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	02 March 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	548,482
Weighted average price paid (p)	106.49
Highest price paid (p)	107.60
Lowest price paid (p)	104.90

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 22,632,756 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 727,925,948. 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 2 March 2023 is 727,925,948. 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	344,703	106.32
BATE	72,368	106.77
CHIX	59,481	106.73
TRQX	71,052	106.81
Sigma-X	878	106.25

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Venue
08:05:07	173	107.60	BATE
08:05:07	694	106.90	XLON
08:05:07	694	106.90	TRQX
08:05:07	694	106.90	CHIX
08:05:16	253	105.80	XLON
08:05:16	253	105.80	BATE
08:05:16	253	105.80	TRQX
08:05:16	253	105.80	CHIX
08:05:16	164	107.20	CHIX
08:05:16	547	107.20	BATE
08:05:16	385	107.20	CHIX
08:05:16	164	107.20	TRQX
08:05:16	304	107.20	TRQX
08:05:50	166	104.90	CHIX
08:05:53	558	104.90	BATE
08:05:53	496	106.80	TRQX
08:05:53	653	106.90	XLON
08:15:01	349	106.00	TRQX
08:15:01	349	106.00	XLON
08:15:01	349	106.00	BATE
08:15:01	349	106.40	CHIX
08:15:07	488	105.80	XLON
08:15:07	487	105.80	TRQX
08:17:21	75	105.70	CHIX
08:17:21	416	105.70	XLON
08:17:30	69	105.70	TRQX
08:17:30	83	105.70	CHIX
08:17:30	538	105.70	XLON
08:17:30	346	105.70	TRQX
08:17:30	416	105.70	BATE
08:17:30	258	105.70	CHIX
08:17:41	209	105.50	CHIX
08:17:41	72	105.50	BATE
08:17:41	138	105.50	BATE
08:17:41	32	105.50	TRQX
08:17:41	177	105.50	TRQX
08:17:41	209	105.50	XLON
08:18:04	206	105.30	TRQX
08:18:04	206	105.30	CHIX
08:18:04	206	105.30	XLON
08:18:04	206	105.30	BATE
08:18:04	172	105.30	BATE
08:18:52	332	105.90	XLON
08:18:52	332	106.00	BATE
08:19:15	296	106.10	XLON
08:19:20	346	106.30	XLON
08:19:20	1,129	106.40	XLON
08:19:20	412	106.40	XLON
08:19:56	249	106.30	CHIX
08:19:56	1,150	106.30	BATE
08:19:56	1,150	106.30	XLON
08:19:56	249	106.30	TRQX
08:26:16	1,642	106.50	BATE
08:26:16	1,642	106.50	XLON
08:26:16	97	106.50	TRQX
08:26:17	407	106.30	CHIX
08:26:17	587	106.30	CHIX
08:26:17	110	106.30	CHIX
08:26:37	638	106.10	BATE
08:26:37	638	106.10	CHIX
08:26:37	637	106.10	TRQX
08:26:37	637	106.10	XLON
08:27:10	1,116	106.60	BATE
08:27:10	888	106.60	BATE
08:27:31	322	106.60	BATE
08:27:31	982	106.60	BATE
08:27:45	987	106.60	XLON
08:27:49	325	106.60	XLON
08:27:49	586	106.60	XLON
08:27:49	404	106.60	XLON
08:28:01	987	106.50	XLON
08:29:39	987	106.30	BATE
08:29:39	987	106.30	CHIX
08:29:39	986	106.30	TRQX
08:30:46	593	106.60	XLON
08:30:46	394	106.60	XLON
08:31:19	987	106.10	BATE
08:31:19	987	106.10	CHIX
08:31:19	987	106.10	XLON
