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	29 March 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	301,853
Weighted average price paid (p)	104.01
Highest price paid (p)	104.50
Lowest price paid (p)	101.70

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 31,328,975 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 719,267,787. 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 29 March 2023 is 719,267,787. 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	104.24	202,462
BATE	103.50	40,652
CHIX	103.56	32,202
TRQX	103.54	26,537

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Venue
08:05:52	96	102.30	XLON
08:05:53	108	102.70	XLON
08:05:55	78	102.80	XLON
08:08:33	101	102.50	BATE
08:08:33	101	102.50	CHIX
08:08:33	100	102.50	TRQX
08:08:33	101	102.50	XLON
08:08:33	249	102.50	XLON
08:35:43	132	102.10	CHIX
08:35:43	131	102.10	XLON
08:35:43	131	102.10	TRQX
08:35:43	132	102.10	BATE
08:35:43	47	102.10	XLON
08:51:43	184	101.80	BATE
08:51:43	184	101.80	CHIX
08:51:43	183	101.80	TRQX
08:51:43	184	101.80	XLON
08:51:44	224	102.00	XLON
08:51:44	190	102.00	XLON
08:54:00	347	102.00	XLON
08:54:01	1,097	102.10	TRQX
08:54:01	65	102.10	TRQX
08:54:04	190	102.10	BATE
08:54:04	101	102.10	BATE
08:54:07	407	102.10	XLON
08:54:10	291	102.10	CHIX
08:54:13	290	102.10	XLON
08:54:16	142	102.10	XLON
08:54:19	102	102.10	XLON
09:08:55	145	101.70	CHIX
09:08:55	145	101.70	XLON
09:08:55	145	101.70	BATE
09:08:55	144	101.70	TRQX
09:09:01	32	102.00	CHIX
09:09:01	110	102.00	CHIX
09:09:04	142	102.00	BATE
09:09:07	141	102.00	XLON
09:09:09	191	102.00	CHIX
09:09:09	93	102.00	CHIX
09:09:11	50	102.00	XLON
09:09:13	57	102.00	CHIX
09:09:13	42	102.00	CHIX
09:09:16	50	102.00	BATE
09:09:19	49	102.00	CHIX
09:09:22	35	102.00	CHIX
09:09:25	17	102.00	XLON
09:09:28	17	102.00	CHIX
09:09:31	12	102.00	CHIX
09:09:34	6	102.00	CHIX
09:09:37	6	102.00	XLON
09:09:40	4	102.00	CHIX
09:09:43	2	102.00	CHIX
09:11:33	10	102.10	BATE
09:11:33	8	102.10	BATE
09:11:35	2	102.20	XLON
09:11:35	1,378	102.30	BATE
09:11:35	346	102.30	BATE
09:11:36	4	102.30	CHIX
09:11:36	445	102.40	BATE
09:13:09	871	102.60	XLON
09:13:09	499	102.60	XLON
09:13:09	444	102.70	XLON
09:37:40	177	102.80	BATE
09:37:40	1,100	102.80	BATE
09:37:40	141	102.80	TRQX
09:37:40	485	102.90	BATE
09:37:41	1,603	103.00	XLON
09:37:41	599	103.00	XLON
09:37:41	297	103.00	XLON
09:43:38	896	102.80	TRQX
09:43:38	206	102.80	BATE
09:43:38	896	102.80	CHIX
09:43:38	690	102.80	BATE
09:43:39	896	102.90	XLON
10:00:00	313	103.30	BATE
10:00:00	47	103.30	BATE
10:00:00	468	103.40	CHIX
10:00:00	828	103.40	CHIX
10:00:00	66	103.40	CHIX
10:00:04	896	103.50	XLON
10:00:04	3,962	103.60	BATE
10:00:10	646	103.30	TRQX
10:00:10	250	103.30	TRQX
10:00:10	896	103.30	CHIX
10:00:10	896	103.30	BATE
10:02:57	1,195	103.30	BATE
10:02:57	1,195	103.30	CHIX
10:02:57	1,194	103.30	TRQX
10:30:38	797	103.50	CHIX
10:30:38	796	103.50	TRQX
10:30:38	796	103.50	XLON
10:32:08	824	103.40	BATE
