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 22 December 2022
Number of ordinary shares purchased 457,911
Weighted average price paid (p) 103.00
Highest price paid (p) 104.90
Lowest price paid (p) 101.00

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 1,665,435 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 748,822,685. 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 22 December 2022 is 748,822,685. 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 103.23 295,214
CHIX 102.82 42,200
BATE 102.47 111,263
TRQX 102.85 9,234

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time Volume Price (GBp) Venue
08:01:52 1,349 103.40 XLON
08:05:02 150 102.40 BATE
08:05:02 781 102.50 CHIX
08:05:02 491 102.50 CHIX
08:05:40 1,187 102.80 BATE
08:06:52 1,000 102.70 XLON
08:06:52 370 102.70 XLON
08:07:50 676 103.00 BATE
08:07:50 683 103.00 BATE
08:15:52 512 103.40 BATE
08:15:52 963 103.40 BATE
08:15:52 1,414 103.50 BATE
08:15:52 3,006 103.40 XLON
08:15:52 4,143 103.40 XLON
08:15:52 2,461 103.40 XLON
08:15:52 500 103.40 XLON
08:15:52 588 103.40 XLON
08:15:52 3,502 103.40 XLON
08:15:52 145 103.40 XLON
08:16:02 1,277 103.40 CHIX
08:17:32 247 103.50 XLON
08:17:32 1,155 103.50 XLON
08:17:32 1,444 103.50 BATE
08:23:02 1,246 103.50 CHIX
08:27:06 1,298 103.30 XLON
08:28:41 1,691 103.20 XLON
08:28:44 5,645 102.90 XLON
08:29:32 1,302 102.90 BATE
08:29:32 1,330 102.90 XLON
08:32:33 1,100 103.20 XLON
08:32:33 126 103.20 XLON
08:33:33 328 103.30 XLON
08:33:33 1,013 103.30 XLON
08:37:31 852 103.10 CHIX
08:40:50 325 103.40 TRQX
08:40:50 1,000 103.40 TRQX
08:40:50 27 103.40 TRQX
08:45:00 800 103.50 XLON
08:45:00 354 103.50 XLON
08:46:56 222 103.70 XLON
08:46:56 2,248 103.70 XLON
08:46:56 2,551 103.70 XLON
08:48:10 1,171 103.70 CHIX
09:04:04 1,121 103.90 CHIX
09:04:04 76 103.90 CHIX
09:17:50 725 103.80 CHIX
09:17:50 417 103.80 CHIX
09:17:53 1,469 103.80 XLON
09:17:53 2,000 103.80 XLON
09:17:53 2,015 103.80 XLON
09:18:32 300 103.70 BATE
09:18:32 700 103.70 BATE
09:18:32 229 103.70 BATE
09:32:00 1,164 103.30 XLON
09:32:40 1,866 103.30 XLON
09:32:40 781 103.30 CHIX
09:32:40 400 103.30 CHIX
09:32:40 143 103.30 CHIX
09:32:40 1,519 103.30 XLON
09:32:40 1,387 103.50 TRQX
09:50:00 402 103.30 BATE
09:50:00 317 103.30 BATE
09:50:00 150 103.30 BATE
09:50:00 292 103.30 BATE
09:54:55 1,180 103.30 XLON
09:55:56 75 103.60 XLON
09:55:56 1,275 103.60 XLON
09:55:56 1,000 103.60 XLON
09:55:56 276 103.60 XLON
09:55:58 400 103.60 XLON
09:55:58 400 103.60 XLON
09:55:58 400 103.60 XLON
09:55:58 504 103.60 XLON
09:55:59 2,463 103.80 XLON
09:56:00 1,330 104.00 BATE
09:56:00 438 103.80 XLON
09:59:30 1,125 103.90 CHIX
09:59:30 396 103.80 XLON
10:07:08 3,092 104.00 XLON