08:31:19	986	106.10	TRQX
08:32:16	807	106.60	BATE
08:33:40	488	106.70	XLON
08:33:40	499	106.70	XLON
08:34:20	134	106.30	TRQX
08:34:20	987	106.30	XLON
08:37:49	829	106.20	BATE
08:37:49	829	106.20	CHIX
08:37:49	158	106.20	BATE
08:37:49	158	106.20	CHIX
08:37:49	828	106.20	TRQX
08:37:49	158	106.20	TRQX
08:37:49	987	106.20	XLON
08:43:31	1,419	106.25	TRQX
08:43:31	1,427	106.25	CHIX
08:43:31	878	106.25	Sigma-X
08:43:31	1,372	106.25	BATE
08:45:10	987	106.40	XLON
08:47:19	689	106.60	XLON
08:47:19	298	106.60	XLON
08:53:55	523	107.00	XLON
08:53:55	793	107.00	XLON
08:54:06	1,316	106.80	CHIX
08:54:06	1,315	106.80	TRQX
08:54:07	987	106.90	XLON
08:54:25	718	106.90	XLON
08:54:25	598	106.90	XLON
08:54:33	608	107.00	XLON
08:54:33	379	107.00	XLON
08:56:57	353	106.90	XLON
08:56:57	634	106.90	XLON
08:58:34	987	106.70	CHIX
08:58:34	987	106.70	BATE
08:58:34	986	106.70	TRQX
08:58:34	987	106.70	XLON
08:58:34	987	106.50	XLON
08:58:34	986	106.50	TRQX
08:58:35	198	106.50	CHIX
08:58:42	301	106.50	CHIX
08:58:42	987	106.50	BATE
09:07:26	987	106.50	BATE
09:07:26	987	106.50	CHIX
09:07:26	270	106.50	TRQX
09:07:26	987	106.50	XLON
09:07:26	716	106.50	TRQX
09:21:07	412	107.50	XLON
09:21:07	904	107.50	XLON
09:26:46	1,167	107.25	BATE
09:26:47	235	107.50	XLON
09:26:47	752	107.50	XLON
09:30:40	1,338	107.60	BATE
09:30:40	636	107.60	BATE
09:54:32	1,316	107.60	XLON
09:54:32	1,316	107.60	CHIX
09:54:32	1,315	107.60	TRQX
09:54:43	7,734	107.10	BATE
09:54:43	1,316	107.10	CHIX
09:54:43	1,316	107.10	XLON
09:54:43	1,315	107.10	TRQX
09:54:43	993	107.15	CHIX
09:54:43	955	107.15	BATE
09:54:43	987	107.15	TRQX
09:55:28	987	107.00	BATE
09:55:28	987	107.00	CHIX
09:55:28	987	107.00	XLON
09:55:28	986	107.00	TRQX
10:00:15	503	106.90	TRQX
10:00:15	784	106.90	XLON
10:00:15	137	106.90	TRQX
10:00:15	203	106.90	XLON
10:00:15	137	106.90	CHIX
10:00:15	987	106.90	BATE
10:00:15	13	106.90	CHIX
10:07:31	987	107.10	CHIX
10:07:31	987	107.10	BATE
10:07:31	987	107.10	XLON
10:07:31	986	107.10	TRQX
10:45:26	987	107.10	CHIX
10:45:26	987	107.10	BATE
10:45:26	986	107.10	TRQX
10:45:26	987	107.10	XLON
11:29:20	987	107.10	CHIX
11:29:20	969	107.10	TRQX
11:29:20	987	107.10	BATE
11:29:20	987	107.10	XLON
11:29:20	17	107.10	TRQX
11:29:20	598	107.00	BATE
11:29:21	995	107.00	XLON
11:29:21	398	107.00	BATE
12:21:08	986	107.00	TRQX
12:21:08	987	107.00	BATE
12:21:08	987	107.00	CHIX
12:21:08	987	107.00	XLON
12:21:08	987	106.80	CHIX
12:21:08	987	106.80	XLON
12:23:55	632	106.70	TRQX
12:23:55	34	106.70	TRQX
12:23:55	234	106.70	TRQX
12:23:55	987	106.70	BATE
12:23:55	62	106.70	TRQX
12:23:55	987	106.70	XLON
12:23:55	987	106.70	CHIX
12:23:55	24	106.70	TRQX
