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 Liberum Capital Limited.

Date of Purchase 1 February 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased 529,553
Weighted average price paid (p) 109.78
Highest price paid (p) 111.40
Lowest price paid (p) 107.90

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 12,339,313 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 738,192,284. 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 1 February 2023 is 738,192,284. 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
corporate.comms@firstgroup.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354
Contacts at Brunswick PR:

Andrew Porter / Simone Selzer
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959
Contacts at Liberum Capital Limited:

Nicholas How / John Fishley / William Hall 
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3100 2000 
Contacts at RBC Europe Limited:

James Agnew / Jonathan Hardy / Jack Wood
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7653 4000

Transaction details

Issuer name: FirstGroup PLC

LEI: 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93

ISIN: GB0003452173

Classification: 2.4. Acquisition or disposal of the issuer's own shares

Intermediary name: Liberum Capital Limited

Intermediary Code: RINFGB21XXX

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 Liberum Capital 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 109.73 334,958
CHIX 109.79 46,637
BATE 109.86 128,695
TRQX 109.99 19,263

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time Volume Price (GBp) Venue
08:00:10 1383 108.9 CHIX
08:00:16 1134 108.3 BATE
08:00:16 1340 108.3 TRQX
08:00:16 1741 108.8 XLON
08:00:16 721 108.8 XLON
08:01:19 575 107.9 XLON
08:02:20 1758 108.6 XLON
08:02:20 1000 108.6 XLON
08:03:24 1647 108.7 BATE
08:03:24 994 108.8 XLON
08:03:24 1930 108.8 XLON
08:03:25 2718 108.5 XLON
08:04:00 1190 108 CHIX
08:04:50 870 108.4 XLON
08:04:52 1724 108.4 XLON
08:05:24 1250 108.7 BATE
08:07:24 21 108.7 BATE
08:07:24 1273 108.7 BATE
08:10:44 9 108.9 BATE
08:10:44 1338 108.9 BATE
08:11:15 1765 109 XLON
08:11:15 1018 109 XLON
08:11:15 2621 108.9 XLON
08:11:15 2588 108.9 XLON
08:14:19 338 108.7 BATE
08:14:19 2768 108.8 XLON
08:14:22 452 108.7 BATE
08:14:33 1288 108.8 CHIX
08:18:19 1219 108.9 BATE
08:20:01 1776 108.9 XLON
08:20:01 1000 108.9 XLON
08:20:51 599 109 TRQX
08:20:51 770 109 TRQX
08:22:01 2865 108.9 XLON
08:25:55 1950 108.8 XLON
08:25:55 1177 108.8 CHIX
08:25:55 902 108.8 XLON
08:25:56 463 108.7 BATE
08:25:59 1574 108.5 XLON
08:25:59 1113 108.5 XLON
08:32:10 2677 108.8 XLON
08:32:56 1444 108.7 BATE
08:38:33 54 108.6 CHIX
08:38:33 1277 108.6 CHIX
08:39:55 515 108.9 XLON
08:39:55 1576 108.9 XLON
08:39:55 691 108.9 XLON
