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	23 March 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	281,456
Weighted average price paid (p)	102.59
Highest price paid (p)	104.80
Lowest price paid (p)	101.90

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 29,672,625 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 720,924,137. 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 720,924,137. 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	206,491	102.48
BATE	30,572	102.76
CHIX	24,794	102.95
TRQX	19,599	102.95

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Venue
08:16:13	12	104.80	BATE
08:16:13	11	104.80	XLON
08:16:13	34	104.80	TRQX
08:16:13	11	104.80	CHIX
08:16:14	50	104.50	XLON
08:16:14	50	104.50	TRQX
08:16:14	50	104.50	CHIX
08:16:14	51	104.50	BATE
08:16:30	45	104.40	CHIX
08:16:30	46	104.40	BATE
08:16:30	45	104.40	XLON
08:16:30	45	104.40	TRQX
08:16:30	15	104.40	XLON
08:30:22	110	103.90	TRQX
08:30:22	110	103.90	XLON
08:30:22	110	103.90	BATE
08:30:22	110	103.90	CHIX
08:47:34	154	104.50	BATE
08:47:34	153	104.50	XLON
08:47:35	154	104.30	CHIX
08:47:35	1,836	104.30	XLON
08:47:36	746	104.40	XLON
08:47:36	180	104.40	XLON
08:47:38	666	104.50	XLON
08:47:38	260	104.50	XLON
08:51:31	209	104.20	BATE
08:51:31	718	104.20	BATE
08:51:31	926	104.20	CHIX
08:51:31	926	104.20	TRQX
08:52:08	630	104.00	BATE
08:56:57	773	104.00	CHIX
08:56:57	727	104.00	XLON
08:56:57	210	104.00	CHIX
08:56:57	600	104.00	XLON
08:56:57	605	104.00	BATE
08:56:57	252	104.00	CHIX
08:56:57	1,235	104.00	TRQX
08:56:57	612	104.00	XLON
09:03:18	107	104.00	CHIX
09:03:18	604	104.00	TRQX
09:03:18	933	104.00	XLON
09:03:18	328	104.00	TRQX
09:03:18	108	104.00	BATE
09:03:18	326	104.00	CHIX
09:03:50	181	104.20	BATE
09:03:52	181	104.20	XLON
09:03:55	420	104.20	BATE
09:03:55	181	104.30	CHIX
09:24:36	424	104.00	BATE
09:24:36	424	104.00	CHIX
09:24:36	424	104.00	TRQX
09:24:36	424	104.00	XLON
09:24:36	149	104.00	CHIX
09:26:10	367	103.80	XLON
09:26:10	367	103.80	BATE
09:26:10	367	103.80	CHIX
09:26:10	367	103.80	TRQX
09:26:10	128	103.80	CHIX
09:31:47	323	103.60	CHIX
09:31:47	323	103.60	BATE
09:31:47	323	103.60	XLON
09:31:47	322	103.60	TRQX
09:31:47	1,661	103.60	CHIX
09:34:25	243	103.80	XLON
09:54:20	398	103.90	XLON
09:54:21	28	103.90	XLON
10:14:54	107	103.50	BATE
10:14:54	543	103.50	BATE
10:14:54	650	103.50	CHIX
10:14:54	650	103.50	XLON
10:14:54	649	103.50	TRQX
10:15:01	168	103.40	TRQX
10:15:01	745	103.40	TRQX
