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 14 November 2024, it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") through RBC Europe Limited.

Date of Purchase	23 January 2025
Number of ordinary shares purchased	291,691
Weighted average price paid (p)	163.98
Highest price paid (p)	167.50
Lowest price paid (p)	162.40

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 147,887,874 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 602,807,141. FirstGroup initially intends to hold the purchased shares as treasury shares but may cancel them in due course.

The total number of voting rights in FirstGroup, excluding treasury shares as at 23 January 2025 is 602,807,141. 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]

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	163.47	8,723
BATE	163.75	15,008
CHIX	164.00	267,960

Individual Transactions

Transaction Time	Volume	Price	Platform	Transaction Ref
08:08:08	303	165.10	CHIX	00280665375TRLO0
08:09:32	164	165.40	CHIX	00280665632TRLO0
08:10:42	174	167.20	CHIX	00280665795TRLO0
08:10:42	174	167.20	CHIX	00280665796TRLO0
08:10:44	446	167.00	CHIX	00280665801TRLO0
08:11:25	370	167.20	CHIX	00280665930TRLO0
08:11:51	740	167.50	CHIX	00280666009TRLO0
08:12:09	523	167.40	CHIX	00280666096TRLO0
08:13:05	571	167.30	CHIX	00280666355TRLO0
08:13:19	362	167.10	CHIX	00280666448TRLO0
08:15:04	409	167.20	CHIX	00280666773TRLO0
08:15:12	395	166.80	CHIX	00280666810TRLO0
08:15:17	372	166.70	CHIX	00280666822TRLO0
08:19:11	388	166.20	CHIX	00280667435TRLO0
08:21:44	408	165.90	CHIX	00280667973TRLO0
08:31:03	681	166.70	CHIX	00280669798TRLO0
08:31:03	378	166.70	CHIX	00280669797TRLO0
08:31:03	391	166.70	CHIX	00280669796TRLO0
08:36:01	658	167.00	CHIX	00280670791TRLO0
08:36:01	86	167.00	CHIX	00280670790TRLO0
08:36:01	412	167.00	CHIX	00280670789TRLO0
08:36:01	1084	167.00	CHIX	00280670788TRLO0
08:36:01	497	167.00	CHIX	00280670787TRLO0
08:37:29	382	166.90	CHIX	00280671053TRLO0
08:37:29	807	166.90	CHIX	00280671052TRLO0
08:37:29	13	166.90	CHIX	00280671051TRLO0
08:52:01	193	166.80	BATE	00280673290TRLO0
08:52:01	193	166.80	BATE	00280673289TRLO0
08:52:01	1148	166.80	CHIX	00280673288TRLO0
08:52:01	163	166.80	CHIX	00280673287TRLO0
08:52:01	361	166.80	CHIX	00280673286TRLO0
08:52:01	84	166.80	CHIX	00280673291TRLO0
08:52:01	366	166.80	CHIX	00280673292TRLO0
08:52:01	359	166.80	XLON	00280673293TRLO0
08:52:11	3040	166.70	CHIX	00280673359TRLO0
08:52:11	783	166.70	CHIX	00280673360TRLO0
08:57:50	1405	166.50	CHIX	00280673987TRLO0
08:57:50	661	166.50	CHIX	00280673988TRLO0
08:57:50	1818	166.50	CHIX	00280673989TRLO0
08:59:05	405	166.30	CHIX	00280674167TRLO0
08:59:48	397	166.30	CHIX	00280674254TRLO0
09:00:10	406	166.20	CHIX	00280674326TRLO0
09:01:42	353	166.00	CHIX	00280674563TRLO0
09:05:09	343	166.00	CHIX	00280675114TRLO0
09:05:09	373	166.00	CHIX	00280675115TRLO0
09:05:17	413	166.00	CHIX	00280675150TRLO0
09:14:49	386	166.10	BATE	00280676337TRLO0
09:14:49	396	166.10	CHIX	00280676338TRLO0
09:14:49	388	166.10	CHIX	00280676339TRLO0
09:14:49	236	166.10	CHIX	00280676340TRLO0
09:14:49	142	166.10	CHIX	00280676341TRLO0
09:14:49	355	166.10	CHIX	00280676342TRLO0