10:32:08	1,195	103.40	CHIX
10:32:08	198	103.40	XLON
10:32:08	1,194	103.40	TRQX
10:32:08	997	103.40	XLON
10:39:25	515	103.60	XLON
10:39:25	381	103.60	XLON
10:41:35	610	103.60	XLON
10:41:35	286	103.60	XLON
11:01:09	896	103.30	TRQX
11:01:09	190	103.30	CHIX
11:01:09	453	103.30	CHIX
11:01:09	896	103.30	BATE
11:01:09	253	103.30	CHIX
11:20:15	896	103.30	XLON
11:20:15	896	103.30	BATE
11:20:15	896	103.30	CHIX
11:20:15	896	103.30	TRQX
12:02:03	896	103.30	CHIX
12:02:03	151	103.30	XLON
12:02:03	250	103.30	XLON
12:02:03	503	103.30	TRQX
12:02:03	245	103.30	XLON
12:02:03	228	103.30	TRQX
12:02:03	896	103.30	BATE
12:02:03	250	103.30	XLON
12:02:03	165	103.30	TRQX
12:12:40	1,104	103.30	BATE
12:12:40	1,103	103.30	CHIX
12:40:48	262	103.60	CHIX
12:40:48	262	103.60	BATE
12:40:48	630	103.60	XLON
12:40:48	262	103.60	TRQX
12:40:48	272	103.80	XLON
12:40:48	650	103.80	XLON
12:40:56	385	103.80	CHIX
12:40:56	337	103.80	CHIX
12:40:56	812	103.80	CHIX
12:42:26	1,195	103.70	BATE
12:42:26	328	103.70	TRQX
12:42:26	1,195	103.70	XLON
12:42:26	866	103.70	TRQX
12:42:29	376	103.80	XLON
12:42:29	912	103.80	XLON
12:42:29	773	103.80	XLON
12:42:29	390	103.90	CHIX
12:42:29	498	103.90	CHIX
12:44:51	223	103.60	XLON
12:46:13	227	103.60	XLON
12:47:05	221	103.60	XLON
12:47:21	896	103.60	TRQX
12:47:21	225	103.60	XLON
12:47:21	896	103.60	CHIX
12:47:21	896	103.60	BATE
12:49:39	273	103.50	XLON
12:50:49	274	103.50	XLON
12:52:03	279	103.50	XLON
12:52:48	222	103.50	BATE
12:52:48	222	103.50	CHIX
12:52:48	70	103.50	XLON
12:58:56	188	103.50	BATE
12:59:18	188	103.50	XLON
13:00:10	186	103.50	XLON
13:01:03	191	103.50	XLON
13:02:00	192	103.50	XLON
13:02:50	186	103.50	XLON
13:03:41	170	103.50	XLON
13:04:33	169	103.50	XLON
13:05:10	158	103.50	XLON
13:05:10	182	103.70	BATE
13:05:10	304	103.70	BATE
13:05:53	67	103.50	XLON
13:05:53	88	103.50	XLON
13:06:43	173	103.50	XLON
13:07:28	171	103.50	XLON
13:08:27	191	103.50	XLON
13:09:05	193	103.50	XLON
13:10:00	178	103.50	XLON
13:10:57	181	103.50	XLON
13:11:22	674	103.50	CHIX
13:11:22	1,547	103.50	BATE
13:11:22	896	103.50	TRQX
13:11:22	286	103.50	XLON
13:14:39	1,547	103.30	BATE
13:14:39	679	103.30	CHIX
13:14:39	679	103.30	XLON
13:14:39	679	103.30	TRQX
13:29:28	89	103.30	XLON
13:33:50	896	103.60	CHIX
13:33:50	896	103.60	BATE
13:33:50	74	103.60	TRQX
13:33:50	896	103.60	XLON
13:33:50	822	103.60	TRQX
13:35:45	22	103.40	CHIX
13:36:37	896	103.40	BATE
13:36:37	874	103.40	CHIX
13:36:37	896	103.40	XLON
13:36:37	896	103.40	TRQX
13:36:39	118	103.30	BATE
13:36:39	825	103.30	CHIX
13:36:39	767	103.30	BATE
13:36:39	312	103.30	XLON
13:36:39	595	103.30	XLON
13:36:39	907	103.30	TRQX
13:36:39	60	103.30	CHIX
13:36:39	1,502	103.30	TRQX
13:38:08	393	103.20	XLON
13:38:47	24	103.20	TRQX
13:39:24	331	103.20	XLON
13:40:01	39	103.20	TRQX
13:40:41	66	103.20	TRQX
13:40:42	172	103.20	XLON
13:48:08	252	103.30	BATE
13:49:08	250	103.30	BATE
13:50:13	257	103.30	XLON
13:51:24	246	103.30	XLON
13:52:45	274	103.30	XLON