10:07:08 220 104.00 XLON
10:07:08 354 104.00 XLON
10:09:20 496 104.60 XLON
10:09:20 1,341 104.60 XLON
10:09:20 900 104.60 XLON
10:09:20 350 104.60 XLON
10:09:20 1,199 104.60 XLON
10:09:20 1,361 104.60 XLON
10:16:31 9 104.50 CHIX
10:16:31 1,102 104.50 CHIX
10:16:31 274 104.50 CHIX
10:16:31 1,682 104.60 XLON
10:16:31 1,629 104.60 XLON
10:16:31 3,097 104.60 XLON
10:17:51 5 104.30 XLON
10:24:00 2,095 104.30 XLON
10:24:00 731 104.30 XLON
10:27:31 1,226 104.40 TRQX
10:28:00 154 104.40 XLON
10:28:00 400 104.40 XLON
10:34:23 610 104.40 XLON
10:34:23 1,137 104.40 BATE
10:34:23 1,948 104.20 XLON
10:34:24 1,619 104.10 XLON
10:34:25 382 104.40 XLON
10:34:25 1,726 104.40 BATE
10:34:25 1,100 104.40 XLON
10:34:25 300 104.40 XLON
10:34:25 600 104.40 XLON
10:34:25 250 104.40 XLON
10:34:25 2,839 104.40 XLON
10:34:25 4,249 104.40 XLON
10:34:25 853 104.40 XLON
10:34:25 734 104.40 BATE
10:34:25 599 104.40 BATE
10:34:25 1,600 104.40 BATE
10:34:25 247 104.40 BATE
10:34:25 400 104.40 BATE
10:34:25 54 104.40 BATE
10:34:25 30 104.40 BATE
10:34:25 231 104.40 BATE
10:34:25 31 104.40 BATE
10:34:26 342 104.20 XLON
10:38:43 711 104.60 XLON
10:38:43 75 104.60 XLON
10:38:43 620 104.60 XLON
10:41:43 900 104.90 XLON
10:41:43 415 104.90 XLON
10:43:03 1,214 104.80 CHIX
10:43:06 8 104.80 CHIX
10:46:02 155 104.70 XLON
10:46:02 992 104.70 XLON
10:47:02 148 104.50 XLON
10:47:02 700 104.50 XLON
10:47:02 200 104.50 XLON
10:47:02 293 104.50 XLON
10:47:43 68,510 104.60 XLON
11:05:00 229 104.30 CHIX
11:05:00 370 104.30 CHIX
11:05:00 747 104.30 CHIX
11:09:00 933 104.00 XLON
11:09:00 268 104.00 XLON
11:09:00 211 104.00 XLON
11:12:01 600 103.80 BATE
11:12:01 228 103.80 BATE
11:14:48 527 104.10 BATE
11:14:48 800 104.10 BATE
11:14:48 400 104.10 BATE
11:14:48 307 104.10 BATE
11:14:50 394 104.00 XLON
11:22:35 200 104.00 XLON
11:22:35 614 104.00 XLON
11:25:48 1,255 104.10 CHIX
11:25:48 434 104.10 BATE
11:25:48 20 104.10 BATE
11:25:48 324 104.10 BATE
11:25:48 1,000 104.10 BATE
11:25:48 1,210 104.10 BATE
11:45:02 268 104.10 CHIX
11:45:02 1,029 104.10 CHIX
11:51:06 639 104.20 BATE
11:51:06 1,204 104.20 BATE
11:51:06 20 104.20 BATE
11:51:06 1,200 104.20 BATE
11:51:06 113 104.20 BATE
12:05:02 461 104.10 CHIX
12:05:02 75 104.10 CHIX
12:05:02 770 104.10 CHIX
12:05:02 339 104.00 XLON
12:05:02 268 104.00 XLON
12:05:02 119 104.00 XLON
12:11:45 589 104.00 XLON
12:11:45 649 104.00 XLON
12:11:45 759 104.00 XLON
12:21:02 2,251 103.80 BATE
12:21:02 226 103.80 BATE
12:21:30 1,573 103.60 XLON
12:36:02 515 103.50 BATE
12:36:02 619 103.50 BATE
12:39:17 272 103.40 CHIX
12:39:17 310 103.40 CHIX
12:39:17 89 103.40 CHIX
12:39:17 610 103.40 CHIX
12:39:35 534 103.40 XLON
12:49:15 300 103.40 XLON
12:49:15 700 103.40 XLON