10:15:01	48	103.40	BATE
10:15:01	48	103.40	CHIX
10:15:01	47	103.40	XLON
10:18:52	102	103.50	XLON
10:18:56	102	103.50	CHIX
10:18:59	36	103.50	XLON
10:19:02	36	103.50	CHIX
10:19:05	12	103.50	XLON
10:19:08	13	103.50	CHIX
10:19:11	4	103.50	XLON
10:19:14	5	103.50	CHIX
10:19:17	1	103.50	XLON
10:24:25	1	103.20	BATE
10:24:25	102	103.20	BATE
10:24:25	2	103.20	CHIX
10:24:25	101	103.20	TRQX
10:24:25	36	103.20	XLON
10:30:47	298	103.00	BATE
10:30:47	25	103.00	BATE
10:30:47	323	103.00	CHIX
10:30:47	323	103.00	TRQX
10:30:47	323	103.00	XLON
10:30:56	252	103.00	CHIX
10:30:56	310	103.10	XLON
10:33:21	231	102.90	CHIX
10:40:02	193	103.10	XLON
10:40:02	194	103.20	CHIX
10:44:51	226	103.50	BATE
10:44:53	225	103.50	XLON
11:03:50	247	103.80	XLON
11:03:51	169	103.90	XLON
11:03:51	1,463	104.00	XLON
11:03:51	241	104.00	XLON
11:03:51	667	104.00	XLON
11:03:51	656	104.00	XLON
11:04:30	169	103.70	TRQX
11:04:30	1,588	103.70	XLON
11:04:30	170	103.70	BATE
11:04:30	170	103.70	CHIX
11:04:30	556	103.70	XLON
11:59:01	1	103.30	BATE
12:02:21	328	103.30	CHIX
12:02:21	327	103.30	TRQX
12:02:21	328	103.30	XLON
12:02:21	327	103.30	BATE
12:02:26	490	103.40	XLON
12:15:25	512	103.30	CHIX
12:15:25	491	103.30	BATE
12:15:25	176	103.30	XLON
12:15:25	490	103.30	TRQX
12:17:01	174	103.60	XLON
12:17:02	236	103.60	XLON
12:43:44	143	103.40	BATE
12:43:44	216	103.60	XLON
12:43:45	154	103.60	CHIX
12:43:48	125	103.60	XLON
12:43:51	79	103.60	XLON
12:43:54	73	103.60	BATE
12:43:57	66	103.60	CHIX
12:44:00	44	103.60	XLON
12:44:03	27	103.60	XLON
12:44:06	26	103.60	BATE
12:44:09	23	103.60	CHIX
12:44:12	15	103.60	XLON
12:44:15	10	103.60	XLON
12:44:18	9	103.60	BATE
12:44:21	8	103.60	CHIX
12:44:24	5	103.60	XLON
12:44:25	4	103.60	XLON
12:44:27	3	103.60	BATE
12:44:28	3	103.60	CHIX
12:44:30	2	103.60	XLON
12:44:31	1	103.60	BATE
13:00:21	1	103.50	CHIX
13:06:43	129	103.50	BATE
13:06:43	174	103.50	TRQX
13:06:43	1	103.50	XLON
13:06:46	120	103.30	CHIX
13:06:46	225	103.30	BATE
13:06:46	225	103.30	XLON
13:06:46	105	103.30	CHIX
13:06:46	175	103.30	TRQX
13:10:55	122	103.30	CHIX
13:14:12	103	103.30	XLON
13:14:15	103	103.50	CHIX
13:14:15	52	103.30	BATE
13:14:18	86	103.50	XLON
13:14:21	179	103.50	BATE
13:14:24	51	103.50	BATE
13:14:27	62	103.50	BATE
13:14:30	36	103.50	CHIX
13:14:33	30	103.50	XLON
13:14:35	103	103.50	TRQX
13:14:36	22	103.50	BATE
13:14:39	36	103.50	TRQX
13:14:42	18	103.50	BATE
13:14:45	13	103.50	CHIX
13:14:48	12	103.50	TRQX
13:14:51	10	103.50	XLON
13:14:54	8	103.50	BATE
