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 RBC Europe Limited.

Date of Purchase	27 February 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	372,606
Weighted average price paid (p)	105.49
Highest price paid (p)	106.40
Lowest price paid (p)	102.20

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 20,952,026 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 729,606,678. 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 27 February 2023 is 729,606,678. 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 / William Hall  Tel: [phone]	Contacts at RBC Europe Limited: James Agnew / Jonathan Hardy / 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	196,155	105.56
BATE	54,992	105.57
CHIX	60,737	105.44
TRQX	60,722	105.25

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Venue
08:06:00	99	102.20	XLON
08:09:00	100	102.40	CHIX
08:09:01	65	102.40	CHIX
08:09:01	148	102.40	TRQX
08:09:01	1,002	102.40	TRQX
08:09:02	1,291	102.30	XLON
08:30:00	817	102.80	XLON
08:30:00	559	102.80	XLON
08:41:00	107	102.80	XLON
08:41:00	1,085	102.80	XLON
08:47:21	1,116	102.80	XLON
08:47:21	295	102.90	XLON
08:52:01	1,006	103.00	XLON
08:52:01	1,255	103.10	XLON
08:52:01	435	103.10	XLON
08:52:05	640	103.40	XLON
08:52:05	433	103.40	XLON
08:52:05	1,470	103.60	TRQX
08:52:05	1,255	103.60	TRQX
08:52:05	1,676	103.60	XLON
08:52:05	6,797	103.70	XLON
08:59:34	398	103.70	XLON
08:59:34	737	103.70	XLON
09:02:50	690	103.70	CHIX
09:02:50	602	103.70	CHIX
09:02:50	1,292	103.70	BATE
09:02:51	1,467	103.80	CHIX
09:02:51	1,329	104.00	XLON
09:02:51	985	104.10	TRQX
09:02:51	376	104.10	TRQX
09:02:51	244	104.10	TRQX
09:02:51	2,115	104.10	TRQX
09:22:13	695	104.10	BATE
09:22:13	944	104.30	XLON
09:22:19	371	104.30	CHIX
09:22:19	29	104.40	CHIX
09:22:19	262	104.40	CHIX
09:22:19	1,038	104.40	CHIX
09:22:19	1,329	104.50	XLON
09:22:19	687	104.50	XLON
09:22:19	581	104.50	XLON
09:22:22	349	104.60	TRQX
09:22:22	980	104.60	TRQX
09:22:22	426	104.60	XLON
09:22:22	460	104.60	XLON
09:23:21	886	104.40	BATE
09:23:21	886	104.40	CHIX
09:23:21	1,329	104.40	TRQX
09:23:21	1,798	104.30	CHIX
09:23:21	1,108	104.30	XLON
09:23:21	1,107	104.30	TRQX
09:53:13	236	105.30	BATE
09:53:13	997	105.30	CHIX
09:53:13	828	105.30	TRQX
09:53:13	761	105.30	BATE
09:53:13	168	105.30	TRQX
09:53:13	997	105.30	XLON
09:53:13	1,093	105.25	BATE
09:53:14	473	105.40	XLON
09:53:14	524	105.40	XLON
09:54:06	217	105.10	CHIX
09:56:31	997	105.20	BATE
09:56:31	780	105.20	CHIX
09:56:31	996	105.20	TRQX
10:16:02	111	105.90	CHIX
10:16:02	755	105.90	BATE
10:16:02	777	105.90	CHIX
10:16:02	138	105.90	TRQX
10:16:02	134	105.90	BATE
10:16:02	967	105.90	TRQX
