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	12 September 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	309,504
Weighted average price paid (p)	156.33
Highest price paid (p)	157.40
Lowest price paid (p)	155.30

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 74,142,889 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 676,552,126. 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 12 September 2023 is 676,552,126. 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	156.35	151,331
BATE	156.39	81,422
CHIX	156.18	56,168
TRQX	156.27	20,583

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:04:48	4442	157	XLON
08:04:48	1500	156.8	XLON
08:04:48	1409	156.8	XLON
08:04:48	1312	157.2	BATE
08:04:48	496	156.8	XLON
08:04:48	74	157.2	BATE
08:05:48	1000	156.6	XLON
08:05:48	563	156.6	XLON
08:05:57	1718	156.5	BATE
08:05:57	915	156.6	BATE
08:05:57	500	156.6	BATE
08:06:46	1354	156.6	TRQX
08:06:52	1000	156.6	XLON
08:06:52	685	156.6	XLON
08:07:50	959	156.6	CHIX
08:07:50	948	156.6	CHIX
08:07:52	1609	156.6	XLON
08:08:52	1654	156.6	XLON
08:09:50	1274	156.9	CHIX
08:10:02	789	156.8	XLON
08:10:02	689	156.8	XLON
08:10:02	57	156.8	XLON
08:11:29	1841	156.4	XLON
08:14:57	1447	156.7	BATE
08:14:57	1297	156.7	BATE
08:14:57	1243	156.8	XLON
08:14:57	522	156.8	XLON
08:14:57	500	156.7	BATE
08:16:57	1184	157	XLON
08:16:57	328	157	XLON
08:18:13	874	156.6	XLON
08:18:50	1249	156.7	CHIX
08:19:20	1318	156.7	BATE
08:19:20	4	156.7	BATE
08:20:13	1818	157.1	XLON
08:23:13	1589	157.2	XLON
08:23:13	1262	157.1	XLON
08:23:13	1195	157	TRQX
08:23:13	510	157.1	XLON
08:24:14	1070	156.7	CHIX
08:24:14	267	156.7	CHIX
08:27:13	1000	156.8	XLON
08:27:13	659	156.8	XLON
08:30:02	1317	157.4	BATE
08:30:03	1100	156.8	XLON
08:31:03	1540	157.1	XLON
08:31:22	500	157	BATE
08:31:22	500	157	BATE
08:31:22	296	157	BATE
08:33:03	1710	157	XLON
08:34:47	1168	157.4	BATE
08:34:47	270	157.4	BATE
08:35:03	1786	157.3	XLON
08:37:16	1681	157.1	XLON
08:37:16	1344	157	CHIX
08:37:16	1256	157.2	BATE
08:40:16	1627	157.3	XLON
08:40:16	850	157	BATE
08:40:16	500	157	BATE
08:43:16	1219	156.9	TRQX
08:43:16	1000	157.1	XLON
08:43:16	548	157.1	XLON
08:45:52	1000	157	XLON
08:45:52	500	157	XLON
08:45:52	227	157	XLON
08:48:26	1165	157.4	BATE
08:48:52	1277	157.1	XLON
08:48:52	526	157.1	XLON
08:50:19	1255	156.9	CHIX
08:51:52	1717	156.9	XLON
08:51:52	131	156.9	XLON
08:52:54	1714	156.6	XLON
08:57:54	1208	157	XLON
08:57:54	570	157	XLON
09:00:54	1581	157	XLON
09:13:22	5126	157.2	BATE