12:27:11	952	106.50	BATE
12:52:30	403	106.50	XLON
12:53:31	26	106.50	CHIX
12:53:31	9	106.50	TRQX
12:53:31	596	106.50	XLON
12:53:31	973	106.50	CHIX
12:53:31	23	106.50	BATE
12:53:31	965	106.50	TRQX
13:11:38	986	106.50	TRQX
13:11:38	987	106.50	XLON
13:11:38	481	106.50	BATE
13:11:38	506	106.50	BATE
13:11:38	987	106.50	CHIX
13:11:39	406	106.40	BATE
13:11:39	2	106.40	BATE
13:11:39	1,277	106.40	TRQX
13:11:39	1,315	106.40	XLON
13:11:39	1,400	106.40	BATE
13:11:39	1	106.40	TRQX
13:11:39	1,316	106.40	CHIX
13:11:39	1	106.40	XLON
13:11:39	37	106.40	TRQX
13:25:54	590	106.30	CHIX
13:25:54	397	106.30	CHIX
13:25:54	987	106.30	BATE
13:25:54	757	106.30	XLON
13:25:54	230	106.30	XLON
13:25:54	986	106.30	TRQX
13:26:01	987	106.20	XLON
13:26:51	840	106.20	BATE
13:26:51	560	106.20	CHIX
13:26:51	147	106.20	BATE
13:26:51	1	106.20	TRQX
13:26:51	699	106.20	TRQX
13:26:52	286	106.20	TRQX
13:26:52	427	106.20	CHIX
13:26:52	1,694	106.20	XLON
13:32:00	277	106.00	CHIX
13:32:00	338	106.00	CHIX
13:32:00	204	106.00	BATE
13:32:00	375	106.00	TRQX
13:32:00	372	106.00	CHIX
13:32:00	611	106.00	TRQX
13:32:00	783	106.00	BATE
13:32:00	987	106.00	XLON
13:34:25	866	106.00	XLON
13:43:03	904	106.50	XLON
13:43:03	726	106.50	CHIX
13:45:03	726	106.70	BATE
13:55:11	721	106.95	CHIX
14:04:27	1,281	107.10	XLON
14:06:22	2,944	107.00	CHIX
14:06:22	4,200	107.00	CHIX
14:06:22	1,770	107.00	XLON
14:06:22	725	107.00	TRQX
14:06:23	1,779	107.30	BATE
14:06:23	3,437	107.30	BATE
14:06:23	357	107.30	BATE
14:06:23	1,231	107.30	BATE
14:06:23	956	107.30	TRQX
14:06:23	3,324	107.30	TRQX
14:06:32	1,315	107.10	XLON
14:06:34	1,536	107.00	BATE
14:06:34	40	107.30	BATE
14:06:34	213	107.30	BATE
14:06:34	898	107.30	CHIX
14:06:34	955	107.30	CHIX
14:11:14	406	107.00	BATE
14:11:14	730	107.00	TRQX
14:11:14	585	107.00	TRQX
14:11:14	830	107.00	TRQX
14:11:14	1,400	107.00	TRQX
14:11:14	5,600	107.00	TRQX
14:11:14	331	107.00	TRQX
14:11:14	1,400	107.00	TRQX
14:11:14	1,400	107.00	TRQX
14:11:14	2,800	107.00	TRQX
14:11:14	103	107.00	TRQX
14:11:14	406	107.00	BATE
14:11:14	49	107.00	TRQX
14:11:14	504	107.00	BATE
14:11:14	249	107.00	XLON
14:11:14	211	107.00	TRQX
14:11:14	1,067	107.00	XLON
14:11:14	234	107.00	TRQX
14:11:14	1,886	107.10	TRQX
14:11:14	1,916	107.10	TRQX
14:22:07	877	107.00	CHIX
14:22:07	878	107.00	BATE
14:22:07	550	107.00	XLON
14:22:07	327	107.00	XLON
14:22:09	768	107.20	XLON
14:22:26	1,024	107.10	TRQX
14:22:26	1,205	107.10	XLON
14:22:26	181	107.10	TRQX
14:30:26	552	107.00	TRQX
14:30:26	711	107.00	BATE
14:30:26	434	107.00	TRQX
14:30:26	987	107.00	XLON
14:30:26	987	107.00	CHIX
14:30:26	276	107.00	BATE
14:30:26	1,125	107.00	XLON
14:38:29	84	107.00	XLON
