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	26 July 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	188,585
Weighted average price paid (p)	168.20
Highest price paid (p)	171.60
Lowest price paid (p)	160.40

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 134,303,750 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 616,391,265. 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 26 July 2024 is 616,391,265. 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 Panmure Liberum: 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	167.19	33,583
BATE	167.35	5,022
CHIX	168.91	113,370
TRQX	166.98	21,095
Aquis	167.06	15,515

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:03:42	1531	160.40	CHIX
08:14:42	1000	167.60	CHIX
08:14:42	531	167.60	CHIX
08:20:11	1531	168.10	CHIX
08:20:15	1204	167.60	CHIX
08:20:15	327	167.60	CHIX
08:20:28	1531	167.00	CHIX
08:20:33	1010	165.20	CHIX
08:25:03	1500	165.60	CHIX
08:25:03	31	165.60	CHIX
08:25:03	453	165.60	TRQX
08:25:03	906	165.60	Aquis
08:25:03	470	165.60	CHIX
08:25:03	2000	165.60	XLON
08:25:03	1171	165.60	XLON
08:25:03	319	165.60	Aquis
08:25:03	302	165.60	TRQX
08:25:03	302	165.60	BATE
08:25:03	302	165.60	CHIX
08:25:03	316	165.60	XLON
08:25:03	3459	165.60	XLON
08:25:03	906	165.60	Aquis
08:25:03	302	165.60	TRQX
08:25:03	319	165.60	BATE
08:25:03	302	165.60	CHIX
08:25:03	3171	165.60	XLON
08:25:03	1678	165.60	Aquis
08:25:03	351	165.60	XLON
08:25:14	297	165.70	CHIX
08:25:30	213	165.70	CHIX
08:59:19	1531	167.10	CHIX
08:59:19	1678	167.00	CHIX
08:59:19	3322	167.00	XLON
08:59:19	167	167.00	TRQX
08:59:19	162	167.00	Aquis
08:59:19	160	167.00	BATE
08:59:19	475	167.00	XLON
08:59:19	152	167.00	XLON
08:59:19	153	167.00	XLON
08:59:19	1600	167.00	XLON
08:59:19	453	167.00	Aquis
08:59:19	156	167.00	BATE
09:25:45	1531	167.70	CHIX
09:37:30	1531	167.20	CHIX
09:37:30	163	167.00	BATE
09:37:30	453	167.00	Aquis
09:37:30	906	167.00	XLON
09:37:30	2136	167.00	TRQX
09:37:30	2197	167.00	CHIX
09:37:30	667	167.00	TRQX
09:37:30	1149	167.00	TRQX
09:37:30	2197	167.00	TRQX
09:37:30	1654	167.00	XLON
09:37:30	2197	167.00	Aquis
09:37:30	2197	167.00	CHIX
09:37:30	606	167.00	TRQX
09:37:30	1591	167.00	TRQX
09:37:30	72	167.00	Aquis
09:37:30	482	167.00	XLON
09:37:30	2855	167.00	XLON
09:37:30	2197	167.00	TRQX
09:37:30	2197	167.00	Aquis
09:37:30	147	167.00	XLON
09:37:30	459	167.00	XLON
09:37:30	2040	167.00	TRQX
09:37:30	1148	167.00	TRQX
09:37:30	166	167.00	XLON
09:37:30	1500	167.00	XLON
09:37:30	146	167.00	XLON
09:37:30	1531	166.90	CHIX
09:37:31	2197	167.00	CHIX
09:37:31	137	167.00	XLON
09:37:31	482	167.00	XLON
09:37:31	2184	167.00	CHIX
09:37:31	2184	167.00	BATE
09:37:31	13	167.00	CHIX
09:37:31	135	167.00	XLON
09:37:31	2197	167.00	TRQX
09:37:31	471	167.00	XLON
09:37:31	2197	167.00	Aquis
09:37:31	991	167.00	TRQX
09:37:31	380	167.00	CHIX
09:37:31	1432	167.00	CHIX
09:37:31	2080	167.00	Aquis
09:37:31	6	167.00	CHIX
09:37:31	2197	167.00	TRQX
09:42:02	521	167.20	CHIX
10:11:13	60	168.50	BATE