13:14:57	7	103.50	BATE
13:15:00	4	103.50	CHIX
13:15:03	4	103.50	XLON
13:15:06	4	103.50	TRQX
13:15:08	3	103.50	BATE
13:15:12	2	103.50	CHIX
13:15:15	2	103.50	BATE
13:15:18	1	103.50	BATE
13:15:19	1	103.50	BATE
13:16:20	35	103.30	CHIX
13:17:58	196	103.30	BATE
13:17:58	35	103.30	BATE
13:17:58	34	103.30	TRQX
13:17:58	35	103.30	XLON
13:17:58	338	103.30	CHIX
13:17:58	87	103.30	CHIX
13:19:20	58	103.30	CHIX
13:19:20	57	103.40	XLON
13:21:53	264	103.20	XLON
13:21:53	235	103.40	XLON
13:21:57	126	103.40	XLON
13:22:00	83	103.40	XLON
13:22:03	27	103.40	BATE
13:22:03	31	103.40	BATE
13:22:04	133	103.40	CHIX
13:22:06	44	103.40	XLON
13:22:09	47	103.40	CHIX
13:22:12	29	103.40	XLON
13:22:13	20	103.40	BATE
13:22:15	16	103.40	CHIX
13:22:18	15	103.40	XLON
13:22:20	11	103.40	XLON
13:22:24	7	103.40	BATE
13:22:27	5	103.40	XLON
13:22:29	5	103.40	CHIX
13:22:30	4	103.40	XLON
13:22:33	3	103.40	BATE
13:22:34	2	103.40	XLON
13:23:44	1	103.20	BATE
13:23:44	2	103.20	CHIX
13:23:44	1	103.20	XLON
13:23:44	57	103.20	TRQX
13:23:44	1,262	103.20	XLON
13:23:56	221	103.00	BATE
13:23:56	221	103.00	CHIX
13:23:56	220	103.00	XLON
13:23:56	220	103.00	TRQX
13:23:56	77	103.00	XLON
13:34:32	201	102.90	BATE
13:34:32	201	102.90	CHIX
13:34:32	146	102.90	TRQX
13:34:32	54	102.90	TRQX
13:34:32	200	102.90	XLON
13:36:05	201	102.70	CHIX
13:36:05	92	102.70	CHIX
13:36:05	293	102.70	BATE
13:36:05	292	102.70	TRQX
13:36:05	293	102.70	XLON
13:39:41	147	102.70	XLON
13:39:41	148	102.70	CHIX
13:39:44	91	102.60	BATE
13:39:44	99	102.60	XLON
13:39:44	99	102.60	TRQX
13:39:44	100	102.60	CHIX
13:39:44	9	102.60	BATE
14:24:21	469	102.40	CHIX
14:24:21	545	102.40	BATE
14:24:21	544	102.40	TRQX
14:24:21	545	102.40	XLON
14:24:21	76	102.40	CHIX
14:24:21	165	102.40	BATE
14:33:44	191	102.20	CHIX
14:33:44	504	102.20	TRQX
14:33:44	769	102.20	BATE
14:33:44	415	102.20	CHIX
14:33:44	769	102.20	XLON
14:33:44	265	102.20	TRQX
14:33:44	124	102.20	CHIX
14:33:44	39	102.20	CHIX
14:33:47	926	102.00	XLON
14:33:47	926	102.00	TRQX
14:33:47	926	102.00	CHIX
14:33:47	927	102.00	BATE
14:33:47	926	101.90	XLON
14:40:01	168	102.10	CHIX
14:45:24	1,147	102.30	BATE
14:45:24	43	102.40	CHIX
14:45:24	637	102.40	BATE
14:45:24	251	102.40	CHIX
14:57:03	873	102.70	XLON
14:57:04	660	102.80	XLON
14:57:04	677	102.80	XLON
14:57:04	41	102.80	CHIX
14:57:04	676	102.80	CHIX
14:57:04	790	102.90	XLON
15:02:44	264	102.70	CHIX
15:02:44	791	102.70	BATE
15:02:44	359	102.70	CHIX
15:02:44	790	102.70	TRQX
15:02:44	1,501	102.70	XLON