14:38:29	80	107.00	BATE
14:38:29	857	107.00	XLON
14:38:29	940	107.00	TRQX
14:38:29	594	107.00	CHIX
14:38:29	861	107.00	BATE
14:38:29	531	107.00	CHIX
14:39:44	568	106.90	CHIX
14:39:44	654	106.90	BATE
14:39:44	1,418	106.90	CHIX
14:39:44	654	106.90	XLON
14:39:44	653	106.90	TRQX
14:43:44	987	106.80	CHIX
14:43:44	573	106.80	TRQX
14:43:44	987	106.80	XLON
14:43:44	806	106.80	BATE
14:43:44	413	106.80	TRQX
14:43:44	181	106.80	BATE
14:43:44	2,206	106.80	XLON
14:59:59	986	106.80	TRQX
14:59:59	987	106.80	XLON
14:59:59	987	106.80	CHIX
14:59:59	987	106.80	BATE
15:00:02	987	106.80	XLON
15:08:45	987	106.80	CHIX
15:08:45	987	106.80	BATE
15:08:45	987	106.80	XLON
15:08:45	986	106.80	TRQX
15:09:42	708	106.60	CHIX
15:09:42	987	106.60	XLON
15:09:42	279	106.60	CHIX
15:11:54	574	106.60	CHIX
15:11:54	987	106.60	XLON
15:11:54	413	106.60	CHIX
15:11:54	987	106.60	BATE
15:11:54	986	106.60	TRQX
15:20:53	629	106.50	CHIX
15:20:53	358	106.50	CHIX
15:20:53	573	106.50	TRQX
15:20:53	987	106.50	BATE
15:20:53	987	106.50	XLON
15:20:53	413	106.50	TRQX
15:21:06	987	106.40	BATE
15:21:06	987	106.40	XLON
15:21:06	986	106.40	TRQX
15:47:25	987	106.80	XLON
15:47:25	986	106.80	TRQX
15:47:25	987	106.80	CHIX
15:57:50	1,316	106.90	CHIX
15:57:50	1,455	106.90	BATE
15:57:50	1,316	106.90	XLON
15:57:50	1,315	106.90	TRQX
15:59:33	877	106.90	BATE
15:59:33	877	106.90	TRQX
15:59:33	877	106.90	XLON
15:59:36	523	106.90	CHIX
15:59:36	877	106.90	BATE
15:59:36	244	106.90	CHIX
16:03:51	987	106.80	BATE
16:03:51	987	106.80	CHIX
16:03:51	987	106.80	XLON
16:03:51	986	106.80	TRQX
16:03:55	987	106.70	XLON
16:03:55	160	106.70	CHIX
16:03:55	573	106.70	BATE
16:03:55	827	106.70	CHIX
16:03:55	414	106.70	BATE
16:03:55	986	106.70	TRQX
16:10:36	414	106.60	XLON
16:10:41	249	106.60	BATE
16:12:41	738	106.60	BATE
16:17:29	227	106.60	CHIX
16:17:29	107	106.60	TRQX
16:17:29	760	106.60	CHIX
16:17:29	573	106.60	XLON
16:17:29	879	106.60	TRQX
16:21:22	67	106.50	XLON
16:24:00	987	106.50	CHIX
16:24:22	324	106.50	XLON
16:28:50	987	106.50	BATE
16:29:24	986	106.50	TRQX
16:29:50	596	106.50	XLON
16:29:50	673	106.50	BATE
16:29:50	1,165	106.50	CHIX
16:29:53	791	106.60	XLON
16:35:23	40,455	106.20	XLON
16:35:23	1,224	106.20	XLON
16:35:23	23,612	106.20	XLON
16:35:23	25,488	106.20	XLON
16:35:23	16,345	106.20	XLON
16:35:23	69	106.20	XLON
16:35:23	16,588	106.20	XLON
16:35:23	76,395	106.20	XLON
16:35:23	1,237	106.20	XLON
16:35:23	3,662	106.20	XLON
16:35:23	13,779	106.20	XLON
16:35:23	3,824	106.20	XLON
16:35:23	3,504	106.20	XLON
16:35:23	8	106.20	XLON
16:35:23	3,053	106.20	XLON
16:35:23	569	106.20	XLON
16:35:23	5,288	106.20	XLON
16:35:23	7,262	106.20	XLON
16:35:23	20,026	106.20	XLON