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	10 October 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	316,090
Weighted average price paid (p)	146.40
Highest price paid (p)	147.00
Lowest price paid (p)	145.00

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 82,140,044 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 668,554,971. 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 10 October 2023 is 668,554,971. 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	146.47	273,059
BATE	145.93	12,548
CHIX	145.93	16,613
TRQX	145.91	12,345
Sigma-X	145.96	1,525

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

8:24:18	79	145.90	XLON
8:24:20	79	145.80	CHIX
8:24:20	543	145.90	XLON
8:24:21	79	146.10	TRQX
9:12:41	834	145.40	CHIX
9:12:41	1	145.40	CHIX
9:12:41	442	145.50	CHIX
9:12:41	1	145.50	CHIX
9:12:41	428	145.60	BATE
9:12:41	16	145.60	BATE
9:16:18	87	145.40	BATE
9:16:18	198	145.40	TRQX
9:16:18	161	145.40	BATE
9:16:18	61	145.40	TRQX
9:16:18	179	145.40	TRQX
9:16:18	151	145.40	BATE
9:16:18	961	145.40	XLON
9:16:24	325	145.70	CHIX
9:16:24	73	145.70	CHIX
9:16:24	222	145.80	XLON
9:23:37	314	146.10	XLON
9:23:37	120	146.00	XLON
9:30:06	385	146.30	XLON
9:30:06	91	146.60	XLON
9:32:45	206	146.90	XLON
9:32:46	309	146.90	XLON
9:32:47	73	147.00	XLON
9:32:48	108	147.00	XLON
9:32:49	25	147.00	XLON
9:32:51	38	147.00	XLON
9:32:55	9	147.00	XLON
9:32:58	13	147.00	XLON
9:33:00	3	147.00	XLON
9:33:01	5	147.00	XLON
9:33:03	1	147.00	XLON
9:39:01	39	146.30	CHIX
9:39:01	168	147.00	CHIX
9:39:03	14	146.90	XLON
9:39:04	58	146.90	CHIX
9:39:07	5	146.90	XLON
9:39:10	21	146.90	CHIX
9:39:13	2	146.90	XLON
9:41:42	35	147.00	XLON
9:41:44	14	147.00	XLON
9:41:47	26	147.00	XLON
9:43:13	26	146.40	CHIX
9:43:13	234	146.40	XLON
9:43:13	25	146.40	TRQX
9:43:13	234	146.40	BATE
9:43:13	10	146.40	XLON
9:43:13	373	146.40	CHIX
9:43:13	152	146.40	CHIX
10:11:12	66	146.20	CHIX
10:11:12	273	146.20	CHIX
10:11:12	340	146.20	BATE
10:11:12	339	146.20	XLON
10:11:12	339	146.20	TRQX
10:11:13	447	146.50	XLON
10:52:26	448	146.10	CHIX
10:52:26	448	146.10	BATE
10:52:26	447	146.10	TRQX
10:52:29	284	146.40	XLON
10:52:29	557	146.40	XLON
10:52:29	71	146.50	CHIX
10:52:51	70	146.10	XLON
10:52:51	1154	146.10	TRQX
10:52:51	462	146.10	TRQX
10:52:51	463	146.10	CHIX
10:57:13	303	145.80	CHIX
10:57:13	160	145.80	BATE
10:57:13	302	145.80	TRQX
10:57:13	303	145.80	XLON
10:57:13	143	145.80	BATE
10:57:13	57	145.80	CHIX
11:53:59	287	145.80	CHIX
11:54:02	286	145.80	XLON
11:54:03	260	145.80	BATE
11:54:03	1	145.80	BATE
11:54:03	25	145.80	BATE
11:54:03	1	145.80	BATE
11:54:05	152	145.80	CHIX
11:54:08	115	145.80	XLON
11:54:11	60	145.80	CHIX
11:54:12	2	145.80	XLON
11:54:12	78	145.80	XLON
11:54:14	42	145.80	CHIX
11:54:17	32	145.80	XLON
11:54:20	24	145.80	CHIX
11:54:23	16	145.80	CHIX
11:54:26	13	145.80	XLON
11:54:29	10	145.80	CHIX
11:54:32	6	145.80	CHIX
11:54:35	5	145.80	XLON
11:54:38	4	145.80	CHIX
11:54:41	3	145.80	CHIX
11:54:44	2	145.80	XLON