08:39:55 2777 108.9 XLON
08:39:55 2200 108.9 XLON
08:39:55 1230 108.9 BATE
08:39:55 1605 108.9 BATE
08:47:40 1290 108.7 BATE
08:47:40 2183 108.6 BATE
08:47:41 797 108.4 XLON
08:47:41 704 108.4 XLON
08:47:42 1190 108.4 XLON
08:53:40 1389 108.8 CHIX
08:55:42 87 108.8 XLON
08:55:42 2695 108.8 XLON
09:01:14 666 108.7 BATE
09:01:14 79 108.7 BATE
09:01:15 564 108.7 BATE
09:05:42 329 108.7 XLON
09:08:46 2230 108.7 XLON
09:12:26 1135 109.4 TRQX
09:12:26 5814 109.2 XLON
09:12:26 680 109.2 BATE
09:12:26 2919 109.2 BATE
09:12:26 7443 109.1 XLON
09:12:26 1660 109.1 XLON
09:12:27 383 109.3 XLON
09:12:27 2200 109.3 XLON
09:12:29 74 109.3 XLON
09:12:29 200 109.3 XLON
09:12:29 2400 109.3 XLON
09:12:30 2325 109.2 XLON
09:12:30 303 109.2 XLON
09:12:30 200 109.2 XLON
09:12:30 2401 108.9 XLON
09:12:42 1363 109.1 CHIX
09:12:58 455 109 XLON
09:12:58 1200 109 XLON
09:12:58 800 109 XLON
09:13:01 564 108.8 BATE
09:17:17 600 109.1 XLON
09:22:30 222 109 XLON
09:22:30 800 109 BATE
09:22:30 417 109 BATE
09:22:30 737 109 BATE
09:22:30 398 109 BATE
09:22:30 1965 109.1 XLON
09:28:30 2815 109 XLON
09:28:32 210 108.9 BATE
09:28:32 1228 108.9 CHIX
09:28:34 1054 108.9 BATE
09:37:01 489 109.3 BATE
09:37:01 794 109.3 BATE
09:37:30 2433 109.2 XLON
09:45:30 2643 109.2 XLON
09:50:18 1422 109.6 BATE
09:50:18 1391 109.6 TRQX
09:53:14 788 109.5 CHIX
09:53:14 2080 109.5 XLON
09:53:14 399 109.5 CHIX
09:53:14 554 109.5 XLON
09:53:14 542 109.4 BATE
09:53:14 200 109.4 BATE
09:53:14 633 109.4 BATE
10:00:30 1235 109.6 BATE
10:01:14 1236 109.5 XLON
10:01:14 207 109.5 XLON
10:01:14 800 109.5 XLON
10:01:14 400 109.5 XLON
10:05:14 731 109.5 CHIX
10:05:14 654 109.5 CHIX
10:08:30 601 109.6 BATE
10:08:30 743 109.6 BATE
10:08:31 769 109.5 XLON
10:08:41 136 109.5 XLON
10:08:41 800 109.5 XLON
10:08:41 200 109.5 XLON
10:08:41 800 109.5 XLON
10:17:17 2834 109.5 XLON
10:22:00 1600 109.6 BATE
10:22:00 534 109.6 BATE
10:26:31 2973 110.2 XLON
10:26:31 2097 110.1 XLON
10:26:31 1486 110.1 XLON
10:26:36 1321 110 BATE
10:26:41 2673 109.8 XLON
10:27:03 1291 109.7 CHIX
10:27:10 1110 109.6 XLON
10:27:10 1000 109.6 XLON
10:27:10 800 109.6 XLON
10:40:14 223 109.5 XLON
10:40:14 400 109.5 XLON
10:40:14 200 109.5 XLON
10:40:14 400 109.5 XLON
10:40:14 200 109.5 XLON
10:40:14 800 109.5 XLON
10:40:14 578 109.5 XLON
10:40:14 1822 109.5 XLON
10:40:14 200 109.5 XLON
10:40:14 468 109.5 XLON
10:40:14 345 109.5 XLON
10:40:17 1617 109.4 BATE
10:40:17 120 109.5 BATE
10:40:17 509 109.5 BATE
10:40:17 2524 109.4 XLON
10:40:17 1235 109.4 BATE
10:40:17 862 110 TRQX
10:40:17 318 110 TRQX
10:45:45 965 109.2 XLON
10:45:45 1600 109.2 XLON
10:48:57 1500 109 XLON
10:48:57 1272 109 XLON
10:48:57 1393 109.1 CHIX
10:50:32 2536 109.4 XLON
10:50:32 438 109.4 XLON
10:50:32 2300 109.4 XLON
10:50:33 430 109.3 XLON