12:49:15 141 103.40 XLON
12:49:15 212 103.40 XLON
12:50:02 1,355 103.40 BATE
12:50:02 110 103.40 BATE
12:50:02 85 103.40 BATE
12:50:02 36 103.40 BATE
12:50:02 376 103.40 BATE
12:50:02 177 103.40 BATE
12:52:02 77 103.40 BATE
12:52:10 274 103.40 BATE
12:54:03 1,020 103.40 CHIX
12:57:00 207 103.40 CHIX
12:57:11 1,370 103.40 XLON
13:08:57 516 103.20 XLON
13:09:10 1,195 103.40 BATE
13:09:10 49 103.30 XLON
13:09:10 100 103.50 XLON
13:09:10 5,198 103.50 XLON
13:14:57 1,137 103.40 CHIX
13:25:00 1,481 103.30 XLON
13:25:00 1,747 103.20 XLON
13:25:00 560 103.20 XLON
13:25:02 2,002 103.10 BATE
13:25:07 2,315 103.10 XLON
13:25:31 692 103.10 TRQX
13:25:31 655 103.10 TRQX
13:25:31 1,421 103.00 XLON
13:25:31 135 103.00 XLON
13:25:31 67 103.00 XLON
13:25:33 1,133 103.10 XLON
13:26:05 1,291 103.00 XLON
13:30:00 1,374 103.00 CHIX
13:34:05 32 103.00 XLON
13:36:23 1,231 103.00 XLON
13:37:39 110 103.10 BATE
13:37:39 2,104 103.10 BATE
13:37:39 1,200 103.10 BATE
13:37:39 400 103.10 BATE
13:39:40 578 103.00 XLON
13:39:50 892 103.00 XLON
13:39:50 320 103.00 XLON
13:39:50 923 103.00 XLON
13:40:20 1,178 102.80 BATE
13:45:51 1,188 102.60 XLON
13:49:28 194 102.50 CHIX
13:49:28 881 102.50 CHIX
13:49:28 174 102.50 CHIX
13:52:38 1,390 102.20 XLON
13:52:40 664 102.00 XLON
13:52:42 667 102.00 XLON
13:53:42 1,067 101.80 XLON
13:54:02 107 101.80 XLON
13:55:20 1,314 101.90 BATE
13:56:02 702 101.80 XLON
13:56:02 512 101.80 XLON
14:00:36 567 101.60 XLON
14:00:36 670 101.60 XLON
14:00:37 148 101.60 XLON
14:01:35 1,397 101.70 BATE
14:02:35 739 102.00 TRQX
14:02:35 593 102.00 TRQX
14:02:35 1,390 101.80 XLON
14:02:42 1,394 102.00 XLON
14:02:42 2 102.00 XLON
14:04:55 400 102.10 BATE
14:04:55 260 102.10 BATE
14:04:55 500 102.10 BATE
14:04:55 78 102.10 BATE
14:05:43 988 102.10 XLON
14:05:44 400 102.10 XLON
14:05:44 6 102.10 XLON
14:05:46 638 102.00 CHIX
14:05:46 364 102.00 CHIX
14:05:46 364 102.00 CHIX
14:07:00 940 101.90 BATE
14:07:00 1,683 101.90 BATE
14:07:00 274 102.00 BATE
14:07:00 1,033 102.00 BATE
14:07:02 988 101.90 BATE
14:07:44 1,242 102.00 XLON
14:07:45 1,652 101.90 BATE
14:10:00 1,243 101.90 XLON
14:11:45 1,321 101.90 BATE
14:12:25 988 101.90 XLON
14:16:00 218 101.90 XLON
14:16:02 988 101.90 XLON
14:17:02 300 101.90 XLON
14:17:02 519 101.90 CHIX
14:17:02 644 101.90 CHIX
14:17:03 33 101.90 XLON
14:17:03 1,271 101.90 BATE
14:22:03 1,179 101.90 BATE
14:22:03 353 101.70 BATE
14:23:31 658 101.70 XLON
14:24:02 988 101.70 BATE
14:24:37 594 101.70 XLON
14:26:55 300 101.80 XLON
14:26:55 600 101.80 XLON
14:26:55 254 101.80 XLON
14:27:02 988 101.70 CHIX
14:28:02 367 101.70 CHIX
14:29:02 226 101.70 XLON
14:30:19 988 101.70 XLON
14:30:19 391 101.70 BATE
14:30:19 920 101.70 BATE
14:31:03 348 101.90 BATE