09:18:35	366	165.90	BATE	00280676714TRLO0
09:18:35	834	165.90	CHIX	00280676713TRLO0
09:18:35	1327	165.90	CHIX	00280676715TRLO0
09:18:35	368	165.90	XLON	00280676716TRLO0
09:18:35	369	165.90	XLON	00280676717TRLO0
09:18:35	384	165.90	XLON	00280676718TRLO0
09:18:57	346	165.40	CHIX	00280676783TRLO0
09:18:57	428	165.30	CHIX	00280676784TRLO0
09:25:16	21	165.10	BATE	00280677681TRLO0
09:25:43	248	165.10	CHIX	00280677730TRLO0
09:26:02	135	165.10	CHIX	00280677748TRLO0
09:26:28	365	165.10	CHIX	00280677799TRLO0
09:26:28	349	165.10	CHIX	00280677800TRLO0
09:26:28	161	165.10	CHIX	00280677801TRLO0
09:26:35	353	165.10	BATE	00280677811TRLO0
09:26:35	204	165.10	CHIX	00280677810TRLO0
09:26:35	756	165.10	CHIX	00280677812TRLO0
09:26:35	451	165.10	CHIX	00280677813TRLO0
09:31:25	584	164.90	CHIX	00280678410TRLO0
09:32:05	601	164.90	CHIX	00280678533TRLO0
09:32:05	808	164.90	CHIX	00280678534TRLO0
09:33:03	364	164.80	CHIX	00280678693TRLO0
09:33:03	1713	164.80	CHIX	00280678694TRLO0
09:33:03	1097	164.60	CHIX	00280678695TRLO0
09:33:47	383	164.30	CHIX	00280678796TRLO0
09:53:04	585	164.40	CHIX	00280681315TRLO0
09:53:56	150	164.40	CHIX	00280681414TRLO0
09:53:56	1068	164.40	CHIX	00280681415TRLO0
10:35:46	761	164.90	BATE	00280687292TRLO0
10:35:46	439	164.90	CHIX	00280687291TRLO0
10:35:46	6000	164.90	CHIX	00280687293TRLO0
10:35:46	69	164.90	CHIX	00280687296TRLO0
10:35:46	1943	164.90	CHIX	00280687297TRLO0
10:35:46	121	164.90	CHIX	00280687298TRLO0
10:35:46	2119	164.90	CHIX	00280687299TRLO0
10:35:46	2666	164.90	CHIX	00280687300TRLO0
10:35:46	4692	164.90	CHIX	00280687301TRLO0
10:35:46	5279	164.90	CHIX	00280687302TRLO0
10:49:02	351	164.50	CHIX	00280689175TRLO0
10:51:39	1	164.50	CHIX	00280689523TRLO0
11:15:07	661	164.70	BATE	00280693215TRLO0
11:15:07	93	164.70	BATE	00280693214TRLO0
11:15:07	407	164.70	CHIX	00280693211TRLO0
11:15:07	1194	164.70	CHIX	00280693212TRLO0
11:15:07	1194	164.70	CHIX	00280693213TRLO0
11:15:07	1128	164.70	CHIX	00280693216TRLO0
11:15:07	721	164.70	CHIX	00280693217TRLO0
11:15:07	4098	164.70	CHIX	00280693218TRLO0
11:15:07	9598	164.70	CHIX	00280693219TRLO0
11:15:24	1284	164.20	CHIX	00280693259TRLO0
11:23:04	584	164.20	CHIX	00280694493TRLO0
11:24:07	73	164.20	BATE	00280694711TRLO0
11:24:07	299	164.20	BATE	00280694710TRLO0
11:24:07	35	164.20	BATE	00280694709TRLO0
11:24:07	334	164.20	BATE	00280694707TRLO0
11:24:07	605	164.20	CHIX	00280694706TRLO0
11:24:07	4101	164.20	CHIX	00280694708TRLO0
11:24:07	352	164.20	XLON	00280694712TRLO0
11:24:07	291	164.20	XLON	00280694713TRLO0
11:24:07	71	164.20	XLON	00280694714TRLO0
11:24:12	1498	163.90	CHIX	00280694725TRLO0
11:38:05	192	164.00	BATE	00280696705TRLO0
11:38:05	180	164.00	BATE	00280696692TRLO0
11:38:05	373	164.00	CHIX	00280696693TRLO0
11:38:05	35	164.00	CHIX	00280696694TRLO0
11:38:05	124	164.00	CHIX	00280696695TRLO0
11:38:05	193	164.00	CHIX	00280696696TRLO0
11:38:05	759	164.00	CHIX	00280696697TRLO0
11:38:05	332	164.00	CHIX	00280696698TRLO0
11:38:05	408	164.00	CHIX	00280696699TRLO0
11:38:05	408	164.00	CHIX	00280696700TRLO0
11:38:05	408	164.00	CHIX	00280696701TRLO0
11:38:05	408	164.00	CHIX	00280696702TRLO0
11:38:05	672	164.00	CHIX	00280696704TRLO0
