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	15 February 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	126,669
Weighted average price paid (p)	154.60
Highest price paid (p)	159.90
Lowest price paid (p)	153.10

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 104,509,685 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 646,185,330. 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 15 February 2024 is 646,185,330. 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	154.13	19,577
BATE	154.34	10,994
CHIX	154.72	91,517
TRQX	154.45	1,776
Aquis	154.14	2,805

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:05:08	440	159.00	CHIX
08:05:08	670	159.00	CHIX
08:09:24	1110	158.40	CHIX
08:09:32	229	157.50	CHIX
08:09:32	93	157.50	CHIX
08:09:32	788	157.50	CHIX
08:09:33	1110	157.30	CHIX
08:13:55	1110	156.90	CHIX
08:14:02	1110	156.40	CHIX
08:14:07	1110	156.10	CHIX
08:14:08	867	156.10	CHIX
08:14:28	1110	156.30	CHIX
08:15:39	1110	156.10	CHIX
08:18:40	273	155.90	CHIX
08:26:37	1110	156.10	CHIX
08:32:06	501	155.90	CHIX
08:32:06	609	155.90	CHIX
08:33:16	422	155.50	CHIX
08:33:22	467	155.50	CHIX
08:33:22	221	155.50	CHIX
08:36:11	179	155.80	CHIX
08:36:11	931	155.80	CHIX
08:36:15	329	155.60	BATE
08:36:15	781	155.60	BATE
08:37:03	177	155.70	CHIX
08:37:05	22	155.70	CHIX
08:38:15	614	155.70	CHIX
08:38:15	297	155.70	CHIX
08:51:41	1110	155.60	CHIX
08:52:10	1110	155.40	CHIX
08:54:50	1110	155.20	CHIX
08:54:54	1110	155.00	CHIX
08:55:01	818	154.90	CHIX
08:55:01	292	154.90	CHIX
08:56:42	1110	154.80	CHIX
09:00:20	1110	155.00	CHIX
09:00:21	1110	154.80	CHIX
09:00:23	1110	154.70	CHIX
09:00:51	1110	154.60	CHIX
09:14:18	1110	154.70	CHIX
09:19:10	1110	155.00	CHIX
09:19:14	533	154.90	BATE
09:19:14	577	154.90	BATE
09:19:14	791	154.80	CHIX
09:21:03	191	154.80	CHIX
09:21:03	128	154.80	CHIX
09:24:22	392	154.50	CHIX
09:24:22	718	154.50	CHIX
09:27:25	282	154.50	CHIX
09:27:25	500	154.50	CHIX
09:27:25	328	154.50	CHIX
09:37:07	500	154.70	CHIX
09:37:07	610	154.70	CHIX
09:52:42	737	154.50	CHIX
09:52:42	373	154.50	CHIX
09:55:04	500	154.40	CHIX
09:55:04	610	154.40	CHIX
10:01:11	1110	154.50	CHIX
10:10:16	1000	154.70	CHIX
10:10:16	110	154.70	CHIX
10:15:31	1110	154.60	CHIX
10:35:02	1110	154.70	CHIX
10:35:07	1110	154.50	CHIX
10:35:08	503	154.30	CHIX
10:35:11	607	154.30	CHIX
10:44:22	338	154.30	CHIX
10:44:22	772	154.30	CHIX
10:45:29	1013	154.20	CHIX
10:45:29	97	154.20	CHIX
10:48:53	780	154.10	CHIX
10:48:53	330	154.10	CHIX
10:48:53	231	154.10	TRQX
10:48:53	102	154.10	TRQX
10:48:53	82	154.10	Aquis
10:48:53	228	154.10	BATE
10:48:53	695	154.10	Aquis
10:48:53	105	154.10	BATE
10:48:53	338	154.10	CHIX
10:48:53	935	154.10	XLON
10:48:53	2284	154.10	XLON
10:48:53	95	154.10	XLON
10:48:53	517	154.10	XLON
10:48:53	534	154.10	XLON
10:48:53	232	154.10	XLON
10:48:55	1184	154.10	Aquis
10:48:55	228	154.10	Aquis
