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	8 January 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	57,291
Weighted average price paid (p)	174.97
Highest price paid (p)	175.00
Lowest price paid (p)	174.60

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 98,217,603 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 652,477,412. 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 8 January 2024 is 652,477,412. 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	174.95	32,556
BATE	175.00	4,779
CHIX	174.98	14,007
TRQX	175.00	5,949

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:03:05	400	174.80	CHIX
08:03:05	400	174.80	CHIX
08:03:05	427	174.80	CHIX
08:06:00	2,104	175.00	XLON
08:06:00	1820	175.00	XLON
08:06:00	54	175.00	BATE
08:06:00	1,180	175.00	BATE
08:06:00	840	175.00	BATE
08:06:00	400	175.00	BATE
08:06:00	1,563	175.00	XLON
08:06:00	1,351	175.00	XLON
08:06:00	1,402	175.00	XLON
08:06:00	2015	175.00	XLON
08:06:00	1,538	175.00	XLON
09:31:29	1,235	175.00	TRQX
09:33:44	1,057	175.00	CHIX
09:33:44	1,274	175.00	CHIX
09:36:17	1,739	174.70	XLON
09:36:17	1,649	174.70	XLON
09:36:18	1,706	175.00	CHIX
09:36:18	103	175.00	CHIX
09:36:18	1,871	175.00	CHIX
10:53:23	1,231	175.00	XLON
10:53:23	607	175.00	TRQX
10:53:23	385	175.00	BATE
10:53:23	55	175.00	TRQX
11:08:46	286	175.00	TRQX
11:08:46	800	175.00	TRQX
11:08:46	713	175.00	BATE
11:08:46	108	175.00	XLON
11:08:46	1,478	175.00	XLON
11:08:46	102	175.00	XLON
11:08:55	59	174.90	XLON
11:09:14	102	175.00	XLON
11:09:14	1,162	175.00	XLON
11:09:14	400	175.00	XLON
11:09:14	400	175.00	XLON
11:09:14	400	175.00	XLON
11:09:14	400	175.00	XLON
11:09:14	1332	175.00	XLON
11:09:14	400	175.00	XLON
11:09:14	352	175.00	CHIX
11:09:14	400	175.00	CHIX
11:09:14	400	175.00	CHIX
11:09:14	400	175.00	CHIX
11:09:14	6	175.00	CHIX
11:09:14	1,158	175.00	XLON
11:11:58	45	175.00	TRQX
11:11:58	1,200	175.00	TRQX
11:29:45	242	175.00	XLON
11:29:45	400	175.00	XLON
11:29:45	1,200	175.00	XLON
11:29:45	22	175.00	XLON
11:29:45	1200	175.00	XLON
11:29:45	540	175.00	XLON
11:29:50	155	175.00	CHIX
11:29:50	400	175.00	CHIX
11:29:50	400	175.00	CHIX
11:29:50	188	175.00	CHIX
11:29:50	212	175.00	CHIX
11:29:50	800	175.00	CHIX
11:29:50	400	175.00	CHIX
11:49:30	1023	175.00	XLON
11:49:30	553	175.00	XLON
12:00:01	548	174.60	XLON
12:02:09	922	174.60	XLON
12:06:28	1,195	175.00	XLON
12:06:28	387	175.00	XLON
12:06:28	768	175.00	CHIX
12:06:28	560	175.00	CHIX
12:06:28	1,721	175.00	TRQX
12:06:28	928	175.00	CHIX
12:06:28	400	175.00	CHIX
12:12:59	1,135	175.00	BATE
12:14:05	72	175.00	BATE
12:34:13	4	175.00	XLON
12:34:13	10	175.00	XLON
12:34:13	42	175.00	XLON
12:34:13	355	175.00	XLON

 

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