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	22 March 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	427,148
Weighted average price paid (p)	104.46
Highest price paid (p)	105.90
Lowest price paid (p)	103.70

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 29,391,169 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 721,205,593. 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 23 March 2023 is 721,205,593. 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	304,862	104.35
BATE	59,338	104.76
CHIX	29,362	104.73
TRQX	29,574	104.71
Sigma-X	4,012	104.31

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Venue
08:05:32	14	105.40	CHIX
08:05:32	14	105.40	BATE
08:05:32	14	105.40	XLON
08:05:32	37	105.40	TRQX
08:05:32	841	104.90	BATE
08:05:34	332	105.90	XLON
08:05:36	117	105.90	XLON
08:05:49	300	105.00	CHIX
08:05:49	332	105.00	TRQX
08:05:49	332	105.00	BATE
08:05:49	373	105.00	XLON
08:06:36	117	104.90	BATE
08:06:36	117	104.90	CHIX
08:06:38	40	104.90	CHIX
08:06:38	117	104.90	XLON
08:06:38	117	104.90	TRQX
08:06:38	146	104.90	BATE
08:06:48	367	105.20	CHIX
08:07:24	400	104.10	BATE
08:07:24	400	104.10	CHIX
08:07:24	400	104.10	XLON
08:07:24	400	104.10	TRQX
08:07:28	221	103.90	CHIX
08:07:28	221	103.90	BATE
08:07:28	221	103.90	XLON
08:07:28	221	103.90	TRQX
08:07:31	78	103.80	CHIX
08:07:31	79	103.80	BATE
08:07:31	78	103.80	TRQX
08:07:31	78	103.80	XLON
08:07:34	448	105.20	BATE
08:37:02	1,101	104.30	BATE
08:48:17	215	105.10	XLON
08:48:17	830	105.10	XLON
08:48:17	1,118	105.20	XLON
08:48:17	468	105.20	XLON
08:48:19	728	105.30	BATE
08:48:19	2,471	105.50	XLON
08:50:42	1,434	104.90	XLON
08:50:42	557	105.00	BATE
08:50:42	367	105.00	BATE
08:50:42	923	105.00	CHIX
08:50:42	923	105.00	TRQX
08:50:42	152	104.85	TRQX
08:50:42	214	104.85	TRQX
08:50:46	795	105.20	BATE
08:52:48	770	104.80	BATE
08:52:48	923	104.80	XLON
08:52:48	923	104.80	TRQX
08:52:48	154	104.80	BATE
08:52:48	923	104.80	CHIX
08:52:48	982	104.85	BATE
09:03:13	1,293	104.70	BATE
09:03:13	1,231	104.70	CHIX
09:03:13	1,231	104.70	TRQX
09:03:13	1,231	104.70	XLON
09:57:48	671	104.90	TRQX
09:57:48	821	104.90	XLON
09:57:48	149	104.90	TRQX
09:57:48	285	104.90	BATE
09:57:48	229	104.90	BATE
09:57:48	307	104.90	BATE
09:57:48	2,201	104.80	XLON
09:57:48	421	104.80	CHIX
09:57:48	323	104.80	CHIX
10:00:26	924	104.80	BATE
10:00:26	923	104.80	CHIX
10:00:26	923	104.80	XLON
10:00:26	923	104.80	TRQX
10:05:22	923	104.90	XLON
10:05:22	923	104.90	TRQX
10:05:22	924	104.90	BATE
10:05:22	923	104.90	CHIX
10:06:50	276	104.90	CHIX
10:06:50	639	104.90	CHIX
10:06:50	923	104.90	XLON
10:06:50	924	104.90	BATE
10:06:50	923	104.90	TRQX
10:06:50	8	104.90	CHIX
10:21:19	87	105.00	CHIX
12:02:39	771	105.20	XLON
12:02:39	152	105.20	XLON
12:02:39	412	105.20	TRQX
12:02:39	923	105.20	CHIX
12:02:39	924	105.20	BATE
12:02:39	511	105.20	TRQX
12:05:13	1,750	105.60	CHIX
12:05:14	3,947	105.60	BATE
12:05:14	3,809	105.60	BATE
12:05:14	924	105.50	BATE
12:05:14	944	105.50	TRQX
12:12:18	923	105.50	CHIX
12:12:18	924	105.50	BATE
12:12:18	678	105.50	XLON
12:12:18	245	105.50	XLON
12:12:18	923	105.50	TRQX
12:12:18	840	105.50	BATE
12:40:04	1,487	105.30	BATE
12:40:04	1,231	105.30	XLON
12:40:04	1,231	105.30	CHIX
12:40:04	1,231	105.30	TRQX
12:40:04	924	105.30	BATE
12:41:28	923	105.20	XLON
12:41:28	924	105.20	BATE
12:41:28	923	105.20	CHIX
12:41:28	923	105.20	TRQX
13:00:21	184	105.00	TRQX
13:00:21	325	105.00	TRQX
13:00:21	923	105.00	CHIX
13:00:21	924	105.00	BATE
13:00:21	414	105.00	TRQX
13:00:21	923	105.00	XLON
13:00:21	858	105.10	Sigma-X
13:07:23	376	104.90	BATE
13:07:23	923	104.90	CHIX
13:07:23	548	104.90	BATE
13:07:23	923	104.90	TRQX
13:07:23	923	104.90	XLON
13:13:20	16	104.80	BATE
13:13:20	923	104.80	CHIX
13:13:20	908	104.80	BATE
13:13:20	923	104.80	XLON
13:13:20	923	104.80	TRQX
13:18:26	14	104.80	CHIX
13:19:44	16	104.80	CHIX
13:21:08	15	104.80	CHIX
13:22:26	864	104.80	CHIX
13:22:26	14	104.80	CHIX
13:22:26	924	104.80	BATE
13:22:26	923	104.80	TRQX
13:22:26	923	104.80	XLON
13:23:31	214	104.70	CHIX
13:23:31	687	104.70	CHIX
13:23:31	901	104.70	BATE
13:23:31	224	104.70	TRQX
13:23:31	830	104.70	XLON
13:23:31	721	104.70	TRQX
13:23:31	116	104.70	XLON
13:27:34	106	104.50	BATE
13:27:34	611	104.50	BATE
13:27:34	192	104.50	BATE
13:27:34	861	104.50	TRQX
13:27:34	15	104.50	BATE
13:27:34	62	104.50	TRQX
13:27:34	923	104.50	XLON
13:27:34	923	104.50	CHIX