11:53:00	101	163.70	BATE	00280698539TRLO0
12:18:01	1266	163.90	BATE	00280701836TRLO0
12:18:01	357	163.90	CHIX	00280701835TRLO0
12:18:01	244	163.90	CHIX	00280701837TRLO0
12:18:01	400	163.90	CHIX	00280701838TRLO0
12:18:01	3388	163.90	CHIX	00280701839TRLO0
12:18:01	600	163.90	CHIX	00280701840TRLO0
12:18:01	600	163.90	CHIX	00280701841TRLO0
12:18:03	585	163.90	CHIX	00280701844TRLO0
12:18:03	737	163.90	CHIX	00280701845TRLO0
12:18:03	1382	163.90	CHIX	00280701846TRLO0
12:18:03	8216	163.90	CHIX	00280701847TRLO0
12:18:11	699	163.90	CHIX	00280701867TRLO0
12:18:11	5486	163.90	CHIX	00280701868TRLO0
12:18:11	1674	163.90	CHIX	00280701869TRLO0
12:44:19	779	163.70	BATE	00280705513TRLO0
12:44:19	3478	163.70	CHIX	00280705514TRLO0
12:44:19	735	163.70	CHIX	00280705515TRLO0
12:44:19	749	163.70	CHIX	00280705517TRLO0
12:44:19	706	163.70	CHIX	00280705518TRLO0
12:46:11	4289	163.50	CHIX	00280705819TRLO0
12:46:11	3563	163.50	CHIX	00280705820TRLO0
12:46:11	360	163.50	CHIX	00280705821TRLO0
12:46:11	366	163.50	CHIX	00280705822TRLO0
12:46:11	2119	163.40	CHIX	00280705824TRLO0
12:46:11	4159	163.40	CHIX	00280705825TRLO0
12:49:49	370	162.70	CHIX	00280706380TRLO0
12:53:06	409	162.70	CHIX	00280706897TRLO0
13:07:27	356	162.40	BATE	00280708792TRLO0
13:07:27	361	162.40	CHIX	00280708796TRLO0
13:07:27	361	162.40	CHIX	00280708798TRLO0
13:07:27	382	162.40	CHIX	00280708800TRLO0
13:07:27	382	162.40	CHIX	00280708801TRLO0
13:07:36	484	162.60	CHIX	00280708841TRLO0
13:13:51	376	162.60	BATE	00280709749TRLO0
13:13:51	3720	162.60	CHIX	00280709748TRLO0
13:13:51	346	162.60	XLON	00280709750TRLO0
13:13:51	394	162.60	XLON	00280709751TRLO0
13:13:51	365	162.60	XLON	00280709752TRLO0
13:13:54	358	162.50	CHIX	00280709758TRLO0
13:23:51	594	162.60	CHIX	00280711014TRLO0
13:39:04	789	163.10	CHIX	00280713548TRLO0
13:46:39	222	163.00	BATE	00280714563TRLO0
13:46:39	72	163.00	BATE	00280714562TRLO0
13:46:39	72	163.00	BATE	00280714561TRLO0
13:46:39	847	163.00	CHIX	00280714555TRLO0
13:46:39	765	163.00	CHIX	00280714556TRLO0
13:46:39	6034	163.00	CHIX	00280714557TRLO0
13:46:39	317	163.00	CHIX	00280714558TRLO0
13:46:39	2157	163.00	CHIX	00280714559TRLO0
13:46:39	2157	163.00	CHIX	00280714560TRLO0
13:46:39	600	163.00	CHIX	00280714564TRLO0
13:46:39	764	163.00	CHIX	00280714565TRLO0
13:46:39	492	163.00	CHIX	00280714566TRLO0
13:56:12	714	162.70	CHIX	00280716150TRLO0
13:56:12	1888	162.70	CHIX	00280716151TRLO0
13:56:12	401	162.70	CHIX	00280716152TRLO0
13:56:12	375	162.70	XLON	00280716153TRLO0
13:56:12	375	162.70	XLON	00280716154TRLO0
13:56:12	360	162.70	XLON	00280716155TRLO0
14:21:04	660	162.70	BATE	00280720714TRLO0
14:21:04	1373	162.70	BATE	00280720713TRLO0
14:21:04	1087	162.70	CHIX	00280720711TRLO0
14:21:04	6183	162.70	CHIX	00280720712TRLO0
14:21:04	2328	162.70	CHIX	00280720715TRLO0
14:21:04	1137	162.70	CHIX	00280720716TRLO0
14:21:04	1113	162.70	XLON	00280720717TRLO0
14:21:04	1675	162.70	XLON	00280720718TRLO0
14:34:57	176	162.70	BATE	00280727246TRLO0
14:34:57	3	162.70	CHIX	00280727245TRLO0
14:36:10	578	162.70	BATE	00280728067TRLO0
14:36:10	608	162.70	CHIX	00280728066TRLO0
14:39:20	97	162.70	CHIX	00280729897TRLO0
14:39:20	1173	162.70	CHIX	00280729898TRLO0