09:13:22	4531	157.1	XLON
09:13:22	1000	157.1	XLON
09:13:22	793	157.2	CHIX
09:13:22	786	157.2	CHIX
09:13:22	342	157.1	XLON
09:16:26	1435	156.9	CHIX
09:16:26	1311	156.9	XLON
09:16:26	1295	156.9	BATE
09:16:26	512	156.9	XLON
09:16:29	1028	156.7	XLON
09:16:29	681	156.7	XLON
09:21:10	639	156.6	TRQX
09:21:10	597	156.6	TRQX
09:34:26	976	156.7	CHIX
09:34:26	287	156.7	CHIX
09:48:50	3103	156.6	BATE
09:48:50	1694	156.5	XLON
09:48:50	1524	156.5	XLON
09:48:50	519	156.6	BATE
09:48:50	501	156.6	BATE
09:48:50	398	156.5	XLON
09:48:50	7	156.5	XLON
09:50:28	1320	156.7	BATE
09:59:55	1194	156.7	CHIX
10:08:26	1266	156.7	BATE
10:08:26	1092	156.7	CHIX
10:08:26	120	156.7	CHIX
10:08:26	65	156.7	BATE
10:10:33	1233	156.8	TRQX
10:10:50	500	156.6	XLON
10:11:52	1075	156.6	XLON
10:11:52	1	156.6	XLON
10:22:33	1224	156.6	TRQX
10:23:26	1190	156.6	CHIX
10:37:03	664	156.4	CHIX
10:37:03	568	156.4	CHIX
10:37:26	1000	156.7	BATE
10:37:26	901	156.6	BATE
10:37:26	716	156.7	BATE
10:37:26	500	156.6	BATE
10:56:03	1399	156.6	CHIX
10:58:27	472	156.4	XLON
10:58:27	47	156.4	XLON
11:12:03	1239	156.5	CHIX
11:12:03	88	156.5	CHIX
11:15:02	16	156.4	XLON
11:16:02	571	156.4	XLON
11:16:03	1570	156.4	XLON
11:16:08	344	156.4	XLON
11:16:14	156	156.4	XLON
11:21:02	1500	156.3	BATE
11:21:02	583	156.3	BATE
11:21:02	551	156.3	BATE
11:21:02	277	156.3	BATE
11:21:02	150	156.3	BATE
11:22:02	320	155.9	BATE
11:22:02	186	155.9	BATE
11:29:21	891	156	XLON
11:29:22	514	156	XLON
11:41:35	226	156	XLON
11:41:54	805	155.9	CHIX
11:41:54	606	155.9	BATE
11:41:54	561	155.9	CHIX
11:41:54	24	155.9	BATE
11:48:25	43	155.9	BATE
11:48:52	17	155.9	BATE
11:48:57	596	155.9	CHIX
11:49:18	17	155.9	BATE
11:49:20	742	155.9	CHIX
11:49:20	61	155.9	BATE
12:05:10	1128	155.9	XLON
12:05:10	909	155.9	XLON
12:05:10	683	155.9	XLON
12:05:10	650	155.9	XLON
12:05:10	461	155.9	XLON
12:05:10	403	155.9	XLON
12:05:10	231	155.9	XLON
12:05:13	342	155.5	CHIX
12:05:15	859	155.5	CHIX
12:06:10	1764	155.9	XLON
12:09:59	4448	155.9	BATE
12:09:59	3849	155.9	BATE
12:09:59	2135	155.9	TRQX
12:09:59	1858	155.9	XLON
12:09:59	1235	155.9	XLON
12:09:59	1072	155.9	TRQX
12:09:59	1000	155.9	XLON
12:09:59	1000	155.9	XLON
12:09:59	858	155.9	BATE
12:09:59	562	155.9	XLON
12:09:59	489	155.9	TRQX
12:09:59	21	155.9	BATE
12:09:59	10	155.9	BATE
12:10:03	27	155.5	CHIX
12:11:55	5	155.5	CHIX
12:12:27	204	155.5	CHIX
12:23:59	1863	155.3	XLON
12:27:14	4457	155.6	XLON
12:27:14	2087	155.5	XLON
12:27:14	782	155.6	XLON
12:27:14	653	155.6	XLON
