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	28 March 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	380,307
Weighted average price paid (p)	101.21
Highest price paid (p)	101.90
Lowest price paid (p)	99.65

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 31,027,122 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 719,569,640. 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 28 March 2023 is 719,569,640. 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	101.63	201,206
BATE	100.82	72,156
CHIX	100.75	70,380
TRQX	100.57	36,565

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Venue
13:18:12	1,577	100.40	BATE
13:18:15	395	100.50	BATE
13:19:17	394	100.60	TRQX
13:19:36	1,100	100.60	BATE
13:19:36	594	100.60	BATE
13:19:36	394	100.60	XLON
13:19:36	394	100.60	CHIX
13:19:36	1,093	100.60	TRQX
13:19:36	6,163	100.50	CHIX
13:19:36	5,593	100.50	BATE
13:19:36	5,409	100.50	TRQX
13:19:36	10,289	100.50	TRQX
13:19:36	10,800	100.50	BATE
13:19:36	10,169	100.50	CHIX
13:22:36	300	100.50	XLON
13:22:36	593	100.50	TRQX
13:22:36	338	100.50	BATE
13:22:36	627	100.50	CHIX
13:22:36	327	100.50	XLON
13:22:36	34	100.50	TRQX
13:22:36	1,100	100.50	BATE
13:22:36	256	100.50	BATE
13:41:10	217	100.00	TRQX
13:46:34	235	99.85	BATE
13:46:34	234	99.85	CHIX
13:46:36	486	100.10	BATE
13:46:36	228	100.10	BATE
13:46:37	338	100.10	XLON
13:46:39	357	100.10	CHIX
13:46:42	3,233	100.20	XLON
13:46:42	919	100.20	XLON
13:46:42	1,903	100.20	XLON
13:46:42	178	100.10	CHIX
13:46:42	338	99.95	CHIX
13:46:42	338	99.95	BATE
13:46:42	338	99.95	TRQX
13:46:42	169	99.95	XLON
13:51:32	1,192	100.00	CHIX
13:51:32	1,191	100.00	XLON
13:51:32	1,192	100.00	BATE
13:55:24	794	99.90	XLON
13:55:24	795	99.90	CHIX
13:55:24	323	99.90	TRQX
13:55:24	406	99.90	TRQX
13:55:24	1,966	99.90	TRQX
13:55:24	2,200	99.90	TRQX
13:55:24	692	99.90	TRQX
13:55:24	408	99.90	TRQX
13:55:24	386	99.90	TRQX
13:55:25	10	99.95	BATE
13:55:25	16	99.95	BATE
13:55:25	337	99.95	BATE
13:55:25	1,185	99.95	BATE
13:55:28	1,326	99.95	XLON
13:55:28	893	99.75	TRQX
13:55:28	894	99.75	XLON
13:55:28	894	99.75	CHIX
13:55:28	894	99.75	BATE
13:55:53	47	99.65	CHIX
13:55:53	209	99.65	CHIX
13:59:41	177	99.65	BATE
13:59:58	5	99.65	BATE
14:03:03	894	100.00	CHIX
14:12:38	2,092	100.00	BATE
14:23:52	440	100.00	TRQX
14:23:52	894	100.00	XLON
14:23:52	453	100.00	TRQX
14:23:52	1,788	100.00	BATE
14:23:53	587	100.10	XLON
14:23:53	9	100.10	XLON
14:26:10	21	99.95	BATE
14:46:29	326	100.30	TRQX
14:46:29	1,575	100.30	BATE
14:46:29	596	100.30	CHIX
14:46:29	269	100.30	TRQX
14:46:29	192	100.30	BATE
14:46:30	894	100.40	BATE
14:54:23	698	100.70	CHIX
14:54:23	1,294	100.70	CHIX
14:54:23	13,200	100.70	CHIX
14:54:23	152	100.70	CHIX
14:54:23	2,200	100.70	CHIX
14:54:23	4,254	100.70	CHIX
14:54:23	67	100.60	TRQX
14:54:23	826	100.60	TRQX
