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	31 July 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	202,659
Weighted average price paid (p)	173.40
Highest price paid (p)	175.60
Lowest price paid (p)	171.20

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 134,980,403 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 615,714,612. 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 31 July 2024 is 615,714,612. 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	173.21	70,465
BATE	174.05	2,632
CHIX	173.53	118,756
TRQX	172.89	2,801
Aquis	173.08	8,005

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:20:35	1410	171.20	CHIX
08:20:38	777	171.30	CHIX
08:20:38	633	171.30	CHIX
08:34:35	1410	172.10	CHIX
08:36:01	1410	172.10	CHIX
08:43:43	1410	172.10	CHIX
08:43:46	1410	172.10	CHIX
08:43:51	1410	172.10	CHIX
09:06:12	4	172.00	TRQX
09:06:12	375	172.00	TRQX
09:06:12	15	172.00	TRQX
09:06:12	146	172.00	TRQX
09:06:12	141	172.00	XLON
09:06:12	147	172.00	XLON
09:06:12	2904	172.00	XLON
09:06:13	500	172.00	CHIX
09:06:13	910	172.00	CHIX
09:06:13	220	172.00	TRQX
09:06:13	1048	172.00	CHIX
09:06:21	1410	172.10	CHIX
09:06:32	1410	172.10	CHIX
09:12:13	1410	172.00	CHIX
09:12:13	304	172.00	BATE
09:12:13	440	172.00	CHIX
09:12:13	760	172.00	Aquis
09:12:13	2000	172.00	XLON
09:12:13	500	172.00	XLON
09:12:13	692	172.00	XLON
09:12:13	304	172.00	TRQX
09:12:13	3192	172.00	XLON
09:12:15	258	172.00	CHIX
09:12:23	1410	172.10	CHIX
09:12:40	1410	172.10	CHIX
09:14:33	1410	172.00	CHIX
09:14:33	329	172.00	CHIX
09:14:33	1221	172.00	CHIX
09:14:33	470	172.00	XLON
09:14:33	2722	172.00	XLON
09:14:38	115	172.00	CHIX
09:14:41	3328	172.00	XLON
09:14:44	355	172.00	CHIX
09:14:44	912	172.00	XLON
09:14:44	500	172.00	CHIX
09:14:44	145	172.00	CHIX
09:14:44	3192	172.00	XLON
09:14:47	1055	172.00	CHIX
09:14:47	1808	172.00	XLON
09:14:47	1500	172.00	Aquis
09:14:47	2300	172.00	XLON
09:14:47	556	172.00	XLON
09:14:47	461	172.00	XLON
09:14:47	166	172.00	XLON
09:15:00	70	172.10	Aquis
09:15:00	1340	172.10	CHIX
09:17:51	1410	172.10	CHIX
09:18:01	1410	172.10	CHIX
09:24:02	544	172.00	XLON
09:24:27	1410	172.10	CHIX
09:30:15	1410	172.10	CHIX
09:34:40	1410	172.10	CHIX
09:34:50	1410	172.10	CHIX
09:34:51	9	172.00	XLON
09:37:03	896	172.00	CHIX
09:37:03	543	172.00	CHIX
09:37:03	867	172.00	CHIX
09:37:03	500	172.00	Aquis
09:37:03	412	172.00	Aquis
09:37:03	689	172.00	XLON
09:37:03	1950	172.00	XLON
09:37:03	304	172.00	TRQX
09:37:03	3192	172.00	XLON
09:59:01	1410	172.70	CHIX
10:07:52	1410	172.70	CHIX
10:18:49	212	172.50	CHIX
10:18:49	500	172.50	CHIX
10:22:13	698	172.50	CHIX
10:28:35	1213	172.30	XLON
10:58:40	306	172.70	CHIX
11:31:11	156	173.80	CHIX
11:31:11	669	173.80	CHIX
11:31:11	585	173.80	CHIX
11:48:41	944	173.70	CHIX
11:48:41	466	173.70	CHIX