12:27:14	328	155.6	XLON
12:28:59	1324	155.5	TRQX
12:28:59	74	155.5	TRQX
12:31:27	1190	155.5	CHIX
12:56:18	616	155.5	CHIX
12:56:18	569	155.5	CHIX
12:59:26	1386	155.5	CHIX
13:05:51	1287	155.5	TRQX
13:16:30	936	155.6	CHIX
13:16:30	226	155.6	CHIX
13:26:34	1408	155.5	CHIX
13:27:54	18	155.5	CHIX
13:32:18	439	155.5	XLON
13:35:14	323	155.6	BATE
13:35:14	2	155.7	XLON
13:35:26	1231	155.9	XLON
13:35:26	1000	155.9	XLON
13:35:26	1000	155.9	XLON
13:35:26	1000	155.9	BATE
13:35:26	814	155.9	BATE
13:35:26	582	155.9	BATE
13:35:26	520	155.9	XLON
13:35:26	500	155.9	BATE
13:35:26	246	155.9	XLON
13:39:45	833	155.8	XLON
13:39:45	10	155.8	XLON
13:40:07	113	155.8	XLON
13:43:43	106	155.8	XLON
13:55:31	692	156.6	TRQX
13:55:31	609	156.3	TRQX
13:55:31	21	156.2	XLON
13:55:31	14	156.2	XLON
13:55:31	4	156.2	XLON
13:57:59	2343	156.2	XLON
13:57:59	1738	156.2	XLON
13:57:59	862	156.2	XLON
13:57:59	277	156.2	XLON
13:57:59	102	156.2	XLON
14:09:55	141	156.1	BATE
14:16:27	1368	156.1	CHIX
14:16:27	1232	156.1	BATE
14:16:27	1023	156.1	CHIX
14:16:27	939	156.1	BATE
14:16:27	825	156.1	CHIX
14:16:27	645	156.1	CHIX
14:16:27	630	156.1	TRQX
14:16:27	500	156.1	BATE
14:16:27	417	156.1	CHIX
14:16:27	395	156.1	TRQX
14:16:27	386	156.1	BATE
14:16:27	385	156.1	CHIX
14:16:27	229	156.1	TRQX
14:16:27	114	156.1	BATE
14:16:27	82	156.1	TRQX
14:18:34	723	155.8	XLON
14:25:27	1120	155.8	CHIX
14:25:27	102	155.8	CHIX
14:26:16	2076	156	XLON
14:26:16	2035	156	XLON
14:26:16	621	155.9	BATE
14:26:16	580	155.9	BATE
14:28:15	470	155.9	BATE
14:29:46	945	155.9	BATE
14:33:39	1011	155.8	CHIX
14:33:39	405	155.8	CHIX
14:48:05	1028	156	CHIX
14:48:05	835	156	XLON
14:48:05	769	156	XLON
14:48:05	504	156	XLON
14:48:05	172	156	CHIX
14:49:05	1862	156	XLON
14:49:05	1297	155.9	BATE
14:50:36	717	155.8	CHIX
14:56:21	500	155.8	CHIX
14:56:21	207	155.8	CHIX
14:59:05	14	155.9	XLON
15:00:15	761	155.9	XLON
15:02:02	500	155.9	XLON
15:02:02	404	155.9	XLON
15:04:07	925	155.8	CHIX
15:04:10	163	155.8	CHIX
15:07:14	298	155.8	CHIX
15:07:14	119	155.8	CHIX
15:08:49	734	155.8	CHIX
15:11:16	3	155.8	CHIX
15:11:52	195	155.8	CHIX
15:14:54	803	155.8	CHIX
15:16:58	358	155.8	CHIX
15:20:02	1000	155.6	XLON
15:20:02	842	155.6	XLON
15:22:02	3103	155.8	BATE
15:22:02	1117	155.6	CHIX
15:22:03	2397	155.8	BATE
15:22:03	1128	155.8	BATE
15:22:03	435	155.8	BATE
15:22:03	400	155.8	BATE
15:22:03	2	155.6	CHIX
15:22:05	1614	155.8	XLON
15:22:05	158	155.8	XLON
15:22:06	1838	155.8	XLON
15:22:06	500	155.8	XLON
15:22:06	81	155.8	XLON
15:22:06	41	155.8	XLON
