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 16 December 2022, it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”) through Liberum Capital Limited.

Date of Purchase 19 December 2022
Number of ordinary shares purchased 250,743
Weighted average price paid (p) 101.92
Highest price paid (p) 102.40
Lowest price paid (p) 98.20

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 407,972 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 750,080,148. 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 19 December 2022 is 750,080,148. 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
corporate.comms@firstgroup.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354
Contacts at Brunswick PR:

Andrew Porter / Simone Selzer
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959
Contacts at Liberum Capital Limited:

Nicholas How / John Fishley / William Hall 
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3100 2000 
Contacts at RBC Europe Limited:

James Agnew / Jonathan Hardy / Jack Wood
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7653 4000

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 Liberum Capital 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 101.83 150,474
CHIX 102.29 38,781
BATE 101.89 48,483
TRQX 102.09 13,005

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time Volume Price (GBp) Venue
08:06:26 1,159 99.80 BATE
08:06:26 8 99.80 BATE
08:06:48 529 100.30 TRQX
08:06:48 869 100.30 TRQX
08:07:41 1,073 98.20 XLON
08:07:41 405 98.20 XLON
08:07:41 534 98.20 XLON
08:10:26 507 98.30 BATE
08:10:30 785 98.30 BATE
08:11:28 1,985 99.35 XLON
08:11:28 208 99.35 XLON
08:11:28 845 99.15 XLON
08:11:28 404 99.15 XLON
08:13:03 4,684 99.15 XLON
08:14:08 500 99.40 XLON
08:14:08 1,130 99.40 XLON
08:15:23 2,065 99.55 XLON
08:15:23 2,491 99.60 XLON
08:16:28 606 99.90 XLON
08:16:28 636 99.90 XLON
08:17:28 1,000 99.90 XLON
08:17:28 286 99.90 XLON
08:18:23 120 100.00 BATE
08:18:23 457 100.00 BATE
08:18:23 457 100.00 BATE
08:18:23 457 100.00 BATE
08:18:23 457 100.00 BATE
08:19:02 1,057 100.00 XLON
08:19:02 96 100.00 XLON
08:20:53 1,398 100.70 CHIX
08:21:02 1,374 100.70 BATE
08:21:13 1,222 100.40 XLON
08:22:13 1,151 100.50 XLON
08:24:13 1,244 100.50 XLON
08:26:13 1,311 100.80 XLON
08:27:03 139 100.90 BATE
08:27:03 1,000 100.90 BATE
08:28:13 1,127 101.20 XLON
08:30:13 1,308 101.10 XLON
08:30:23 500 101.00 CHIX
08:30:23 677 101.00 CHIX
08:32:03 1,177 101.50 BATE
08:32:06 1,270 101.20 XLON
08:33:06 1,000 101.10 XLON
08:33:06 174 101.10 XLON
08:35:06 1,173 101.40 XLON
08:36:03 1,321 101.60 BATE
08:37:47 1,390 101.70 XLON
08:38:47 1,227 101.80 XLON
08:39:59 1,213 101.60 XLON
08:40:00 663 101.50 BATE
08:40:00 500 101.50 BATE
08:40:00 89 101.50 BATE
08:40:00 343 101.50 TRQX
08:40:00 530 101.50 TRQX
08:40:00 126 101.50 TRQX
08:40:00 32 101.50 TRQX
08:40:00 107 101.50 TRQX
08:40:00 19 101.50 TRQX
08:41:59 1,057 101.80 XLON
08:41:59 172 101.80 XLON
08:43:59 1,316 102.00 XLON
08:45:23 487 102.10 CHIX
08:45:23 739 102.10 CHIX
08:45:23 204 101.80 XLON
08:45:23 163 101.80 XLON
08:45:23 1,004 101.80 XLON
08:47:20 1,093 101.80 BATE
08:47:20 129 101.80 BATE
08:48:23 1,368 101.90 XLON
08:50:23 1,000 102.20 XLON
08:50:23 393 102.20 XLON
08:52:20 1,336 102.30 BATE
08:52:23 1,343 102.30 XLON
08:54:23 1,162 102.40 XLON
08:56:57 177 102.40 XLON
08:56:57 1,000 102.40 XLON
08:56:57 18 102.40 XLON
08:59:20 65 102.40 BATE
08:59:20 43 102.40 BATE
08:59:20 781 102.40 BATE
08:59:20 92 102.40 BATE
08:59:20 164 102.40 BATE
08:59:20 1,244 102.40 XLON
09:07:53 1,302 102.40 BATE
09:07:53 701 102.40 BATE
09:07:53 455 102.40 BATE
09:07:53 1,124 102.40 CHIX
09:07:53 1,290 102.40 XLON
09:07:53 1,135 102.40 XLON
09:07:53 1,285 102.40 XLON
09:07:53 1,378 102.40 XLON
09:07:53 1,276 102.40 XLON
09:11:08 676 102.20 XLON
09:11:08 500 102.20 XLON
