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	14 December 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	345,183
Weighted average price paid (p)	167.54
Highest price paid (p)	170.60
Lowest price paid (p)	164.10

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 94,961,894 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 655,733,121 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 14 December 2023 is 655,733,121. 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 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	167.40	242,900
BATE	167.94	42,044
CHIX	167.76	42,175
TRQX	167.97	18,064

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:00:06	1405	165.90	XLON
08:00:08	1218	168.30	CHIX
08:00:08	1,110	170.60	TRQX
08:00:16	1,290	166.60	BATE
08:02:38	1172	164.80	CHIX
08:02:39	1,184	165.40	BATE
08:03:04	874	164.60	XLON
08:03:04	2,592	164.60	XLON
08:03:04	1786	164.80	XLON
08:03:18	1,467	164.80	XLON
08:03:18	653	164.80	XLON
08:03:18	2,661	164.80	XLON
08:03:18	1500	165.00	XLON
08:05:05	832	165.00	XLON
08:05:05	634	165.00	XLON
08:06:39	1,126	165.20	BATE
08:08:05	1,530	164.80	XLON
08:08:15	2,995	164.10	XLON
08:08:15	6,206	164.10	XLON
08:08:15	1,417	164.10	XLON
08:09:29	76	164.10	XLON
08:09:31	1,300	164.30	XLON
08:10:31	1,403	164.40	XLON
08:13:40	1,163	166.20	TRQX
08:13:56	1,208	166.90	BATE
08:14:41	400	166.50	XLON
08:14:41	1,189	166.50	XLON
08:14:51	400	166.50	XLON
08:14:51	800	166.50	XLON
08:14:51	800	166.50	XLON
08:14:51	800	166.50	XLON
08:14:51	157	166.50	XLON
08:14:55	1,361	166.60	XLON
08:15:08	1215	166.60	CHIX
08:16:55	1,278	167.00	XLON
08:17:53	1,428	166.20	XLON
08:21:05	400	166.00	XLON
08:21:05	400	166.00	XLON
08:21:05	555	166.00	XLON
08:24:05	1254	166.00	XLON
08:26:19	400	166.10	CHIX
08:26:19	714	166.10	CHIX
08:27:05	1,278	166.00	XLON
08:29:45	1,287	167.00	XLON
08:32:35	1,535	167.90	XLON
08:32:35	1060	168.50	BATE
08:32:35	1,063	168.00	BATE
08:32:35	119	168.00	BATE
08:34:35	1,262	168.50	XLON
08:37:27	1471	167.70	XLON
08:40:27	1,273	168.10	XLON
08:40:27	207	168.10	XLON
08:40:27	1110	168.00	CHIX
08:41:20	1040	168.00	TRQX
08:41:27	1167	168.50	BATE
08:43:11	1,431	167.70	XLON
08:47:12	1,426	167.60	XLON
08:50:12	1298	167.60	XLON
08:50:12	219	167.60	XLON
08:54:12	1456	167.60	XLON
08:56:11	1049	167.40	CHIX
08:57:12	1,348	167.60	XLON
09:00:12	400	167.40	XLON
09:00:12	956	167.40	XLON
09:03:12	1,326	167.60	XLON
09:03:29	93	167.20	BATE
09:03:29	400	167.20	BATE
09:03:29	793	167.20	BATE
09:03:29	1170	167.20	BATE
09:06:23	1359	166.60	XLON
09:10:23	1,328	166.90	XLON
09:12:45	1,050	167.00	CHIX
09:12:58	1,268	166.90	TRQX
09:13:23	1,402	166.90	XLON
09:17:16	1,297	166.60	XLON
09:21:16	1,294	166.80	XLON
09:24:16	34	166.60	XLON
09:24:16	15	166.60	XLON
09:24:16	1,215	166.60	XLON
09:27:16	1,279	166.60	XLON
09:29:45	800	166.60	CHIX
09:29:45	242	166.60	CHIX