14:31:03 400 101.90 BATE
14:31:03 800 101.90 BATE
14:31:03 400 101.90 BATE
14:31:03 199 101.90 BATE
14:31:03 676 101.70 BATE
14:33:02 400 101.90 BATE
14:33:03 300 101.90 BATE
14:33:03 480 101.90 BATE
14:33:12 1,141 101.90 BATE
14:34:02 675 101.90 BATE
14:34:30 1,997 101.90 BATE
14:35:02 1,310 101.80 XLON
14:35:02 794 101.80 XLON
14:35:02 441 101.80 XLON
14:36:02 500 101.80 XLON
14:36:02 500 101.80 XLON
14:36:02 205 101.80 XLON
14:39:02 988 101.80 XLON
14:40:06 206 101.80 XLON
14:40:06 23 101.80 XLON
14:40:09 195 101.70 BATE
14:41:02 988 101.70 CHIX
14:41:10 1,017 101.70 BATE
14:41:10 1,149 101.70 BATE
14:41:10 169 101.70 CHIX
14:41:10 244 101.70 CHIX
14:41:10 203 101.70 TRQX
14:41:10 66 101.70 TRQX
14:41:10 260 101.70 TRQX
14:41:10 772 101.70 TRQX
14:49:25 600 102.10 BATE
14:49:25 600 102.10 BATE
14:49:25 153 102.10 BATE
14:49:25 3,549 102.20 XLON
14:49:25 21 102.20 XLON
14:49:25 122 102.20 XLON
14:49:25 806 102.20 XLON
14:49:26 988 102.20 XLON
14:49:26 1,400 102.30 XLON
14:50:27 1,115 102.10 BATE
14:50:27 213 102.10 BATE
14:51:03 759 102.00 XLON
14:51:03 297 102.00 XLON
14:51:03 134 102.00 XLON
14:51:03 796 102.00 BATE
14:51:03 3,200 102.00 BATE
14:51:03 548 102.00 BATE
14:51:03 19 102.00 BATE
14:51:03 437 102.00 BATE
14:52:31 988 102.00 XLON
14:58:00 1,177 102.20 BATE
14:58:00 1,085 102.20 CHIX
14:58:00 287 102.30 CHIX
14:58:00 988 102.10 XLON
14:58:00 711 102.10 XLON
14:59:00 1,000 102.10 XLON
14:59:00 301 102.10 XLON
14:59:02 1,092 102.00 BATE
14:59:02 124 102.00 BATE
15:01:43 1,136 101.60 XLON
15:03:03 988 101.60 BATE
15:03:03 312 101.60 BATE
15:07:04 18 101.70 CHIX
15:07:04 481 101.70 CHIX
15:07:04 400 101.70 CHIX
15:07:04 390 101.70 CHIX
15:10:32 39 101.90 TRQX
15:10:32 1,250 101.90 TRQX
15:10:32 1,015 101.80 BATE
15:10:34 1,000 101.90 XLON
15:10:34 2,959 101.90 XLON
15:11:32 598 101.80 BATE
15:11:32 703 101.80 BATE
15:11:32 245 101.70 XLON
15:11:32 988 101.70 XLON
15:11:32 9 101.70 XLON
15:11:32 168 101.70 XLON
15:12:36 524 101.90 XLON
15:12:36 836 101.90 XLON
15:14:32 1,069 101.80 BATE
15:14:33 247 101.80 BATE
15:19:37 1,177 102.00 XLON
15:19:37 14 102.00 XLON
15:19:37 628 102.00 XLON
15:19:37 321 102.10 XLON
15:19:37 830 102.20 XLON
15:19:37 1,261 102.20 XLON
15:19:39 988 102.00 CHIX
15:19:39 344 102.00 CHIX
15:20:37 1,260 102.00 XLON
15:20:37 91 102.00 XLON
15:21:02 402 101.90 XLON
15:21:33 988 101.90 BATE
15:22:02 536 101.90 XLON
15:22:02 215 101.90 XLON
15:22:02 226 101.90 BATE
15:22:35 1,054 101.80 BATE
15:23:02 218 101.80 BATE
15:26:08 22 101.90 XLON
15:26:08 194 101.90 XLON
15:26:08 1,130 101.90 XLON
15:26:08 714 101.90 XLON
15:27:02 988 101.90 CHIX
15:27:25 1,187 102.00 BATE
15:28:02 673 101.90 XLON
15:28:02 300 101.90 XLON