10:16:02	1,105	105.90	XLON
10:27:36	224	105.80	BATE
10:27:36	174	105.80	CHIX
10:27:36	2,072	105.80	XLON
10:27:36	415	105.80	BATE
10:27:36	464	105.80	CHIX
10:27:36	638	105.80	TRQX
10:29:00	1,795	106.00	XLON
10:29:00	1,794	106.00	TRQX
10:33:39	902	105.70	CHIX
10:33:39	1,329	105.70	BATE
10:33:39	1,329	105.70	TRQX
10:33:39	1,329	105.70	XLON
10:33:40	240	105.60	XLON
10:33:40	128	105.60	TRQX
10:33:40	646	105.60	XLON
10:33:40	869	105.60	CHIX
10:33:40	758	105.60	TRQX
10:33:40	17	105.60	CHIX
10:34:49	802	105.50	CHIX
10:34:49	997	105.50	BATE
10:34:49	195	105.50	CHIX
10:34:49	997	105.50	XLON
10:34:49	996	105.50	TRQX
10:44:57	170	105.40	BATE
10:44:57	730	105.40	BATE
10:44:57	899	105.40	CHIX
10:44:57	1,094	105.40	XLON
10:44:57	1,094	105.40	TRQX
10:50:02	476	105.30	BATE
10:50:02	597	105.30	XLON
10:50:02	475	105.30	TRQX
10:50:02	521	105.30	BATE
10:50:02	400	105.30	XLON
10:50:02	997	105.30	CHIX
10:50:02	521	105.30	TRQX
10:54:02	690	105.30	BATE
10:54:02	1,918	105.30	CHIX
10:54:02	690	105.30	XLON
10:54:02	689	105.30	TRQX
10:54:02	1,099	105.20	XLON
10:54:02	1,099	105.20	TRQX
10:56:02	739	105.30	CHIX
10:56:02	34	105.30	CHIX
10:56:02	224	105.30	CHIX
10:56:02	997	105.30	XLON
10:56:02	738	105.30	BATE
10:56:02	996	105.30	TRQX
10:56:02	259	105.30	BATE
10:56:02	1,109	105.30	XLON
10:56:02	200	105.30	TRQX
11:05:41	515	105.50	TRQX
11:05:41	473	105.50	TRQX
11:05:41	8	105.50	TRQX
11:05:41	997	105.50	XLON
11:05:41	997	105.50	BATE
11:05:41	997	105.50	CHIX
11:05:49	997	105.50	CHIX
11:07:03	989	105.50	BATE
11:07:03	8	105.50	BATE
11:07:03	240	105.50	XLON
11:07:03	996	105.50	TRQX
11:07:03	757	105.50	XLON
11:09:25	1,102	105.50	CHIX
11:10:02	744	105.50	XLON
11:13:18	744	105.50	TRQX
11:13:18	652	105.50	CHIX
11:13:18	745	105.50	BATE
11:13:18	1,846	105.50	XLON
11:13:18	5	105.40	XLON
11:13:18	188	105.40	XLON
11:17:49	275	105.50	TRQX
11:17:49	503	105.50	TRQX
11:17:49	1,653	105.50	XLON
11:17:49	778	105.50	CHIX
11:17:49	778	105.50	BATE
11:17:50	1,653	105.40	XLON
11:17:50	778	105.40	BATE
11:17:50	778	105.40	CHIX
11:17:50	778	105.40	TRQX
11:21:26	617	105.10	XLON
11:21:26	233	105.10	CHIX
11:21:26	997	105.10	BATE
11:21:26	764	105.10	CHIX
11:21:26	380	105.10	XLON
11:21:26	996	105.10	TRQX
11:22:56	127	105.00	XLON
11:44:21	791	105.00	CHIX
11:44:21	792	105.00	BATE
11:44:21	664	105.00	XLON
11:44:21	1,613	105.00	TRQX
11:44:22	997	104.80	CHIX
11:44:22	997	104.80	XLON
11:44:22	996	104.80	TRQX
12:24:52	996	105.00	TRQX
12:24:52	997	105.00	XLON
12:24:52	997	105.00	CHIX
12:24:52	997	105.00	BATE
12:36:16	997	104.90	CHIX
12:36:16	997	104.90	BATE
12:36:16	996	104.90	TRQX
12:36:16	997	104.90	XLON