14:39:20	388	162.70	CHIX	00280729899TRLO0
14:39:20	1682	162.70	CHIX	00280729900TRLO0
14:39:20	1755	162.70	CHIX	00280729901TRLO0
14:39:20	562	162.70	CHIX	00280729902TRLO0
14:39:20	4625	162.70	CHIX	00280729903TRLO0
14:39:24	735	162.40	CHIX	00280729934TRLO0
14:39:24	1085	162.40	CHIX	00280729935TRLO0
14:55:06	85	163.60	CHIX	00280738496TRLO0
14:56:08	360	163.60	CHIX	00280738995TRLO0
14:57:04	578	163.60	CHIX	00280739477TRLO0
14:58:02	180	163.60	CHIX	00280739883TRLO0
14:58:02	408	163.60	CHIX	00280739884TRLO0
14:59:10	580	163.60	CHIX	00280740436TRLO0
15:00:44	1891	163.60	BATE	00280741472TRLO0
15:00:44	440	163.60	CHIX	00280741473TRLO0
15:00:44	2451	163.60	CHIX	00280741474TRLO0
15:00:44	3191	163.60	CHIX	00280741475TRLO0
15:00:44	731	163.60	CHIX	00280741476TRLO0
15:15:30	394	163.50	CHIX	00280748777TRLO0
15:15:30	712	163.50	CHIX	00280748778TRLO0
15:15:30	1529	163.50	CHIX	00280748779TRLO0
15:15:30	442	163.50	CHIX	00280748780TRLO0
15:15:30	158	163.50	CHIX	00280748781TRLO0
15:15:30	494	163.50	CHIX	00280748782TRLO0
15:15:30	451	163.50	CHIX	00280748783TRLO0
15:15:30	707	163.50	CHIX	00280748784TRLO0
15:15:30	1158	163.50	CHIX	00280748785TRLO0
15:15:30	207	163.50	CHIX	00280748786TRLO0
15:30:19	377	163.40	BATE	00280754934TRLO0
15:30:19	387	163.40	BATE	00280754933TRLO0
15:30:19	3387	163.40	CHIX	00280754932TRLO0
15:30:19	387	163.40	XLON	00280754935TRLO0
15:30:19	386	163.40	XLON	00280754936TRLO0
15:33:59	181	163.30	BATE	00280756522TRLO0
15:33:59	369	163.30	BATE	00280756521TRLO0
15:42:16	781	163.40	BATE	00280760067TRLO0
15:42:16	854	163.40	CHIX	00280760066TRLO0
15:42:16	750	163.40	CHIX	00280760068TRLO0
15:42:16	528	163.40	CHIX	00280760069TRLO0
15:42:16	4588	163.40	CHIX	00280760070TRLO0
15:42:16	3340	163.40	CHIX	00280760071TRLO0
15:43:35	1045	162.90	CHIX	00280760569TRLO0
15:43:35	3008	162.90	CHIX	00280760570TRLO0
15:43:35	389	162.90	XLON	00280760571TRLO0
15:43:35	364	162.90	XLON	00280760572TRLO0
16:03:01	54	163.30	BATE	00280769251TRLO0
16:11:40	731	163.50	CHIX	00280773365TRLO0
16:11:40	7022	163.50	CHIX	00280773390TRLO0
16:11:40	600	163.50	CHIX	00280773394TRLO0
16:11:40	1163	163.50	CHIX	00280773396TRLO0
16:11:40	82	163.50	CHIX	00280773397TRLO0
16:11:40	2028	163.50	CHIX	00280773398TRLO0
16:11:48	26	163.30	BATE	00280773582TRLO0
16:11:48	32	163.40	CHIX	00280773578TRLO0
16:11:48	1018	163.40	CHIX	00280773579TRLO0
16:20:07	1922	163.40	CHIX	00280777253TRLO0
16:20:07	774	163.40	CHIX	00280777254TRLO0
16:20:07	1727	163.40	CHIX	00280777255TRLO0
16:20:07	3377	163.40	CHIX	00280777256TRLO0
16:20:07	2767	163.40	CHIX	00280777257TRLO0
16:20:07	4574	163.40	CHIX	00280777258TRLO0
16:20:07	1535	163.40	CHIX	00280777259TRLO0
16:21:56	771	163.40	BATE	00280777957TRLO0
16:21:56	358	163.40	CHIX	00280777955TRLO0
16:21:56	401	163.40	CHIX	00280777956TRLO0
16:21:56	313	163.40	CHIX	00280777959TRLO0
16:21:56	5496	163.40	CHIX	00280777960TRLO0
16:21:56	386	163.30	CHIX	00280777969TRLO0
16:25:28	377	163.50	CHIX	00280779480TRLO0
16:28:59	9598	163.90	CHIX	00280782194TRLO0
16:28:59	1949	163.80	CHIX	00280782195TRLO0
16:29:00	895	163.80	CHIX	00280782202TRLO0

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