13:27:34	330	104.50	TRQX
13:27:34	331	104.50	XLON
13:27:34	600	104.50	TRQX
13:27:34	600	104.50	XLON
13:29:04	12	104.50	TRQX
13:34:26	308	104.50	BATE
13:34:26	642	104.50	CHIX
13:34:26	678	104.50	TRQX
13:34:26	212	104.50	BATE
13:34:26	233	104.50	TRQX
13:34:26	281	104.50	CHIX
13:34:26	923	104.50	XLON
13:34:26	404	104.50	BATE
15:32:46	145	104.75	BATE
15:32:46	924	105.00	BATE
15:34:15	792	104.70	BATE
15:34:15	90	104.70	XLON
15:34:15	923	104.70	CHIX
15:34:15	833	104.70	XLON
15:34:15	3,600	104.70	BATE
15:34:15	923	104.70	TRQX
15:34:15	141	104.70	BATE
15:34:15	141	104.70	TRQX
15:34:16	861	104.80	XLON
15:34:16	22	104.80	XLON
15:35:50	523	104.70	CHIX
15:35:50	923	104.70	XLON
15:35:50	400	104.70	CHIX
15:35:50	924	104.70	BATE
15:35:50	923	104.70	TRQX
15:36:08	870	104.60	CHIX
15:37:07	923	104.60	XLON
15:37:07	924	104.60	BATE
15:37:07	923	104.60	TRQX
15:37:07	53	104.60	CHIX
15:37:07	942	104.60	BATE
15:37:16	774	104.50	TRQX
15:37:16	923	104.50	XLON
15:37:16	149	104.50	TRQX
15:37:16	924	104.50	BATE
15:37:16	923	104.50	CHIX
15:45:00	871	104.60	BATE
15:45:00	22	104.60	BATE
15:45:00	923	104.70	XLON
15:46:20	110	104.30	CHIX
15:46:20	435	104.30	BATE
15:46:20	499	104.30	CHIX
15:46:20	489	104.30	BATE
15:46:20	314	104.30	CHIX
15:46:20	923	104.30	TRQX
16:00:30	238	104.10	CHIX
16:00:30	13	104.10	CHIX
16:00:33	260	104.10	CHIX
16:02:16	592	104.10	TRQX
16:02:16	752	104.10	XLON
16:02:16	511	104.10	BATE
16:02:16	485	104.10	TRQX
16:02:16	584	104.10	XLON
16:02:16	258	104.10	TRQX
16:11:30	407	104.00	XLON
16:11:30	2,500	104.00	XLON
16:11:30	8,000	104.00	XLON
16:11:30	924	104.10	BATE
16:11:31	2,042	104.00	BATE
16:11:31	371	104.00	CHIX
16:11:31	2,200	104.00	BATE
16:11:31	552	104.00	CHIX
16:11:31	452	104.10	BATE
16:11:32	923	104.00	XLON
16:11:32	923	104.00	CHIX
16:11:32	475	104.00	BATE
16:11:32	115	104.00	BATE
16:11:32	450	104.00	TRQX
16:11:32	334	104.00	BATE
16:11:32	473	104.00	TRQX
16:11:32	1,922	104.10	BATE
16:11:32	16	104.10	BATE
16:16:25	924	103.90	BATE
16:16:25	923	103.90	CHIX
16:16:25	342	103.90	XLON
16:16:25	300	103.90	XLON
16:16:25	923	103.90	TRQX
16:16:25	281	103.90	XLON
16:18:48	202	103.70	CHIX
16:18:48	103	103.70	CHIX
16:26:22	638	103.70	CHIX
16:26:34	22	103.70	BATE
16:28:04	22	103.70	BATE
16:28:04	6	103.70	CHIX
16:28:04	5	103.70	TRQX
16:28:09	960	104.10	Sigma-X
16:28:09	2,194	104.10	Sigma-X
16:28:10	804	104.10	XLON
16:28:39	1,002	104.10	XLON
16:28:39	739	104.20	BATE
16:29:21	158	104.00	TRQX
16:29:21	300	104.00	TRQX
16:29:21	300	104.00	TRQX
16:29:21	483	104.00	XLON
16:29:21	300	104.00	TRQX
16:29:21	300	104.00	XLON
16:29:21	1,737	104.00	BATE
16:29:21	115	104.00	CHIX
16:29:21	51	104.00	BATE
16:29:21	403	104.00	BATE
16:29:21	1,230	104.00	BATE
16:35:28	5,859	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	3,178	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	3,357	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	3,178	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	11,813	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	3,358	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	1,561	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	811	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	2,367	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	29,392	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	13,931	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	2,836	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	6,630	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	3,263	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	6,501	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	3,856	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	3,252	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	10,968	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	5,394	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	62,186	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	772	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	10,000	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	13,930	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	1,007	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	11,722	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	911	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	6,114	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	321	104.30	XLON
16:35:28	26,670	104.30	XLON