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 March 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	340,380
Weighted average price paid (p)	101.72
Highest price paid (p)	104.20
Lowest price paid (p)	99.95

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 30,646,815 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 719,949,947. 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 March 2023 is 719,949,947. 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	101.76	240,756
BATE	101.54	35,761
CHIX	101.79	33,645
TRQX	101.53	30,218

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Venue
08:08:43	15	104.20	BATE
08:08:54	27	104.00	TRQX
08:08:54	27	104.00	XLON
08:08:54	28	104.00	CHIX
08:08:54	4	104.00	BATE
08:09:08	20	102.10	CHIX
08:09:08	20	102.10	BATE
08:09:08	19	102.10	TRQX
08:09:08	19	102.10	XLON
08:09:57	26	101.60	TRQX
08:09:57	27	101.60	BATE
08:09:57	26	101.60	XLON
08:09:57	26	101.60	CHIX
08:09:57	9	101.60	CHIX
08:10:27	138	101.40	TRQX
08:10:27	139	101.40	XLON
08:10:27	139	101.40	BATE
08:10:27	139	101.40	CHIX
08:10:27	255	101.40	CHIX
08:10:29	178	102.00	XLON
10:12:33	239	99.95	BATE
10:19:02	71	100.30	BATE
10:19:02	1,850	100.30	XLON
10:19:02	710	100.30	XLON
10:19:02	98	100.30	BATE
10:19:04	618	100.30	BATE
10:19:04	65	100.30	CHIX
10:19:04	97	100.40	TRQX
10:19:04	157	100.50	TRQX
10:19:04	133	100.50	TRQX
10:45:36	98	100.60	CHIX
10:45:36	98	100.60	XLON
10:45:36	3,053	100.60	TRQX
10:45:36	336	100.60	BATE
10:55:23	355	100.60	TRQX
10:55:23	684	100.60	CHIX
10:55:23	727	100.60	XLON
10:55:23	300	100.60	TRQX
10:55:23	557	100.60	TRQX
10:55:23	485	100.60	XLON
10:55:23	528	100.60	CHIX
10:55:23	1,570	100.50	BATE
11:12:36	377	100.30	CHIX
11:12:36	386	100.30	XLON
11:12:36	897	100.30	BATE
11:12:36	9	100.30	CHIX
11:12:36	386	100.30	TRQX
11:12:36	116	100.30	BATE
12:07:03	205	100.50	XLON
12:07:03	13	100.60	CHIX
12:07:03	192	100.60	CHIX
12:07:03	2,306	100.30	XLON
12:07:04	56	100.50	BATE
12:07:04	149	100.50	BATE
12:12:31	1,723	100.55	BATE
12:14:37	99	100.90	CHIX
12:14:37	83	101.00	TRQX
12:14:37	877	101.10	XLON
12:14:38	199	101.30	XLON
12:14:38	710	101.30	XLON
12:21:02	909	101.30	BATE
12:21:02	909	101.30	CHIX
12:21:02	909	101.30	TRQX
12:21:02	552	101.30	BATE
12:21:03	307	101.40	XLON
12:21:03	156	101.40	XLON
12:21:03	1,558	101.40	XLON
12:21:07	787	101.40	BATE
12:21:07	263	101.50	CHIX
12:21:07	646	101.50	CHIX
12:21:07	912	101.40	BATE
12:21:07	64	101.40	BATE
12:21:10	909	101.30	XLON
12:21:10	909	101.30	BATE
12:21:10	909	101.30	TRQX
12:21:11	982	101.50	TRQX
12:21:11	90	101.50	TRQX
12:22:43	618	101.30	CHIX
12:22:43	291	101.30	CHIX
12:22:43	909	101.30	BATE
12:22:43	909	101.30	XLON
12:22:43	909	101.30	TRQX
12:22:43	909	101.20	XLON
12:22:43	909	101.20	TRQX
12:50:19	909	101.70	BATE
12:50:19	9	101.70	XLON
12:50:19	900	101.70	XLON
12:50:19	909	101.70	TRQX
12:50:19	909	101.70	CHIX
13:08:09	174	101.90	BATE
13:08:09	735	101.90	BATE
13:08:09	909	101.90	CHIX
13:08:09	909	101.90	TRQX
13:08:09	909	101.90	XLON
13:22:51	870	102.20	BATE
13:22:51	1	102.20	BATE
13:22:51	352	102.20	XLON
13:22:51	1,377	102.20	XLON
13:22:51	206	102.20	XLON
13:22:51	142	102.30	TRQX
13:22:51	129	102.30	TRQX
13:22:51	3,657	102.40	XLON
13:22:51	2,207	102.40	XLON
13:22:51	941	102.30	TRQX
13:22:52	871	102.40	XLON
13:22:55	2,014	102.40	CHIX