09:31:16	400	166.60	XLON
09:31:16	1,018	166.60	XLON
09:37:16	1304	166.20	XLON
09:43:16	1,403	165.80	XLON
09:47:23	1035	165.60	CHIX
09:48:16	800	165.80	XLON
09:48:16	400	165.80	XLON
09:48:16	89	165.80	XLON
09:53:16	1,295	166.40	XLON
09:56:16	800	166.40	XLON
09:56:16	467	166.40	XLON
09:56:16	91	166.40	XLON
10:00:16	400	166.40	XLON
10:00:16	131	166.40	XLON
10:00:16	800	166.40	XLON
10:04:16	681	166.40	XLON
10:04:29	497	166.50	CHIX
10:04:29	608	166.50	CHIX
10:08:04	829	166.40	XLON
10:08:04	1,410	166.40	XLON
10:08:04	1,063	166.40	TRQX
10:17:02	428	166.80	XLON
10:17:02	1,141	166.80	XLON
10:19:02	1316	166.80	XLON
10:23:26	49	167.60	XLON
10:23:26	1200	167.60	XLON
10:23:26	137	167.60	XLON
10:23:26	1,284	167.40	CHIX
10:27:35	1,523	167.40	XLON
10:31:35	400	167.40	XLON
10:31:35	961	167.40	XLON
10:36:35	1,536	166.80	XLON
10:41:35	1,429	166.90	XLON
10:45:48	635	166.60	XLON
10:45:59	1,050	166.70	CHIX
10:48:48	1,349	166.90	XLON
10:50:04	400	166.90	TRQX
10:50:04	671	166.90	TRQX
10:50:04	102	166.90	TRQX
10:51:48	800	166.90	XLON
10:51:48	682	166.90	XLON
10:51:48	1,261	167.40	BATE
10:51:48	1,201	167.40	BATE
10:56:48	503	167.00	XLON
10:56:48	996	167.00	XLON
10:58:48	1257	167.80	BATE
10:58:48	93	167.60	BATE
10:58:48	966	167.80	BATE
11:02:37	800	167.50	XLON
11:02:37	214	167.50	XLON
11:02:37	323	167.50	XLON
11:07:37	1,079	167.50	CHIX
11:07:37	800	167.50	XLON
11:07:37	663	167.50	XLON
11:07:37	39	167.50	XLON
11:12:37	800	167.50	XLON
11:12:37	184	167.50	XLON
11:12:37	536	167.50	XLON
11:16:36	1504	168.00	XLON
11:22:36	800	168.30	XLON
11:22:36	625	168.30	XLON
11:27:36	1,480	168.30	XLON
11:27:38	1,181	168.10	CHIX
11:34:36	1468	168.70	XLON
11:34:48	1164	168.50	BATE
11:34:48	93	168.40	BATE
11:34:48	257	168.50	BATE
11:34:48	807	168.50	BATE
11:40:42	1,333	168.20	XLON
11:45:27	1,523	168.00	XLON
11:45:27	1,268	168.00	TRQX
11:48:59	400	168.20	BATE
11:48:59	74	168.20	BATE
11:48:59	661	168.20	BATE
11:54:13	1,107	168.20	CHIX
11:54:13	1424	168.30	XLON
11:56:26	1,461	168.30	XLON
12:02:26	1,408	167.80	XLON
12:06:28	643	167.40	XLON
12:06:28	400	167.40	XLON
12:06:28	206	167.40	XLON
12:11:28	914	167.40	XLON
12:13:33	586	167.50	CHIX
12:13:33	481	167.50	CHIX
12:22:10	1821	167.80	XLON
12:22:10	639	167.80	XLON
12:22:10	1134	168.20	BATE
12:22:10	1162	168.20	BATE
12:24:10	800	167.80	XLON
12:24:10	663	167.80	XLON
12:29:10	1,189	167.80	XLON
12:29:10	157	167.80	XLON
12:35:10	800	167.80	XLON
12:35:10	400	167.80	XLON
12:35:10	126	167.80	XLON
12:36:11	1,075	167.70	CHIX
12:43:03	400	167.50	XLON
12:43:03	973	167.50	XLON
12:45:03	800	167.40	XLON
12:45:03	495	167.40	XLON
12:50:03	400	167.50	XLON
12:50:03	400	167.50	XLON
12:54:03	400	167.70	TRQX
12:54:03	400	167.70	TRQX
12:54:03	400	167.70	TRQX
12:54:03	89	167.70	TRQX
12:54:03	1,245	167.80	XLON
12:56:03	1,339	167.80	XLON
12:58:03	400	167.80	CHIX
12:58:03	710	167.80	CHIX
13:01:03	295	167.80	XLON