09:11:08 228 102.20 XLON
09:14:08 1,049 102.40 XLON
09:14:08 109 102.40 XLON
09:57:19 1,060 102.40 CHIX
09:57:19 62 102.40 CHIX
09:57:19 81 102.40 CHIX
09:57:19 650 102.40 XLON
09:57:19 520 102.40 XLON
15:20:18 1,356 102.40 BATE
15:20:18 1,399 102.40 BATE
15:20:18 1,352 102.40 BATE
15:20:18 1,369 102.40 BATE
15:20:18 1,381 102.40 BATE
15:20:18 1,161 102.40 BATE
15:20:18 1,333 102.40 BATE
15:20:18 1,150 102.40 BATE
15:20:18 1,217 102.40 BATE
15:20:18 1,163 102.40 BATE
15:20:18 1,319 102.40 BATE
15:20:18 1,251 102.40 BATE
15:20:18 86 102.40 CHIX
15:20:18 1,227 102.40 CHIX
15:20:18 1,358 102.40 CHIX
15:20:18 1,155 102.40 CHIX
15:20:18 1,247 102.40 CHIX
15:20:18 1,181 102.40 CHIX
15:20:18 1,255 102.40 CHIX
15:20:18 1,225 102.40 CHIX
15:20:18 1,225 102.40 CHIX
15:20:18 1,239 102.40 CHIX
15:20:18 1,189 102.40 CHIX
15:20:18 1,274 102.40 CHIX
15:20:18 1,393 102.40 CHIX
15:20:18 1,229 102.40 CHIX
15:20:18 1,152 102.40 CHIX
15:20:18 1,310 102.40 CHIX
15:20:18 1,187 102.40 CHIX
15:20:18 1,288 102.40 CHIX
15:20:18 1,171 102.40 CHIX
15:20:18 1,141 102.40 CHIX
15:20:18 1,387 102.40 CHIX
15:20:18 1,383 102.40 TRQX
15:20:18 1,223 102.40 TRQX
15:20:18 1,251 102.40 TRQX
15:20:18 66 102.40 XLON
15:20:18 1,254 102.40 XLON
15:20:18 1,324 102.40 XLON
15:20:18 1,161 102.40 XLON
15:20:18 1,280 102.40 XLON
15:20:18 1,265 102.40 XLON
15:20:18 1,181 102.40 XLON
15:20:18 1,144 102.40 XLON
15:20:18 1,246 102.40 XLON
15:20:18 1,368 102.40 XLON
15:20:18 1,143 102.40 XLON
15:20:18 1,180 102.40 XLON
15:20:18 1,133 102.40 XLON
15:20:18 1,184 102.40 XLON
15:20:18 3,501 102.40 XLON
15:20:18 2,144 102.40 XLON
15:20:25 3,004 102.40 TRQX
15:20:25 1,124 102.40 TRQX
15:20:25 210 102.40 TRQX
15:36:42 93 102.40 BATE
15:36:42 144 102.40 BATE
15:36:42 1,145 102.40 CHIX
15:36:42 124 102.40 CHIX
15:36:42 25 102.40 CHIX
15:36:42 148 102.40 CHIX
15:36:42 221 102.40 BATE
15:36:42 500 102.40 BATE
15:36:42 435 102.40 BATE
15:36:42 806 102.40 BATE
15:36:42 500 102.40 BATE
15:36:42 626 102.40 CHIX
15:36:42 364 102.40 CHIX
15:36:42 2,207 102.40 XLON
15:36:42 1,030 102.40 XLON
15:36:42 13,589 102.40 XLON
15:36:42 471 102.40 XLON
15:36:42 2,626 102.40 XLON
15:36:42 1,267 102.40 XLON
15:36:42 1,362 102.40 XLON
15:36:42 1,403 102.40 XLON
15:36:43 1,504 102.00 BATE
15:36:43 1,500 102.00 BATE
15:36:43 1,000 102.00 BATE
15:36:43 61 102.00 BATE
15:36:48 1,555 101.90 BATE
15:36:48 550 102.00 XLON
15:36:48 567 102.00 XLON
15:36:48 17 102.00 XLON
15:36:50 1,975 102.20 XLON
15:36:50 1,200 102.10 BATE
15:36:50 500 102.10 BATE
15:36:50 500 102.10 BATE
15:36:50 500 102.10 BATE
15:36:50 691 102.10 BATE
15:36:50 48 102.10 BATE
15:36:50 1,431 102.00 XLON
15:37:07 4,626 102.30 XLON
15:37:07 1,335 102.30 XLON
15:37:07 1,168 102.30 XLON
15:37:07 808 102.40 XLON
15:37:07 1,058 102.40 XLON
15:37:07 1,241 102.40 XLON
15:37:07 427 102.40 XLON
15:37:07 967 102.40 XLON
15:37:07 72 102.40 XLON
15:39:04 621 102.40 BATE
16:07:27 1,193 102.40 TRQX
16:07:27 537 102.40 XLON
16:07:27 548 102.40 XLON
16:07:27 1,377 102.40 XLON
16:07:27 1,786 102.40 XLON
16:07:27 7,532 102.40 XLON
16:07:27 3,088 102.40 XLON
16:07:27 3,992 102.40 XLON
16:07:27 1,293 102.40 BATE
16:07:27 503 102.40 BATE
16:07:27 1,306 102.40 CHIX
16:07:27 1,389 102.40 CHIX
16:07:27 1,366 102.40 CHIX
16:07:27 2,026 102.40 BATE
16:07:27 708 102.40 XLON
16:07:27 225 102.40 XLON
16:07:27 1,361 102.40 XLON
16:07:27 472 102.40 XLON
16:07:28 1,754 102.20 XLON
16:07:28 980 102.40 XLON
16:07:28 588 102.40 XLON
16:07:28 1,000 102.40 XLON
16:07:28 418 102.40 XLON
16:07:28 457 102.20 XLON
16:07:28 759 102.40 XLON
16:07:28 365 102.40 XLON
16:15:39 1,194 102.40 XLON
16:16:13 1,241 102.40 CHIX
16:21:32 1,940 102.40 XLON
16:21:32 500 102.40 XLON
16:21:32 332 102.40 XLON
16:21:32 258 102.40 XLON
16:22:39 1,062 102.40 TRQX

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