13:22:55	909	102.50	CHIX
13:28:38	2,120	102.20	CHIX
13:28:38	909	102.20	BATE
13:28:38	909	102.20	TRQX
13:28:38	909	102.20	XLON
13:45:21	439	102.10	TRQX
13:45:21	1,728	102.10	BATE
13:45:21	1,212	102.10	CHIX
13:45:21	773	102.10	TRQX
13:45:21	1,212	102.10	XLON
14:20:28	112	102.10	XLON
14:20:28	300	102.10	XLON
14:20:28	909	102.10	BATE
14:20:28	909	102.10	CHIX
14:20:28	497	102.10	XLON
14:20:28	909	102.10	TRQX
14:20:28	909	101.90	BATE
14:20:28	909	101.90	CHIX
14:26:25	493	102.00	BATE
14:26:25	909	102.00	XLON
14:26:25	909	102.00	TRQX
14:26:25	416	102.00	BATE
14:26:25	909	102.00	CHIX
14:30:00	909	101.90	BATE
14:30:00	300	101.90	TRQX
14:30:00	291	101.90	CHIX
14:30:00	909	101.90	XLON
14:59:54	909	102.10	BATE
14:59:54	909	102.10	CHIX
14:59:54	909	102.10	TRQX
14:59:54	909	102.10	XLON
14:59:54	2,391	102.05	BATE
15:04:03	909	102.00	XLON
15:04:03	909	102.00	TRQX
15:04:03	909	102.00	BATE
15:04:03	909	102.00	CHIX
15:25:25	909	101.90	BATE
15:25:25	909	101.90	CHIX
15:25:25	909	101.90	TRQX
15:25:25	909	101.90	XLON
15:25:29	909	101.90	CHIX
15:25:29	312	101.90	XLON
15:25:29	909	101.90	TRQX
15:25:29	909	101.90	BATE
15:25:29	597	101.90	XLON
15:26:56	909	101.80	CHIX
15:26:56	909	101.80	BATE
15:26:56	909	101.80	TRQX
15:26:56	909	101.80	XLON
15:30:04	909	101.70	CHIX
15:30:04	909	101.70	BATE
15:30:04	909	101.70	XLON
15:30:04	909	101.70	TRQX
15:59:51	44	101.60	CHIX
15:59:51	748	101.60	CHIX
15:59:51	853	101.60	BATE
15:59:51	110	101.60	CHIX
15:59:51	862	101.60	TRQX
15:59:51	456	101.60	XLON
15:59:51	56	101.60	BATE
15:59:51	7	101.60	CHIX
15:59:51	47	101.60	TRQX
15:59:51	453	101.60	XLON
15:59:54	259	101.50	CHIX
15:59:54	878	101.50	BATE
15:59:54	940	101.50	TRQX
15:59:54	618	101.50	CHIX
15:59:54	941	101.50	XLON
16:05:15	693	101.40	BATE
16:05:15	692	101.40	CHIX
16:05:15	59	101.40	XLON
16:05:15	692	101.40	TRQX
16:05:15	1,500	101.40	XLON
16:05:15	271	101.30	XLON
16:05:15	1,205	101.30	XLON
16:10:27	89	101.30	TRQX
16:10:27	466	101.30	TRQX
16:10:27	649	101.30	TRQX
16:10:27	1,204	101.30	BATE
16:10:27	1,204	101.30	CHIX
16:10:27	24	101.30	XLON
16:11:24	321	101.20	CHIX
16:13:19	149	101.30	BATE
16:13:19	662	101.30	BATE
16:13:19	490	101.30	CHIX
16:13:19	810	101.30	XLON
16:13:19	1,525	101.30	TRQX
16:26:54	654	101.60	CHIX
16:26:54	2,026	101.60	XLON
16:26:54	1,817	101.60	BATE
16:26:54	654	101.70	XLON
16:29:45	514	101.60	TRQX
16:29:45	740	101.80	XLON
16:29:45	710	101.80	XLON
16:29:45	300	101.90	XLON
16:29:45	611	101.90	XLON
16:29:45	55	101.90	CHIX
16:29:45	14	101.90	CHIX
16:29:45	1,699	102.00	CHIX
16:29:45	1,160	102.00	TRQX
16:29:46	1,391	102.00	XLON
16:29:46	868	102.00	BATE
16:29:47	462	101.90	BATE
16:29:47	3,281	102.00	CHIX
16:29:49	192	101.90	BATE
16:29:49	22	101.90	CHIX
16:29:49	985	102.00	CHIX
16:29:50	228	101.90	CHIX
16:29:50	512	101.90	TRQX
16:29:54	154	101.90	CHIX
16:29:54	246	101.90	CHIX
16:29:54	909	101.90	XLON
16:29:56	909	101.90	XLON
16:35:08	3,375	101.80	XLON
16:35:08	16,545	101.80	XLON
16:35:08	140	101.80	XLON
16:35:08	1,142	101.80	XLON
16:35:08	25,916	101.80	XLON
16:35:08	20,650	101.80	XLON
16:35:08	2,237	101.80	XLON
16:35:08	127	101.80	XLON
16:35:08	1,090	101.80	XLON
16:35:08	4,432	101.80	XLON
16:35:08	3,427	101.80	XLON
16:35:08	88,347	101.80	XLON
16:35:08	1	101.80	XLON
16:35:08	2,233	101.80	XLON
16:35:08	22,645	101.80	XLON