11:48:41	456	173.70	BATE
11:48:41	328	173.70	CHIX
11:48:41	500	173.70	XLON
11:48:41	716	173.70	XLON
11:48:41	456	173.70	Aquis
11:48:41	81	173.70	CHIX
11:48:41	1216	173.70	XLON
11:48:42	247	173.70	CHIX
11:48:42	449	173.60	CHIX
11:48:42	366	173.60	CHIX
11:48:43	595	173.60	CHIX
11:48:47	480	173.70	Aquis
11:49:42	1410	173.80	CHIX
11:50:02	539	173.70	Aquis
12:00:11	500	173.80	CHIX
12:00:11	455	173.80	CHIX
12:00:11	455	173.80	CHIX
12:00:11	69	173.70	Aquis
12:00:11	10	173.70	BATE
12:00:11	477	173.70	XLON
12:01:47	555	173.70	CHIX
12:01:47	855	173.70	CHIX
12:01:47	71	173.70	BATE
12:01:47	71	173.70	BATE
12:01:47	131	173.70	XLON
12:01:47	152	173.70	Aquis
12:01:49	456	173.70	Aquis
12:02:57	241	173.70	CHIX
12:02:57	152	173.70	CHIX
12:02:57	760	173.70	XLON
12:03:03	354	173.70	CHIX
12:03:03	456	173.70	XLON
12:03:03	539	173.70	CHIX
12:03:03	276	173.70	CHIX
12:03:03	176	173.70	CHIX
12:14:02	1410	173.80	CHIX
12:19:58	908	173.80	CHIX
12:19:58	500	173.80	CHIX
12:24:02	2	173.80	CHIX
12:47:09	1059	173.90	CHIX
12:47:09	186	173.90	CHIX
12:48:02	165	173.90	CHIX
12:53:33	539	173.80	CHIX
12:59:36	500	173.80	CHIX
12:59:36	150	173.80	CHIX
12:59:36	221	173.80	CHIX
12:59:36	91	173.70	Aquis
12:59:37	539	173.70	XLON
12:59:37	476	173.70	XLON
12:59:37	201	173.70	Aquis
12:59:38	582	173.70	CHIX
12:59:38	762	173.70	CHIX
12:59:38	66	173.70	CHIX
12:59:38	304	173.70	CHIX
12:59:38	201	173.70	XLON
12:59:38	1200	173.70	TRQX
12:59:38	169	173.70	XLON
12:59:39	303	173.70	XLON
13:01:02	1410	173.90	CHIX
13:02:25	539	173.80	CHIX
13:02:25	51	173.80	CHIX
13:03:05	539	173.80	CHIX
13:04:02	281	173.80	CHIX
13:06:03	539	173.80	CHIX
13:15:20	683	174.00	CHIX
13:15:20	727	174.00	CHIX
13:15:39	32	174.00	CHIX
13:15:39	344	174.00	CHIX
13:15:39	388	174.00	CHIX
13:15:39	646	174.00	CHIX
13:15:39	388	173.90	XLON
13:15:39	828	173.90	XLON
13:15:39	4	173.90	CHIX
13:15:39	535	173.90	CHIX
13:15:39	245	173.90	CHIX
13:15:39	1216	173.90	XLON
13:15:39	304	173.90	CHIX
13:15:39	480	173.90	BATE
13:23:26	320	174.00	CHIX
13:23:26	1090	174.00	CHIX
13:30:08	500	174.00	CHIX
13:30:08	910	174.00	CHIX
13:31:47	224	173.90	CHIX
13:31:47	176	173.90	BATE
13:31:47	152	173.90	TRQX
13:31:47	456	173.90	Aquis
13:31:47	500	173.90	XLON
13:31:47	716	173.90	XLON
13:31:47	682	173.90	Aquis
13:31:47	1186	173.90	CHIX
13:31:47	762	173.90	CHIX
13:31:47	289	173.90	XLON
13:31:47	521	173.90	XLON
13:31:47	500	173.90	XLON
13:31:47	178	173.90	XLON
13:31:47	497	173.90	XLON
13:31:47	1300	173.90	XLON
13:31:49	304	173.90	Aquis
13:31:49	16	173.90	CHIX
13:31:49	152	173.90	BATE
13:31:49	966	173.90	XLON
13:32:07	1410	173.90	CHIX
13:32:07	136	173.90	XLON
13:39:43	1265	173.60	CHIX
13:39:44	145	173.60	CHIX
13:51:31	81	173.90	TRQX
13:51:31	70	173.90	Aquis
13:51:57	1259	173.90	CHIX
13:57:06	539	174.00	CHIX
13:57:18	40	174.00	CHIX