13:01:03	1,209	167.80	XLON
13:06:03	1,273	167.80	XLON
13:10:03	1,282	167.80	XLON
13:14:03	1,127	167.80	XLON
13:14:03	329	167.80	XLON
13:14:03	75	167.80	XLON
13:15:07	1,056	167.70	CHIX
13:18:03	1,244	167.80	XLON
13:22:03	1,384	167.50	XLON
13:29:31	587	167.40	XLON
13:29:31	1,412	167.40	XLON
13:31:07	369	167.50	XLON
13:31:07	904	167.50	XLON
13:31:08	100	167.40	CHIX
13:32:28	700	167.40	CHIX
13:32:28	392	167.40	CHIX
13:33:07	984	167.50	XLON
13:33:07	318	167.50	XLON
13:38:07	800	167.90	XLON
13:38:07	400	167.90	XLON
13:38:07	123	167.90	XLON
13:38:07	349	167.90	XLON
13:39:03	1,248	168.50	BATE
13:39:03	765	168.50	BATE
13:39:03	515	168.50	BATE
13:39:10	1226	167.70	TRQX
13:41:35	1,425	167.80	XLON
13:44:06	1,281	168.00	XLON
13:47:36	1435	168.00	XLON
13:50:36	800	168.30	XLON
13:50:36	633	168.30	XLON
13:50:36	400	168.30	CHIX
13:50:36	798	168.30	CHIX
13:53:44	1,265	168.30	XLON
13:57:44	1,200	168.90	XLON
13:57:44	134	168.90	XLON
13:59:49	1,337	168.70	XLON
14:03:49	1410	168.80	XLON
14:05:59	1,098	168.70	CHIX
14:05:59	1,488	168.60	XLON
14:08:59	1,455	168.90	XLON
14:12:59	1,477	168.90	XLON
14:14:09	348	168.80	TRQX
14:14:09	400	168.80	TRQX
14:14:09	116	168.80	TRQX
14:14:09	202	168.80	TRQX
14:16:03	330	168.70	XLON
14:16:03	965	168.70	XLON
14:16:03	1,152	168.70	CHIX
14:19:03	277	168.70	XLON
14:19:03	152	168.70	XLON
14:19:03	998	168.70	XLON
14:22:03	858	168.40	XLON
14:22:03	470	168.40	XLON
14:25:03	800	168.40	XLON
14:25:03	484	168.40	XLON
14:28:04	193	168.40	XLON
14:28:53	400	168.40	XLON
14:28:53	400	168.40	XLON
14:28:53	458	168.40	XLON
14:29:05	1,200	168.90	BATE
14:29:05	14	168.90	BATE
14:31:05	1,291	168.90	XLON
14:31:05	1,098	168.70	CHIX
14:33:05	400	168.40	XLON
14:34:05	880	168.70	TRQX
14:34:05	154	168.70	TRQX
14:34:05	800	168.60	XLON
14:34:05	400	168.60	XLON
14:34:05	240	168.60	XLON
14:35:05	400	168.40	CHIX
14:42:44	247	168.40	XLON
14:42:44	1,205	168.40	XLON
14:42:44	1,328	168.40	XLON
14:42:44	1,416	168.40	XLON
14:42:44	391	168.40	CHIX
14:42:44	315	168.40	CHIX
14:42:44	1,246	168.40	CHIX
14:43:05	400	168.70	BATE
14:43:05	400	168.70	BATE
14:43:05	248	168.70	BATE
14:44:44	1,248	168.60	XLON
14:44:44	76	168.70	XLON
14:44:44	1,424	168.70	XLON
14:48:05	1,198	168.60	CHIX
14:49:44	1,468	168.70	XLON
14:49:44	223	168.70	TRQX
14:49:44	225	168.70	TRQX
14:49:44	797	168.70	TRQX
14:51:29	1,309	168.40	XLON
14:59:21	800	168.60	CHIX
14:59:21	259	168.60	CHIX
14:59:30	284	168.60	XLON
14:59:30	25	168.60	XLON
14:59:30	1600	168.60	XLON
14:59:30	800	168.60	XLON
14:59:30	400	168.60	XLON
14:59:30	439	168.60	XLON
15:00:51	1,534	168.40	XLON
15:01:08	308	168.40	BATE
15:01:08	151	168.40	BATE
15:01:08	662	168.40	BATE
15:02:51	800	168.40	XLON
15:02:51	603	168.40	XLON
15:03:21	400	168.40	CHIX
15:03:21	714	168.40	CHIX
15:05:51	1,308	168.20	XLON
15:07:51	117	168.20	XLON
15:07:51	1,134	168.20	XLON
15:10:08	200	168.00	BATE