12:36:16	996	104.70	TRQX
12:36:16	997	104.70	XLON
12:52:41	965	104.60	CHIX
12:52:41	997	104.60	BATE
12:52:41	32	104.60	CHIX
12:52:41	997	104.60	XLON
12:52:41	996	104.60	TRQX
13:08:10	305	104.50	XLON
13:08:10	692	104.50	XLON
13:08:10	996	104.50	TRQX
13:08:10	997	104.50	BATE
13:08:10	997	104.50	CHIX
13:14:37	13	104.90	BATE
13:50:44	228	105.20	CHIX
13:50:44	974	105.20	TRQX
13:50:44	766	105.30	XLON
13:50:45	42	105.40	CHIX
13:50:45	997	105.60	XLON
13:50:46	3,869	105.60	XLON
13:50:47	1,161	105.60	CHIX
13:50:47	169	105.70	BATE
13:50:47	828	105.70	BATE
13:50:47	71	105.70	CHIX
13:54:11	314	105.40	BATE
13:54:11	683	105.40	BATE
13:54:11	997	105.40	CHIX
13:54:11	997	105.40	XLON
13:54:11	996	105.40	TRQX
13:54:12	1,725	105.70	BATE
13:54:12	201	105.70	BATE
13:56:08	447	105.40	CHIX
13:56:08	1,329	105.40	TRQX
13:56:08	1,329	105.40	XLON
13:56:08	741	105.40	CHIX
13:56:08	517	105.40	BATE
13:56:08	300	105.40	XLON
13:56:08	372	105.40	XLON
13:57:09	381	105.40	BATE
14:10:02	294	105.30	CHIX
14:10:02	816	105.30	XLON
14:10:02	681	105.30	TRQX
14:10:02	997	105.30	BATE
14:10:02	181	105.30	XLON
14:10:02	703	105.30	CHIX
14:10:02	315	105.30	TRQX
14:15:54	215	105.40	BATE
14:15:54	553	105.40	BATE
14:15:54	406	105.40	CHIX
14:15:54	191	105.40	CHIX
14:15:54	1,428	105.40	BATE
14:15:54	597	105.40	TRQX
14:15:54	597	105.40	XLON
14:15:55	997	105.50	CHIX
14:15:55	105	105.50	TRQX
14:15:56	362	105.50	XLON
14:15:56	323	105.50	TRQX
14:15:56	635	105.50	XLON
14:15:56	568	105.50	TRQX
14:15:56	390	105.50	BATE
14:15:56	607	105.50	BATE
14:20:50	1,670	105.40	CHIX
14:20:50	773	105.40	BATE
14:20:50	772	105.40	XLON
14:20:50	772	105.40	TRQX
14:22:45	1	105.30	CHIX
14:29:02	1,102	105.30	CHIX
14:35:02	166	105.50	CHIX
14:39:56	2,357	106.05	BATE
14:39:56	1,448	106.20	CHIX
14:39:56	426	106.20	BATE
14:39:56	1,448	106.20	BATE
14:39:56	426	106.20	CHIX
14:39:56	141	106.20	BATE
14:39:56	40	106.20	CHIX
14:39:56	430	106.20	XLON
14:39:56	491	106.20	XLON
14:39:56	997	106.30	XLON
14:39:58	936	106.30	CHIX
14:39:58	483	106.30	CHIX
14:39:58	477	106.40	XLON
14:39:58	909	106.40	XLON
14:39:58	368	106.40	XLON
14:40:18	997	106.10	CHIX
14:40:18	997	106.10	BATE
14:40:18	118	106.10	XLON
14:40:18	833	106.10	XLON
14:40:18	517	106.10	TRQX
14:40:18	479	106.10	TRQX
14:41:02	997	106.00	XLON
14:41:02	996	106.00	TRQX
14:41:02	997	106.00	CHIX
14:41:02	997	106.00	BATE
14:54:02	239	106.10	CHIX
14:55:02	698	106.10	CHIX
14:55:03	997	106.10	BATE
14:55:03	60	106.10	CHIX
14:55:03	284	106.10	XLON
14:55:03	901	106.10	TRQX
14:55:03	95	106.10	TRQX
14:55:03	713	106.10	XLON
14:55:03	1,650	106.10	XLON
15:02:02	997	106.00	XLON
15:02:02	997	106.00	BATE
15:02:02	996	106.00	TRQX