10:18:57	1531	168.70	CHIX
10:22:29	1531	168.60	CHIX
10:26:59	1474	168.50	CHIX
10:26:59	57	168.50	CHIX
10:30:31	440	168.60	CHIX
10:30:31	1091	168.60	CHIX
10:30:40	500	168.60	CHIX
10:30:40	1031	168.60	CHIX
10:35:41	648	168.60	CHIX
10:35:41	883	168.60	CHIX
10:57:28	685	168.90	CHIX
10:57:28	846	168.90	CHIX
11:08:25	360	169.00	CHIX
11:08:25	1171	169.00	CHIX
11:08:34	247	168.70	CHIX
11:08:34	1284	168.70	CHIX
11:19:32	1531	168.60	CHIX
11:19:53	1531	168.40	CHIX
11:30:32	50	168.30	CHIX
11:31:40	22	168.30	CHIX
11:35:18	1459	168.30	CHIX
11:35:24	510	168.20	CHIX
11:36:10	1531	168.30	CHIX
12:03:51	1531	168.10	CHIX
12:05:45	9	168.00	CHIX
12:09:41	275	168.00	CHIX
12:09:50	1247	168.00	CHIX
13:00:37	800	168.70	CHIX
13:00:37	731	168.70	CHIX
13:00:37	282	168.50	XLON
13:00:39	285	168.50	CHIX
13:01:11	509	168.50	CHIX
13:01:11	500	168.50	CHIX
13:01:11	522	168.50	CHIX
13:01:11	53	168.50	CHIX
13:01:11	755	168.50	TRQX
13:01:11	500	168.50	CHIX
13:01:11	236	168.50	CHIX
13:01:11	1000	168.50	XLON
13:01:11	1889	168.50	XLON
13:01:11	629	168.50	BATE
13:01:11	1049	168.50	BATE
13:23:15	1531	168.80	CHIX
13:35:39	1384	168.80	CHIX
13:35:39	147	168.80	CHIX
14:08:53	1531	169.80	CHIX
14:17:00	594	169.90	CHIX
14:17:00	937	169.90	CHIX
14:17:02	431	169.80	CHIX
14:17:02	1100	169.80	CHIX
14:18:02	173	169.70	CHIX
14:18:02	384	169.70	CHIX
14:18:02	974	169.70	CHIX
14:18:24	1531	169.60	CHIX
14:19:49	284	169.40	CHIX
14:19:49	384	169.40	CHIX
14:19:49	863	169.40	CHIX
14:23:02	476	169.30	CHIX
14:23:02	1055	169.30	CHIX
14:24:17	744	168.90	CHIX
14:26:28	787	168.90	CHIX
14:29:07	30	169.20	CHIX
14:29:08	285	169.20	CHIX
14:29:08	1216	169.20	CHIX
14:38:28	1531	169.10	CHIX
14:38:41	1531	168.90	CHIX
14:38:57	1531	168.80	CHIX
14:56:50	1531	170.10	CHIX
15:03:38	6	170.00	CHIX
15:03:38	1525	170.00	CHIX
15:07:51	1531	170.40	CHIX
15:09:49	1531	170.30	CHIX
15:09:49	1000	170.30	XLON
15:09:49	1829	170.30	Aquis
15:09:49	2000	170.30	XLON
15:09:49	171	170.30	XLON
15:11:57	175	170.90	CHIX
15:11:57	733	170.90	CHIX
15:11:57	563	170.90	CHIX
15:11:57	60	170.90	CHIX
15:13:02	500	170.80	XLON
15:13:02	199	170.80	XLON
15:13:02	832	170.80	XLON
15:14:03	1531	170.80	CHIX
15:30:43	1531	171.00	CHIX
15:36:34	1531	171.40	CHIX
15:36:42	624	171.30	CHIX
15:36:42	907	171.30	CHIX
15:36:44	316	171.10	CHIX
15:36:44	1215	171.10	CHIX
15:36:47	797	171.00	CHIX
15:36:48	500	171.00	CHIX
15:36:48	234	171.00	CHIX
15:36:51	30	170.80	CHIX
15:37:01	1501	170.80	CHIX
15:47:02	521	171.50	CHIX
15:47:02	1010	171.50	CHIX
15:48:08	1531	171.60	CHIX
15:52:25	1531	171.40	CHIX
15:56:03	1531	171.20	CHIX
16:10:48	1531	171.20	CHIX
16:12:51	1531	171.50	CHIX
16:14:58	66	171.60	Aquis
16:14:58	1465	171.60	CHIX
16:14:59	500	171.40	CHIX
16:14:59	1031	171.40	CHIX
16:16:48	504	171.30	CHIX
16:16:48	389	171.30	CHIX
16:16:48	381	171.30	CHIX
16:16:48	43	171.30	CHIX
16:16:48	214	171.30	CHIX
16:21:02	521	171.30	CHIX
16:21:48	170	171.30	CHIX
16:21:55	56	171.30	CHIX
16:22:20	784	171.30	CHIX

 

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