
16:22:20	1312	171.90	TRQX
16:22:20	1098	171.90	TRQX
16:25:42	1041	171.90	XLON
16:25:42	500	171.90	XLON
16:25:44	1358	172.00	CHIX
16:25:44	115	172.00	XLON
16:25:44	784	172.00	XLON
16:25:44	1000	172.00	XLON
16:25:44	662	172.00	XLON
16:25:44	2561	172.00	XLON

 

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