15:22:09	2128	156	XLON
15:22:09	1372	156	XLON
15:22:09	1000	156	XLON
15:22:09	913	156	XLON
15:22:09	910	156	XLON
15:28:12	1256	156	CHIX
15:35:12	20	156	CHIX
15:36:36	995	156	CHIX
15:36:36	190	156	CHIX
15:36:58	1086	155.9	TRQX
15:37:39	182	155.9	TRQX
15:44:05	941	156	CHIX
15:44:05	258	156	CHIX
15:46:09	1322	155.9	XLON
15:46:09	580	155.9	XLON
15:51:05	1191	155.8	CHIX
15:52:57	480	155.7	XLON
15:53:54	790	155.7	XLON
15:59:05	1139	155.8	CHIX
15:59:05	98	155.8	CHIX
16:00:53	261	155.7	XLON
16:01:03	1761	155.9	XLON
16:01:03	1123	155.9	XLON
16:01:03	1120	155.9	XLON
16:01:03	754	155.9	XLON
16:01:03	553	155.9	XLON
16:01:03	454	155.9	XLON
16:01:03	352	155.9	BATE
16:01:03	174	155.9	XLON
16:01:03	49	155.9	BATE
16:01:03	42	155.9	BATE
16:01:03	31	155.9	XLON
16:01:03	10	155.9	XLON
16:01:03	3	155.9	BATE
16:07:22	753	156	CHIX
16:07:22	546	156	CHIX
16:08:06	1101	156	XLON
16:08:06	500	156	XLON
16:08:12	54	156	XLON
16:09:07	4000	155.9	BATE
16:09:07	2574	155.9	BATE
16:09:07	1790	155.9	XLON
16:09:07	808	155.9	BATE
16:09:07	425	155.9	XLON
16:09:07	278	155.9	BATE
16:10:23	925	155.9	XLON
16:10:59	4	155.9	XLON
16:11:54	41	155.9	XLON
16:13:19	7	156	CHIX
16:13:53	155	156	CHIX
16:13:59	244	156	XLON
16:14:04	31	156	XLON
16:14:36	2767	156.2	XLON
16:14:36	722	156.2	XLON
16:14:36	441	156.1	CHIX
16:14:36	401	156.1	CHIX
16:14:36	321	156.1	CHIX
16:14:36	89	156.2	XLON
16:15:17	127	156.1	CHIX
16:15:58	500	156.2	XLON
16:15:58	500	156.2	XLON
16:15:58	500	156.2	XLON
16:15:58	500	156.2	XLON
16:15:58	3	156.2	XLON
16:15:59	351	156.2	XLON
16:16:02	289	156.2	XLON
16:16:03	56	156.2	XLON
16:16:05	21	156.2	XLON
16:16:17	522	156.2	XLON
16:16:19	442	156.2	XLON
16:16:57	481	156.2	XLON
16:16:59	296	156.2	XLON
16:16:59	105	156.2	XLON
16:17:04	298	156.2	TRQX
16:17:06	21	156.2	XLON
16:17:21	144	156.2	XLON
16:17:27	99	156.2	TRQX
16:17:32	876	156.2	XLON
16:17:32	6	156.2	XLON
16:17:50	390	156.2	XLON
16:18:05	889	156.3	TRQX
16:18:05	313	156.3	TRQX
16:20:00	1356	156.6	BATE
16:20:00	1297	156.6	BATE
16:20:00	912	156.5	BATE
16:20:50	1000	156.7	XLON
16:20:50	850	156.7	XLON
16:25:28	1105	156.6	BATE
16:25:50	855	156.6	CHIX
16:25:50	336	156.6	BATE
16:25:50	309	156.6	CHIX
16:26:37	1795	156.5	BATE
16:26:37	358	156.5	BATE
16:26:37	201	156.5	BATE
16:26:51	226	156.6	CHIX
16:27:51	877	156.6	TRQX
16:27:51	610	156.6	CHIX
16:27:51	308	156.6	TRQX
16:27:51	52	156.6	TRQX
16:28:07	1000	156.6	BATE
16:28:07	309	156.6	BATE

 

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