14:54:23	7	100.50	XLON
14:54:23	2,728	100.50	XLON
14:54:24	2,815	100.70	XLON
14:54:24	3,141	100.70	XLON
14:54:24	799	100.70	CHIX
14:54:24	799	100.70	BATE
14:54:24	2,978	100.70	XLON
14:54:24	289	100.70	CHIX
14:54:24	453	100.70	BATE
14:54:24	1,171	100.70	XLON
14:54:24	3,860	100.70	CHIX
14:54:24	3,695	100.70	BATE
14:54:28	3,294	101.10	BATE
14:54:28	1,272	101.10	BATE
14:54:28	6,328	101.10	BATE
14:54:28	894	101.00	XLON
14:54:29	10,154	101.10	XLON
14:54:31	5,130	101.05	CHIX
14:55:22	1,788	100.90	XLON
14:55:22	893	100.90	TRQX
14:55:22	260	100.90	BATE
14:55:22	894	100.90	CHIX
14:55:22	666	100.90	BATE
14:55:22	1,539	100.90	BATE
15:00:45	648	100.90	BATE
15:23:38	103	101.00	XLON
15:23:38	103	101.00	TRQX
15:23:38	309	101.00	BATE
15:23:38	1,270	101.00	BATE
15:23:39	294	101.10	XLON
15:33:06	97	101.00	CHIX
15:33:06	805	101.00	CHIX
15:33:06	294	100.90	TRQX
15:33:06	294	100.90	CHIX
15:33:06	295	100.90	BATE
15:33:06	247	100.90	XLON
15:33:07	893	101.20	BATE
15:33:07	1,736	101.20	BATE
15:33:09	582	101.20	CHIX
15:33:09	342	101.20	CHIX
15:33:09	195	101.20	CHIX
15:33:09	3,300	101.20	CHIX
15:33:09	300	101.20	CHIX
15:33:09	300	101.20	CHIX
15:33:09	600	101.20	CHIX
15:33:09	284	101.20	CHIX
15:33:09	868	101.20	CHIX
15:33:12	103	101.50	XLON
15:33:12	774	101.40	BATE
15:33:12	94	101.40	BATE
15:33:12	1,063	101.40	CHIX
15:33:12	496	101.30	CHIX
15:33:12	242	101.30	CHIX
15:33:12	452	101.20	CHIX
15:33:12	2,604	101.20	TRQX
15:33:15	650	101.30	XLON
15:33:15	459	101.30	XLON
16:05:26	456	101.50	BATE
16:05:26	2,225	101.50	BATE
16:05:26	1,064	101.40	BATE
16:14:48	920	101.50	CHIX
16:14:48	1,191	101.50	TRQX
16:14:48	1,192	101.50	XLON
16:14:48	272	101.50	CHIX
16:14:49	429	101.70	BATE
16:14:49	10	101.70	BATE
16:14:49	1,281	101.70	BATE
16:14:49	7,665	101.70	BATE
16:14:49	699	101.70	CHIX
16:14:49	91	101.70	CHIX
16:14:49	402	101.70	CHIX
16:15:13	668	101.70	XLON
16:15:13	523	101.70	XLON
16:15:13	386	101.70	CHIX
16:15:13	800	101.70	CHIX
16:15:13	3	101.70	CHIX
16:15:13	267	101.50	BATE
16:16:54	175	101.50	TRQX
16:16:54	147	101.50	BATE
16:16:54	730	101.50	CHIX
16:16:54	154	101.50	TRQX
16:16:54	485	101.50	BATE
16:16:54	400	101.50	TRQX
16:16:54	293	101.50	BATE
16:16:58	749	101.60	XLON
16:16:58	764	101.60	XLON
16:17:01	2,729	101.70	TRQX
16:24:52	1,513	101.50	XLON
16:29:50	91	101.50	BATE
16:35:27	323	101.90	XLON
16:35:27	2,780	101.90	XLON
16:35:27	782	101.90	XLON
16:35:27	1	101.90	XLON
16:35:27	9,668	101.90	XLON
16:35:27	24,331	101.90	XLON
16:35:27	6,795	101.90	XLON
16:35:27	1,471	101.90	XLON
16:35:27	7,999	101.90	XLON
16:35:27	32,415	101.90	XLON
16:35:27	3,658	101.90	XLON
16:35:27	5,399	101.90	XLON
16:35:27	15,909	101.90	XLON
16:35:27	29,810	101.90	XLON
16:35:27	1,640	101.90	XLON
16:35:27	6,550	101.90	XLON
16:35:27	396	101.90	XLON
16:35:27	237	101.90	XLON
16:35:27	4,823	101.90	XLON