15:28:51	926	102.60	XLON
15:28:51	926	102.60	TRQX
15:28:51	927	102.60	BATE
15:28:51	926	102.60	CHIX
15:44:00	566	102.50	CHIX
15:44:00	415	102.50	TRQX
15:44:00	844	102.50	XLON
15:44:00	416	102.50	BATE
15:44:00	360	102.50	CHIX
15:44:00	511	102.50	TRQX
15:44:00	82	102.50	XLON
15:44:00	511	102.50	BATE
15:46:07	926	102.40	XLON
15:46:07	316	102.40	BATE
15:46:07	926	102.40	CHIX
15:46:07	926	102.40	TRQX
15:46:07	611	102.40	BATE
16:10:07	15	102.30	TRQX
16:10:07	15	102.30	CHIX
16:10:07	69	102.30	BATE
16:11:00	858	102.30	BATE
16:11:00	731	102.30	TRQX
16:11:00	1	102.30	XLON
16:11:00	911	102.30	CHIX
16:11:00	925	102.30	XLON
16:11:00	180	102.30	TRQX
16:12:22	165	102.30	XLON
16:14:32	507	102.30	XLON
16:14:32	1,688	102.30	BATE
16:14:56	636	102.30	XLON
16:14:56	382	102.30	XLON
16:15:00	382	102.30	CHIX
16:15:21	357	102.30	BATE
16:16:30	8,000	102.40	XLON
16:16:30	5,644	102.40	XLON
16:16:31	754	102.40	XLON
16:16:31	636	102.50	BATE
16:16:31	291	102.50	BATE
16:16:31	2,891	102.40	XLON
16:16:34	1,784	102.40	XLON
16:16:34	2,738	102.50	XLON
16:16:34	926	102.30	XLON
16:16:35	2,523	102.50	XLON
16:16:38	883	102.50	XLON
16:17:16	673	102.40	XLON
16:17:18	88	102.40	BATE
16:17:18	926	102.40	CHIX
16:17:18	839	102.40	BATE
16:17:18	253	102.40	XLON
16:17:18	926	102.40	TRQX
16:17:20	178	102.30	CHIX
16:17:20	926	102.30	TRQX
16:17:20	748	102.30	CHIX
16:17:20	926	102.30	XLON
16:17:20	927	102.30	BATE
16:17:20	1,342	102.40	XLON
16:17:31	926	102.40	XLON
16:18:56	636	102.10	BATE
16:18:56	291	102.10	BATE
16:21:27	521	102.10	XLON
16:26:35	453	102.10	XLON
16:29:20	423	102.40	CHIX
16:29:20	503	102.40	CHIX
16:29:20	2,305	102.40	XLON
16:29:20	2,381	102.40	CHIX
16:29:20	422	102.50	BATE
16:29:20	3,200	102.50	BATE
16:29:20	1,196	102.50	BATE
16:29:20	2,293	102.50	BATE
16:29:20	1,200	102.40	TRQX
16:29:20	991	102.40	TRQX
16:29:40	172	102.20	BATE
16:35:15	4,437	102.30	XLON
16:35:15	4,117	102.30	XLON
16:35:15	14,020	102.30	XLON
16:35:15	2,575	102.30	XLON
16:35:15	2,768	102.30	XLON
16:35:15	2,777	102.30	XLON
16:35:15	2,687	102.30	XLON
16:35:15	2,565	102.30	XLON
16:35:15	5,465	102.30	XLON
16:35:15	2,314	102.30	XLON
16:35:15	261	102.30	XLON
16:35:15	111	102.30	XLON
16:35:15	9,759	102.30	XLON
16:35:15	401	102.30	XLON
16:35:15	299	102.30	XLON
16:35:15	50,000	102.30	XLON
16:35:15	1,196	102.30	XLON
16:35:15	134	102.30	XLON
16:35:15	7,415	102.30	XLON
16:35:15	682	102.30	XLON
16:35:15	14,911	102.30	XLON
16:35:15	8,598	102.30	XLON
16:35:15	363	102.30	XLON