10:48:55	278	154.10	XLON
10:48:55	427	154.10	XLON
10:48:55	771	154.10	XLON
10:48:55	734	154.10	XLON
10:55:19	1000	154.20	CHIX
10:55:19	110	154.20	CHIX
11:39:05	473	154.20	CHIX
11:39:05	423	154.20	CHIX
11:39:05	214	154.20	CHIX
11:39:06	315	154.10	CHIX
11:39:06	421	154.10	CHIX
11:39:06	374	154.10	CHIX
11:39:06	500	154.10	CHIX
11:39:06	596	154.10	CHIX
11:39:06	500	154.10	CHIX
11:39:06	185	154.10	CHIX
11:39:06	500	154.10	XLON
11:39:06	500	154.10	XLON
11:39:06	500	154.10	XLON
11:39:06	500	154.10	XLON
11:39:06	83	154.10	XLON
11:39:06	838	154.10	XLON
11:39:06	298	154.10	XLON
11:39:07	5000	154.10	XLON
11:39:07	1781	154.10	BATE
11:39:10	1110	154.10	CHIX
11:39:10	829	154.10	BATE
11:39:10	1058	154.10	BATE
11:39:10	1332	154.10	XLON
11:39:10	1110	154.00	CHIX
11:39:15	531	153.80	CHIX
11:39:15	579	153.80	CHIX
11:39:50	619	153.60	CHIX
11:43:00	542	153.80	BATE
11:43:00	568	153.80	BATE
11:43:02	1062	153.70	BATE
11:43:04	48	153.70	BATE
11:43:22	447	153.60	CHIX
11:45:05	36	153.60	CHIX
11:45:05	627	153.60	CHIX
12:03:53	528	153.90	CHIX
12:03:53	582	153.90	CHIX
12:03:59	1110	153.80	CHIX
12:06:02	410	153.70	CHIX
12:06:02	700	153.70	CHIX
12:12:42	1110	153.70	CHIX
12:15:04	500	153.50	CHIX
12:15:04	610	153.50	CHIX
12:21:34	1110	153.20	CHIX
12:27:15	1110	153.10	CHIX
12:55:02	1110	153.40	CHIX
13:03:07	1110	153.40	CHIX
13:03:51	430	153.40	CHIX
13:03:51	680	153.40	CHIX
13:14:50	282	153.40	CHIX
13:14:50	828	153.40	CHIX
13:21:23	1110	153.40	CHIX
13:42:14	1110	154.10	CHIX
13:48:46	405	154.00	CHIX
13:48:46	500	154.00	CHIX
13:48:46	205	154.00	CHIX
13:49:54	1110	153.80	CHIX
14:40:38	1110	154.60	CHIX
14:43:11	269	154.40	CHIX
14:43:11	500	154.40	CHIX
14:43:16	16	154.40	CHIX
14:43:19	10	154.40	CHIX
14:43:20	315	154.40	CHIX
14:58:30	711	154.40	CHIX
14:58:30	399	154.40	CHIX
15:05:01	1110	154.50	CHIX
15:11:59	721	154.40	CHIX
15:26:38	1068	154.60	BATE
15:26:38	42	154.60	BATE
15:35:04	1110	154.60	CHIX
15:36:51	273	154.50	CHIX
15:41:31	798	154.50	CHIX
15:41:44	39	154.50	CHIX
15:42:18	1110	154.40	CHIX
15:47:20	616	154.30	Aquis
15:50:04	322	154.30	XLON
16:02:08	1110	154.70	CHIX
16:02:09	1110	154.70	CHIX
16:03:50	1097	154.60	TRQX
16:03:50	13	154.60	TRQX
16:05:50	802	154.50	CHIX
16:05:50	299	154.50	CHIX
16:05:50	9	154.50	CHIX
16:05:50	207	154.50	CHIX
16:06:44	295	154.50	CHIX
16:08:24	322	154.50	CHIX
16:08:24	238	154.50	CHIX
16:08:24	5	154.50	CHIX
16:09:27	43	154.50	CHIX
16:09:27	333	154.30	TRQX
16:09:27	2897	154.30	XLON
16:09:27	338	154.30	CHIX
16:09:27	333	154.30	BATE
16:17:44	217	154.40	CHIX
16:17:44	893	154.40	CHIX
16:23:00	1110	154.30	BATE
16:23:24	824	154.30	CHIX
16:24:49	5	154.30	CHIX
16:26:03	281	154.30	CHIX
16:26:55	548	154.20	CHIX
16:27:47	562	154.20	CHIX
16:29:34	349	154.20	CHIX
16:29:34	265	154.20	CHIX
16:29:37	26	154.20	CHIX
16:29:46	21	154.20	CHIX
16:29:47	449	154.20	CHIX

 

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