13:58:02	535	174.00	CHIX
13:58:02	296	174.00	CHIX
14:04:23	500	173.90	CHIX
14:04:23	500	173.90	CHIX
14:04:23	410	173.90	CHIX
14:12:47	719	173.90	CHIX
14:12:51	500	173.90	CHIX
14:12:51	191	173.90	CHIX
14:22:27	1410	173.70	CHIX
14:22:27	209	173.70	CHIX
14:22:27	350	173.70	CHIX
14:22:27	421	173.70	CHIX
14:22:27	500	173.70	XLON
14:22:27	922	173.70	XLON
14:22:27	98	173.70	XLON
14:22:27	183	173.70	XLON
14:22:27	475	173.70	XLON
14:22:27	1300	173.70	XLON
14:22:27	485	173.70	XLON
14:22:27	57	173.70	XLON
14:22:27	165	173.70	CHIX
14:22:27	157	173.70	CHIX
14:22:27	573	173.70	CHIX
14:22:27	128	173.70	XLON
14:22:27	1300	173.70	XLON
14:22:27	177	173.70	XLON
14:22:27	608	173.70	Aquis
14:22:27	304	173.70	CHIX
14:22:27	1588	173.70	XLON
14:23:27	66	173.90	CHIX
14:23:37	143	174.00	CHIX
14:23:37	1267	174.00	CHIX
14:32:55	6	174.70	CHIX
14:32:55	1404	174.70	CHIX
14:40:21	1410	174.70	CHIX
14:40:26	321	174.70	CHIX
14:40:26	51	174.70	CHIX
14:40:28	1038	174.70	CHIX
14:41:53	51	174.70	CHIX
14:43:14	1359	174.70	CHIX
14:43:53	1410	174.60	CHIX
14:56:53	1410	174.50	XLON
15:12:49	500	174.30	XLON
15:12:49	297	174.30	XLON
15:12:49	13	174.30	XLON
15:12:49	6	174.30	XLON
15:12:49	922	174.30	XLON
15:12:49	27	174.30	XLON
15:12:49	13	174.30	XLON
15:12:49	6	174.30	XLON
15:12:49	206	174.30	XLON
15:12:49	27	174.30	XLON
15:13:30	370	174.40	CHIX
15:22:40	1410	174.90	CHIX
15:26:49	230	174.60	CHIX
15:29:21	541	174.60	CHIX
15:29:21	500	174.60	CHIX
15:29:21	46	174.60	CHIX
15:29:21	93	174.60	CHIX
15:34:45	232	174.50	CHIX
15:38:37	229	174.50	CHIX
15:38:37	949	174.50	CHIX
15:41:44	95	174.50	CHIX
15:41:44	500	174.50	CHIX
15:41:44	500	174.50	CHIX
15:41:44	315	174.50	CHIX
15:51:12	1410	175.00	CHIX
15:53:13	1410	175.00	XLON
15:56:51	1410	174.90	CHIX
15:57:04	1410	174.80	CHIX
15:57:52	23	174.80	CHIX
16:01:56	706	175.10	CHIX
16:05:45	661	175.10	CHIX
16:05:45	165	175.10	BATE
16:05:45	747	175.10	BATE
16:05:45	203	175.10	CHIX
16:05:45	500	175.10	CHIX
16:05:45	193	175.10	CHIX
16:05:45	3192	175.10	XLON
16:05:45	43	175.10	CHIX
16:05:45	145	175.10	CHIX
16:05:45	455	175.10	XLON
16:05:45	164	175.10	XLON
16:07:54	1045	175.20	CHIX
16:07:54	365	175.20	CHIX
16:11:13	1294	175.10	CHIX
16:11:13	116	175.10	CHIX
16:11:13	1200	175.10	CHIX
16:11:13	300	175.10	CHIX
16:11:13	2736	175.10	XLON
16:11:13	199	175.10	Aquis
16:11:13	1700	175.10	XLON
16:11:13	516	175.10	XLON
16:11:13	1600	175.10	XLON
16:11:13	496	175.10	XLON
16:11:13	175	175.10	XLON
16:11:13	162	175.10	XLON
16:12:49	609	175.20	CHIX
16:12:49	801	175.20	CHIX
16:12:49	97	175.10	XLON
16:12:49	55	175.10	XLON
16:17:18	1410	175.30	CHIX
16:24:58	829	175.30	CHIX
16:24:58	581	175.30	CHIX
16:26:02	1410	175.50	CHIX
16:27:03	1410	175.60	CHIX
16:27:31	1410	175.50	CHIX
16:29:14	507	175.10	CHIX

 

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