12:54:08	101	145.60	CHIX
12:54:08	101	145.60	BATE
12:54:08	101	145.60	XLON
12:54:08	101	145.60	TRQX
12:54:08	11	145.60	XLON
13:00:48	152	145.50	CHIX
13:00:48	153	145.50	BATE
13:00:48	152	145.50	TRQX
13:00:48	152	145.50	XLON
13:00:48	61	145.50	XLON
13:10:25	65	145.20	CHIX
13:10:25	65	145.20	BATE
13:10:25	64	145.20	TRQX
13:10:25	64	145.20	XLON
13:10:25	26	145.20	XLON
13:16:47	161	145.00	CHIX
13:16:47	162	145.00	BATE
13:16:47	161	145.00	TRQX
13:16:47	161	145.00	XLON
14:34:23	484	145.45	CHIX
14:41:46	785	145.65	BATE
14:49:44	1	145.50	CHIX
14:49:44	579	145.70	TRQX
14:49:44	290	145.80	XLON
14:49:44	4	145.80	XLON
14:49:44	288	145.80	CHIX
14:49:44	172	145.80	CHIX
14:49:47	1	145.50	CHIX
14:57:36	486	145.65	TRQX
14:59:17	216	145.70	Sigma-X
14:59:17	660	145.70	BATE
15:06:21	162	145.70	TRQX
15:06:53	358	145.60	CHIX
15:06:53	236	145.60	CHIX
15:06:53	859	145.60	XLON
15:06:53	595	145.60	TRQX
15:06:54	684	145.50	BATE
15:06:54	175	145.50	XLON
15:06:54	365	145.50	CHIX
15:06:54	318	145.50	CHIX
15:06:54	508	145.50	XLON
15:06:54	365	145.65	BATE
15:41:38	684	146.00	CHIX
15:41:38	683	146.00	TRQX
15:41:38	683	146.00	XLON
15:41:38	1,394	146.10	CHIX
15:41:39	1322	146.20	CHIX
15:41:39	336	146.20	CHIX
15:41:39	1	146.20	CHIX
15:41:39	455	146.30	XLON
15:41:39	2,217	146.30	BATE
15:41:39	884	146.30	BATE
15:41:39	11	146.40	XLON
15:41:39	558	146.40	XLON
15:45:48	570	146.20	CHIX
15:45:48	455	146.20	TRQX
15:45:48	456	146.20	BATE
15:45:48	627	146.15	CHIX
15:45:49	660	146.15	CHIX
15:45:49	1100	146.30	XLON
15:45:49	558	146.30	XLON
15:45:50	513	146.30	BATE
15:51:30	512	146.00	TRQX
15:51:30	513	146.00	CHIX
15:51:30	924	146.00	TRQX
15:51:30	1,227	146.00	TRQX
15:51:30	239	146.00	TRQX
15:51:30	512	146.00	XLON
15:51:30	1,309	146.00	Sigma-X
15:51:31	512	146.10	XLON
16:00:02	513	145.90	CHIX
16:00:02	513	145.90	BATE
16:00:02	325	145.90	TRQX
16:00:02	187	145.90	TRQX
16:00:02	513	145.90	TRQX
16:00:02	197	145.90	TRQX
16:00:02	575	145.80	XLON
16:00:02	654	145.85	BATE
16:09:27	513	145.70	BATE
16:18:08	358	146.00	CHIX
16:18:08	512	146.00	XLON
16:21:51	155	146.00	CHIX
16:22:30	513	146.00	BATE
16:22:30	512	146.00	XLON
16:22:30	512	146.00	TRQX
16:22:30	559	146.00	CHIX
16:22:52	1025	145.90	TRQX
16:22:52	341	145.90	XLON
16:22:52	342	145.90	CHIX
16:22:52	290	145.90	BATE
16:22:52	52	145.90	BATE
16:22:52	486	145.90	XLON
16:22:52	487	145.90	CHIX
16:25:50	513	145.80	CHIX
16:26:38	513	145.80	BATE
16:35:06	64,701	146.50	XLON
16:35:06	8,511	146.50	XLON
16:35:06	4,896	146.50	XLON
16:35:06	22,762	146.50	XLON
16:35:06	31,555	146.50	XLON
16:35:06	1,695	146.50	XLON
16:35:06	33,291	146.50	XLON
16:35:06	4,406	146.50	XLON
16:35:06	24,721	146.50	XLON
16:35:06	6,120	146.50	XLON
16:35:06	4,797	146.50	XLON
16:35:06	7,904	146.50	XLON
16:35:06	12,050	146.50	XLON
16:35:06	18438	146.50	XLON
16:35:06	85	146.50	XLON
16:35:06	1052	146.50	XLON
16:35:06	5726	146.50	XLON
16:35:06	4,744	146.50	XLON

 

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