10:50:33 200 109.3 XLON
10:50:33 400 109.3 XLON
10:50:33 200 109.3 XLON
10:50:33 200 109.3 XLON
10:50:33 2200 109.3 XLON
10:50:33 1073 109.3 XLON
10:51:04 396 109.3 XLON
10:51:04 316 109.3 XLON
10:52:01 451 109.6 XLON
10:52:01 2475 109.6 XLON
11:03:04 4156 109.8 XLON
11:06:04 696 109.9 BATE
11:06:04 517 109.9 BATE
11:06:04 57 109.9 BATE
11:06:04 29 109.9 BATE
11:06:04 286 109.9 BATE
11:06:04 1521 109.9 BATE
11:06:04 298 109.9 TRQX
11:06:04 898 109.9 TRQX
11:08:01 1141 109.7 BATE
11:08:01 155 109.7 BATE
11:08:01 2481 109.8 XLON
11:08:01 1097 109.9 CHIX
11:08:01 142 109.9 CHIX
11:12:40 23 110 XLON
11:12:40 2697 110 XLON
11:12:40 48 109.9 XLON
11:14:40 1321 109.9 BATE
11:20:21 2790 110.1 XLON
11:22:21 1269 109.9 BATE
11:22:48 2569 110.1 XLON
11:24:01 2680 110.1 XLON
11:27:54 2485 110 XLON
11:27:54 441 110 CHIX
11:27:54 800 110 CHIX
11:27:54 139 110 CHIX
11:30:45 1260 110 BATE
11:30:45 2809 110.1 XLON
11:32:49 785 109.9 XLON
11:32:49 1600 109.9 XLON
11:32:49 548 109.9 XLON
11:36:30 2703 110.3 XLON
11:38:50 1230 110.3 BATE
11:39:13 28 110 XLON
11:39:13 69 110 XLON
11:39:13 2404 110 XLON
11:44:13 2744 110 XLON
11:44:15 63 110 XLON
11:45:13 723 110 BATE
11:45:13 667 110 BATE
11:47:30 1388 110 CHIX
11:48:15 526 110 XLON
11:48:15 104 110 XLON
11:48:15 306 110 XLON
11:50:16 471 110.1 XLON
11:50:18 2273 110.1 XLON
11:51:21 2205 110.1 XLON
11:51:21 541 110.1 XLON
11:55:54 1178 110.6 BATE
11:55:54 695 110.2 TRQX
11:55:54 453 110.2 TRQX
11:55:54 70 110.2 TRQX
11:57:20 74 110.1 BATE
11:57:20 100 110.1 BATE
11:57:21 2901 110.1 XLON
11:57:22 466 110.1 BATE
11:57:22 57 110.1 BATE
11:57:29 688 110.1 BATE
12:03:35 65 110.1 BATE
12:03:35 1285 110.1 BATE
12:07:06 282 110 CHIX
12:11:25 2820 110.1 XLON
12:12:03 1241 110 BATE
12:12:03 964 110 CHIX
12:21:03 336 110 XLON
12:21:03 1598 110 XLON
12:21:03 1275 110 BATE
12:21:03 736 110 XLON
12:27:58 259 110 BATE
12:27:58 30 110 BATE
12:27:58 35 110 BATE
12:27:59 881 110 BATE
12:31:12 806 110.1 CHIX
12:31:12 381 110.1 CHIX
12:33:14 494 110.3 XLON
12:33:14 3200 110.3 XLON
12:33:14 3200 110.3 XLON
12:35:50 1182 110.6 BATE
12:38:14 2560 110.7 XLON
12:42:50 1370 110.8 BATE
12:45:03 1031 110.8 TRQX
12:45:03 235 110.8 TRQX
12:52:03 800 110.6 BATE
12:52:03 490 110.6 BATE
12:54:15 800 110.6 CHIX
12:54:15 200 110.6 CHIX
12:54:15 381 110.6 CHIX
12:57:32 2768 110.5 XLON
12:57:32 800 110.6 BATE
12:57:32 533 110.6 BATE
13:04:01 1208 110.3 BATE
13:09:31 406 110.7 XLON
13:09:31 2157 110.7 XLON
13:09:31 400 110.7 XLON
13:13:03 826 110.6 BATE
13:13:03 463 110.6 BATE
13:14:17 278 110.6 CHIX
13:14:17 929 110.6 CHIX
13:16:03 2506 110.5 XLON
13:19:46 1382 110.3 BATE
13:23:32 1168 110.7 XLON
13:23:32 1573 110.7 XLON
13:26:20 464 110.9 BATE
13:26:20 883 110.9 BATE
13:27:01 2807 110.9 XLON