15:02:02	997	106.00	CHIX
15:11:04	986	106.30	TRQX
15:11:04	997	106.30	BATE
15:11:04	10	106.30	TRQX
15:11:04	997	106.30	XLON
15:11:04	997	106.30	CHIX
15:15:00	320	106.20	TRQX
15:15:00	1	106.20	TRQX
15:15:00	997	106.20	XLON
15:15:00	675	106.20	TRQX
15:15:00	96	106.20	CHIX
15:15:00	24	106.20	BATE
15:15:00	901	106.20	CHIX
15:15:00	973	106.20	BATE
15:15:00	1,637	106.10	CHIX
15:21:24	2	106.20	XLON
15:21:24	237	106.20	CHIX
15:34:28	769	106.30	CHIX
15:34:28	1	106.30	CHIX
15:34:28	331	106.30	BATE
15:34:28	227	106.30	CHIX
15:34:28	996	106.30	TRQX
15:34:28	997	106.30	XLON
15:34:28	666	106.30	BATE
15:37:04	775	106.20	BATE
15:37:04	775	106.20	CHIX
15:37:04	1,663	106.20	XLON
15:37:04	774	106.20	TRQX
15:37:07	16	106.10	TRQX
15:42:10	1	106.20	TRQX
15:42:10	18	106.20	TRQX
15:43:57	1,183	106.30	TRQX
15:43:57	1,219	106.30	XLON
15:47:17	934	106.20	XLON
15:47:17	935	106.20	CHIX
15:47:17	935	106.20	BATE
15:48:51	1,329	106.00	BATE
15:48:51	1,329	106.00	CHIX
15:48:51	1,329	106.00	XLON
15:48:51	2,879	106.00	TRQX
15:48:51	886	105.90	CHIX
15:48:51	886	105.90	TRQX
15:48:51	886	105.90	XLON
15:48:53	269	105.70	BATE
15:48:53	172	105.70	XLON
15:48:58	591	105.70	BATE
15:48:58	189	105.70	CHIX
15:48:58	137	105.70	BATE
15:48:58	808	105.70	CHIX
15:48:58	996	105.70	TRQX
15:48:58	825	105.70	XLON
15:57:06	1,102	105.70	XLON
15:59:51	158	105.70	CHIX
15:59:51	225	105.70	CHIX
16:10:01	1,116	106.10	XLON
16:17:56	240	105.90	XLON
16:17:56	318	105.90	BATE
16:17:56	72	105.90	TRQX
16:17:56	145	106.00	BATE
16:17:56	674	106.00	BATE
16:17:57	418	106.10	XLON
16:17:57	535	106.10	XLON
16:17:57	850	106.10	XLON
16:17:57	312	106.10	XLON
16:17:57	392	106.20	BATE
16:17:58	78	106.20	BATE
16:17:58	749	106.20	BATE
16:21:02	965	106.10	CHIX
16:21:02	952	106.10	XLON
16:21:02	978	106.10	TRQX
16:21:02	32	106.10	CHIX
16:21:02	997	106.10	BATE
16:21:02	18	106.10	TRQX
16:21:02	45	106.10	XLON
16:23:15	959	106.00	CHIX
16:23:15	1,035	106.00	BATE
16:23:15	358	106.00	XLON
16:24:04	424	106.00	CHIX
16:24:05	643	106.00	CHIX
16:24:38	1,035	106.00	BATE
16:24:38	109	106.00	CHIX
16:24:38	141	106.00	BATE
16:24:38	586	106.00	TRQX
16:24:38	600	106.00	XLON
16:24:38	449	106.00	TRQX
16:26:02	777	105.90	BATE
16:26:35	183	105.90	TRQX
16:27:04	217	105.90	CHIX
16:29:53	179	105.90	CHIX
16:35:12	2,766	106.00	XLON
16:35:12	5,558	106.00	XLON
16:35:12	4,376	106.00	XLON
16:35:12	1,356	106.00	XLON
16:35:12	11,096	106.00	XLON
16:35:12	8,168	106.00	XLON
16:35:12	1,391	106.00	XLON
16:35:12	4,162	106.00	XLON
16:35:12	19,678	106.00	XLON
16:35:12	775	106.00	XLON
16:35:12	18,312	106.00	XLON
16:35:12	15,382	106.00	XLON
16:35:12	7,702	106.00	XLON