15:28:02 328 101.90 XLON
15:28:02 42 101.90 XLON
15:28:02 266 101.90 CHIX
15:28:02 23 101.90 CHIX
15:29:02 1,379 101.90 XLON
15:30:02 1,066 101.80 BATE
15:30:21 1,000 101.90 XLON
15:30:21 252 101.90 XLON
15:30:21 61 101.90 XLON
15:31:02 79 101.80 BATE
15:32:02 1,009 101.70 BATE
15:34:02 988 101.80 BATE
15:34:02 284 101.80 BATE
15:36:02 631 101.70 CHIX
15:37:43 87 101.90 XLON
15:37:43 509 101.90 XLON
15:37:43 2,532 101.90 XLON
15:40:02 1,130 101.90 CHIX
15:40:35 1,142 101.70 XLON
15:40:35 1,168 101.70 XLON
15:40:35 709 101.80 BATE
15:40:35 500 101.80 BATE
15:40:35 1,182 101.70 BATE
15:40:35 357 101.70 BATE
15:40:35 2,000 101.70 BATE
15:40:35 452 101.70 BATE
15:40:36 1,130 101.50 BATE
15:40:36 725 101.40 XLON
15:40:36 1,789 101.40 XLON
15:40:36 642 101.40 XLON
15:42:36 1,401 101.50 XLON
15:42:36 581 101.40 XLON
15:45:28 1,376 101.30 XLON
15:49:28 866 101.60 BATE
15:49:28 393 101.60 BATE
15:51:05 400 101.60 BATE
15:51:05 106 101.60 BATE
15:51:05 89 101.60 BATE
15:51:05 52 101.60 BATE
15:51:05 358 101.60 BATE
15:51:05 296 101.60 BATE
15:51:05 1,410 101.50 XLON
15:51:05 1,360 101.50 XLON
15:51:05 71 101.50 CHIX
15:51:05 1,228 101.50 CHIX
15:52:02 1,186 101.50 XLON
15:52:09 99 101.50 XLON
15:54:16 988 101.40 XLON
15:54:16 218 101.40 XLON
15:55:55 58 101.40 BATE
15:55:55 111 101.40 BATE
15:55:55 400 101.40 BATE
15:55:55 428 101.40 BATE
15:56:17 988 101.30 XLON
15:57:02 312 101.30 XLON
16:03:02 1,289 101.20 XLON
16:03:02 962 101.20 XLON
16:03:02 1,250 101.20 BATE
16:03:02 326 101.20 BATE
16:03:02 876 101.20 BATE
16:03:02 304 101.20 XLON
16:03:02 1,344 101.20 XLON
16:03:02 1,133 101.20 CHIX
16:04:02 1,000 101.20 XLON
16:04:02 212 101.20 XLON
16:08:02 610 101.10 BATE
16:08:14 203 101.10 BATE
16:08:16 69 101.10 BATE
16:09:33 203 101.10 BATE
16:10:02 297 101.10 BATE
16:12:03 1,212 101.10 BATE
16:14:02 290 101.00 CHIX
16:16:02 988 101.00 CHIX
16:16:03 1,164 101.10 BATE
16:19:10 1,002 101.10 BATE
16:19:10 231 101.10 BATE
16:19:10 117 101.10 BATE
16:25:17 1,603 101.20 XLON
16:25:17 233 101.20 XLON
16:25:17 81 101.20 XLON
16:25:18 1,111 101.20 XLON
16:25:18 2,800 101.20 XLON
16:25:18 900 101.20 XLON
16:25:18 2,800 101.20 XLON
16:25:18 672 101.20 XLON
16:25:18 400 101.20 XLON
16:25:18 576 101.20 XLON
16:25:18 1,111 101.20 XLON
16:25:18 564 101.20 XLON
16:25:18 1,653 101.20 XLON
16:25:32 1,381 101.00 XLON
16:25:32 23 101.00 CHIX
16:25:32 709 101.00 CHIX
16:25:32 756 101.10 BATE
16:25:32 598 101.10 BATE
16:25:38 314 101.00 CHIX
16:27:32 400 101.10 BATE
16:27:32 300 101.10 BATE
16:27:33 382 101.10 BATE
16:29:17 443 101.00 CHIX
16:29:17 1,390 101.00 XLON
16:29:17 748 101.00 XLON
16:29:17 1,256 101.00 XLON

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