13:29:53 1238 110.7 CHIX
13:31:29 1314 110.6 BATE
13:35:52 453 110.8 TRQX
13:35:52 600 110.8 TRQX
13:35:52 166 110.8 TRQX
13:37:56 41 110.6 BATE
13:37:56 518 110.6 BATE
13:38:53 646 110.7 XLON
13:38:53 400 110.7 XLON
13:38:53 1200 110.7 XLON
13:38:53 200 110.7 XLON
13:38:53 182 110.7 XLON
13:38:53 200 110.7 XLON
13:38:55 62 110.6 BATE
13:38:55 800 110.6 BATE
13:41:55 1375 110.6 BATE
13:43:14 1299 110.6 CHIX
13:51:37 2461 110.9 XLON
13:51:37 33 110.9 BATE
13:51:37 75 110.9 BATE
13:51:37 78 110.9 BATE
13:51:37 1189 110.9 BATE
13:55:04 273 111.1 XLON
13:55:04 2250 111.1 XLON
13:57:04 271 111.3 XLON
13:57:04 2400 111.3 XLON
13:57:33 1295 111.4 BATE
13:58:03 1294 111.2 CHIX
13:58:45 499 111.1 BATE
13:58:45 694 111.1 BATE
13:59:45 2441 111.1 XLON
13:59:45 306 111.1 XLON
14:03:13 1383 111.1 TRQX
14:03:13 2635 111 XLON
14:05:02 2394 110.8 XLON
14:05:02 200 110.8 XLON
14:05:13 1130 110.8 BATE
14:08:13 800 110.8 BATE
14:08:13 30 110.8 BATE
14:08:13 514 110.8 BATE
14:11:04 800 110.8 CHIX
14:11:04 539 110.8 CHIX
14:13:07 755 110.8 XLON
14:13:07 1600 110.8 XLON
14:13:07 200 110.8 XLON
14:13:08 1151 110.7 BATE
14:17:08 328 110.7 XLON
14:17:08 707 110.7 BATE
14:17:08 2174 110.7 XLON
14:17:08 292 110.7 BATE
14:17:08 285 110.7 BATE
14:20:03 136 110.6 XLON
14:20:03 229 110.6 XLON
14:21:03 704 110.6 XLON
14:21:07 3 110.6 XLON
14:21:07 1499 110.6 XLON
14:24:30 1250 110.6 CHIX
14:26:21 1220 110.7 BATE
14:26:21 383 110.5 BATE
14:26:21 823 110.5 BATE
14:26:21 1330 110.7 BATE
14:26:41 630 110.5 XLON
14:26:41 1561 110.5 XLON
14:26:41 657 110.5 XLON
14:29:41 2797 110.5 XLON
14:33:41 1754 110.2 XLON
14:33:41 485 110.2 XLON
14:33:41 400 110.2 XLON
14:35:19 322 109.9 XLON
14:35:19 800 109.9 XLON
14:35:19 200 109.9 XLON
14:35:19 200 109.9 XLON
14:35:19 1033 109.9 XLON
14:35:19 123 110 CHIX
14:35:19 1067 110 CHIX
14:35:19 800 109.9 BATE
14:35:19 594 109.9 BATE
14:38:37 1362 110 BATE
14:40:52 1357 110 BATE
14:43:33 464 110.1 XLON
14:43:51 786 110.1 XLON
14:45:30 136 110.1 XLON
14:45:30 200 110.1 XLON
14:45:30 400 110.1 XLON
14:45:30 757 110.1 XLON
14:51:31 1362 110.5 TRQX
14:51:31 800 110.2 XLON
14:51:31 800 110.2 XLON
14:51:31 200 110.2 XLON
14:51:31 400 110.2 XLON
14:51:31 214 110.2 XLON
14:51:31 197 110.2 TRQX
14:51:31 1319 110.2 TRQX
14:51:31 2687 110.2 BATE
14:51:31 1734 110.2 CHIX
14:51:42 2868 110.1 XLON
14:51:42 469 110.2 XLON
14:52:32 800 110.2 BATE
14:52:32 562 110.2 BATE
14:56:34 2793 110.3 XLON
14:56:34 397 110.3 BATE
14:56:34 25 110.3 BATE
14:56:34 113 110.3 BATE
14:56:34 94 110.3 BATE
14:56:34 505 110.3 BATE
14:56:34 528 110.3 CHIX
14:56:34 800 110.3 CHIX
15:00:01 2660 109.9 XLON
15:00:40 1162 109.9 BATE
15:08:02 2534 110 XLON
15:08:02 1350 110 CHIX
15:11:06 2454 109.9 XLON
15:11:06 56 109.9 BATE
15:11:06 37 109.9 BATE