15:10:08	906	168.00	BATE
15:10:52	143	168.00	XLON
15:10:52	967	168.00	XLON
15:11:02	360	168.00	XLON
15:12:10	765	168.40	BATE
15:12:10	392	168.40	BATE
15:12:10	4	168.20	CHIX
15:12:10	196	168.20	CHIX
15:12:11	81	168.20	CHIX
15:12:11	598	168.20	CHIX
15:12:11	382	168.20	CHIX
15:14:59	1512	168.20	XLON
15:14:59	295	168.10	TRQX
15:14:59	114	168.10	TRQX
15:15:34	701	168.10	TRQX
15:20:59	1,510	168.00	XLON
15:20:59	1,433	168.00	XLON
15:20:59	1,352	168.00	XLON
15:20:59	1,116	168.00	CHIX
15:22:00	400	167.90	BATE
15:22:00	64	167.90	BATE
15:22:00	140	167.90	BATE
15:22:02	598	167.90	BATE
15:24:51	238	167.60	XLON
15:29:13	400	167.80	XLON
15:29:13	642	167.80	XLON
15:29:13	146	167.80	XLON
15:29:13	2,831	167.80	XLON
15:30:52	915	167.60	XLON
15:30:52	444	167.60	XLON
15:31:31	1200	167.90	BATE
15:31:31	400	167.90	BATE
15:31:31	800	167.90	BATE
15:31:31	212	167.90	BATE
15:32:07	223	168.20	XLON
15:32:07	1,316	168.20	XLON
15:33:38	800	168.40	CHIX
15:33:38	291	168.40	CHIX
15:36:23	1412	168.40	XLON
15:36:23	1,304	168.40	XLON
15:36:23	1,045	168.40	TRQX
15:36:23	1,157	168.40	BATE
15:36:23	763	168.90	BATE
15:36:23	458	168.90	BATE
15:37:53	400	168.20	XLON
15:37:53	400	168.20	XLON
15:37:53	400	168.20	XLON
15:37:53	53	168.20	XLON
15:40:03	550	168.20	XLON
15:40:03	708	168.20	XLON
15:40:53	116	168.10	CHIX
15:40:53	986	168.10	CHIX
15:41:03	800	168.20	XLON
15:41:03	651	168.20	XLON
15:46:08	2,480	168.10	XLON
15:48:07	400	168.10	XLON
15:48:07	400	168.10	XLON
15:48:07	707	168.10	XLON
15:49:07	82	168.10	XLON
15:49:07	400	168.10	XLON
15:49:07	866	168.10	XLON
15:51:07	400	168.10	XLON
15:54:53	140	168.30	TRQX
15:54:53	1,091	168.30	TRQX
15:57:27	877	168.10	XLON
15:57:27	1,363	168.10	XLON
15:57:27	47	168.10	XLON
15:57:27	147	168.10	XLON
15:57:27	400	168.10	XLON
15:57:27	806	168.10	XLON
15:57:27	1,062	168.10	CHIX
15:57:51	206	167.90	XLON
15:58:11	1,330	167.90	XLON
15:59:12	1,477	168.20	BATE
15:59:12	1,480	168.20	BATE
16:04:22	1256	168.30	CHIX
16:04:22	238	168.30	XLON
16:04:22	1,200	168.30	XLON
16:04:22	1,600	168.30	XLON
16:04:22	7	168.30	XLON
16:05:22	1269	168.30	XLON
16:08:17	1,287	168.70	XLON
16:08:51	97	168.30	XLON
16:08:51	1175	168.30	XLON
16:11:59	1,571	168.70	XLON
16:11:59	123	168.70	CHIX
16:11:59	1137	169.10	CHIX
16:12:59	1,472	168.70	XLON
16:13:59	1,345	168.50	XLON
16:16:53	733	168.70	TRQX
16:16:59	1,581	168.70	XLON
16:20:08	3,105	168.70	XLON
16:20:17	250	168.50	CHIX
16:20:34	411	168.50	CHIX
16:20:34	800	168.60	BATE
16:20:34	1,187	168.60	BATE
16:20:34	256	168.60	BATE
16:20:34	1,275	168.60	BATE
16:22:13	1,803	168.70	XLON
16:23:13	1,381	168.60	XLON
16:24:13	786	168.70	CHIX
16:26:02	365	168.60	XLON
16:26:02	1,277	168.60	XLON
16:26:06	1,319	168.60	XLON
16:27:06	1,345	168.60	XLON
16:29:43	226	168.60	XLON
16:29:43	8	168.60	XLON
16:29:43	1,176	168.60	XLON

 

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