15:11:06 1455 109.9 BATE
15:11:06 1329 109.9 BATE
15:11:06 1232 109.9 BATE
15:16:40 885 109.9 BATE
15:16:40 267 109.9 BATE
15:16:40 343 109.8 XLON
15:16:40 923 109.8 CHIX
15:16:40 371 109.8 XLON
15:16:40 1720 109.8 XLON
15:18:06 244 109.8 XLON
15:18:06 185 109.8 CHIX
15:18:06 107 109.8 CHIX
15:21:10 737 109.8 XLON
15:21:18 1500 109.8 XLON
15:22:28 216 109.8 XLON
15:22:28 273 109.8 XLON
15:24:28 769 109.8 XLON
15:24:28 849 109.8 XLON
15:24:35 849 109.8 XLON
15:25:07 1162 109.8 CHIX
15:27:37 738 109.8 XLON
15:27:44 1693 109.8 XLON
15:29:01 34 109.9 BATE
15:29:01 81 109.9 BATE
15:29:01 98 109.9 BATE
15:34:32 7048 110 XLON
15:34:32 288 110 CHIX
15:34:32 480 110.2 TRQX
15:34:32 801 110.2 TRQX
15:34:32 919 110 CHIX
15:34:32 6783 110.2 BATE
15:43:31 2559 109.7 XLON
15:43:31 690 109.7 BATE
15:43:31 570 109.7 BATE
15:43:31 1135 109.7 BATE
15:43:31 1288 109.7 BATE
15:43:31 1168 109.8 CHIX
15:43:31 2610 109.8 XLON
15:45:19 77 109.7 BATE
15:53:03 1314 109.7 BATE
15:53:03 350 109.7 XLON
15:53:03 2244 109.7 XLON
15:53:03 1238 109.7 BATE
15:53:03 1022 109.7 BATE
15:53:03 304 109.7 BATE
15:53:03 911 109.7 CHIX
15:53:03 245 109.7 CHIX
15:57:03 458 109.8 TRQX
15:57:03 580 109.8 BATE
16:00:48 2720 109.9 XLON
16:00:48 2961 109.9 XLON
16:00:48 1826 109.9 XLON
16:00:48 1094 109.9 XLON
16:00:48 1277 109.9 BATE
16:01:51 604 109.9 XLON
16:02:09 695 109.9 XLON
16:02:31 53 109.9 XLON
16:02:31 1337 109.9 CHIX
16:03:17 254 109.9 XLON
16:03:17 318 109.9 XLON
16:03:17 330 109.9 XLON
16:03:17 75 109.9 XLON
16:03:17 1200 109.9 BATE
16:05:31 566 109.9 XLON
16:06:03 1590 109.9 XLON
16:06:03 865 109.9 XLON
16:06:03 63 109.9 XLON
16:06:17 800 109.9 BATE
16:06:17 587 109.9 BATE
16:07:03 67 110 TRQX
16:07:03 1176 110 TRQX
16:10:56 1 109.9 BATE
16:10:56 210 109.9 BATE
16:14:05 1 109.9 BATE
16:14:05 16 109.9 XLON
16:15:39 853 110.1 CHIX
16:15:39 445 110.1 CHIX
16:15:39 972 110.2 BATE
16:15:39 1336 110.2 BATE
16:15:40 9509 110 XLON
16:16:39 1350 109.9 BATE
16:16:40 377 109.9 XLON
16:16:40 2400 109.9 XLON
16:18:03 706 109.9 TRQX
16:19:39 800 109.9 BATE
16:19:39 425 109.9 BATE
16:19:40 2069 109.9 XLON
16:19:40 400 109.9 XLON
16:21:40 2429 109.9 XLON
16:22:39 1348 109.9 BATE
16:23:40 1896 109.9 XLON
16:23:40 269 109.9 XLON
16:23:40 249 109.9 XLON
16:25:16 2274 109.9 XLON
16:25:47 250 109.9 BATE
16:26:08 27 109.9 BATE
16:26:08 200 109.9 XLON
16:26:08 200 109.9 XLON
16:26:08 200 109.9 XLON
16:26:08 859 109.9 BATE
16:26:08 562 109.9 CHIX
16:26:08 684 109.9 CHIX
16:26:10 82 109.9 XLON
16:26:27 89 109.9 BATE
16:26:27 193 109.9 CHIX
16:27:52 651 109.9 BATE
16:27:52 455 109.9 BATE
16:27:52 670 109.9 XLON
16:27:52 220 109.9 XLON
16:27:52 400 109.9 XLON
16:27:52 400 109.9 XLON
16:27:52 930 109.9 XLON

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