13:58:22	138	103.40	XLON
13:59:30	279	103.40	XLON
14:00:48	312	103.40	XLON
14:00:48	503	103.70	TRQX
14:00:48	264	103.70	TRQX
14:06:20	425	103.40	XLON
14:08:07	427	103.40	XLON
14:09:31	44	103.40	XLON
14:16:02	71	103.50	BATE
14:20:25	539	103.70	XLON
14:21:36	12	103.70	BATE
14:21:50	10	103.70	BATE
14:22:21	12	103.70	BATE
14:23:23	18	103.70	BATE
14:23:41	357	103.70	XLON
14:23:59	10	103.70	BATE
14:24:35	812	103.70	BATE
14:24:35	608	103.70	CHIX
14:24:35	22	103.70	BATE
14:24:35	608	103.70	TRQX
14:27:06	513	103.70	XLON
14:27:35	681	103.70	XLON
14:29:24	145	103.70	BATE
14:29:31	26	103.70	BATE
14:29:51	30	103.70	BATE
14:32:47	372	103.70	XLON
14:36:10	18	103.70	BATE
14:36:44	36	103.70	BATE
14:37:23	38	103.70	BATE
14:38:16	162	103.70	XLON
14:40:23	451	103.70	XLON
14:42:03	371	103.70	XLON
14:44:14	316	103.70	XLON
14:45:15	313	103.70	XLON
14:45:15	566	103.90	BATE
14:45:15	583	103.90	BATE
14:46:48	154	103.70	XLON
14:49:55	68	103.80	CHIX
14:49:55	1,534	103.80	XLON
14:49:55	147	103.80	TRQX
14:49:56	809	104.00	BATE
14:49:56	641	104.00	BATE
14:49:59	115	104.00	CHIX
14:49:59	747	104.00	CHIX
14:49:59	21	104.00	CHIX
14:49:59	719	104.00	CHIX
14:50:02	171	104.00	XLON
14:56:16	220	103.80	CHIX
14:56:16	1,100	103.80	BATE
14:56:16	1,573	103.80	CHIX
14:56:16	197	103.80	BATE
14:56:17	1,491	104.00	XLON
14:56:19	2	104.00	BATE
14:56:19	2	104.00	BATE
14:56:19	150	104.00	BATE
14:56:19	1,616	104.00	BATE
14:56:20	1,491	104.00	XLON
14:56:23	141	104.00	TRQX
14:57:29	28	103.80	BATE
14:57:59	28	103.80	BATE
14:58:40	38	103.80	BATE
14:59:02	20	103.80	BATE
14:59:15	42	103.80	XLON
14:59:46	500	103.80	XLON
14:59:46	39	103.80	BATE
14:59:46	949	103.80	XLON
14:59:46	1,061	103.80	BATE
14:59:46	365	103.80	BATE
15:18:45	498	103.60	XLON
15:20:34	398	103.60	XLON
15:24:26	896	103.60	CHIX
15:25:26	55	103.60	BATE
15:34:42	488	103.50	XLON
15:34:43	25	103.50	CHIX
15:35:01	117	103.50	CHIX
15:35:02	754	103.50	CHIX
15:45:29	202	103.40	XLON
15:46:05	375	103.40	XLON
15:48:19	319	103.40	XLON
15:49:22	841	103.40	CHIX
15:56:02	134	104.00	BATE
15:56:28	762	104.00	BATE
15:56:28	601	104.00	TRQX
15:56:28	55	104.00	CHIX
15:56:28	1,679	104.00	XLON
15:56:28	131	104.00	TRQX
15:56:28	58	104.00	XLON
15:56:28	164	104.00	TRQX
15:56:28	27	103.95	CHIX
15:56:29	121	103.95	BATE
15:58:28	21	103.80	XLON
16:01:50	704	103.80	XLON
16:05:13	171	103.80	XLON
16:13:52	896	103.80	BATE
16:21:30	1,022	104.20	XLON
16:21:31	234	104.00	XLON
16:21:31	3,257	104.20	CHIX
16:21:33	3,993	104.20	XLON
16:21:34	1,318	104.20	XLON
16:21:34	79	104.20	XLON
16:24:37	538	104.00	XLON
16:24:57	896	104.00	BATE
16:24:57	876	104.00	CHIX
16:24:57	124	104.00	XLON
16:24:57	896	104.00	TRQX
16:24:57	20	104.00	CHIX
16:26:41	237	104.00	BATE
16:27:25	567	104.30	TRQX
16:27:25	2,500	104.30	TRQX
16:27:25	1,337	104.30	TRQX
16:27:25	896	104.30	XLON
16:28:55	896	104.10	CHIX
16:28:55	255	104.30	TRQX
16:28:55	641	104.30	TRQX
16:28:55	896	104.40	XLON
16:28:57	66	104.30	CHIX
16:28:57	830	104.30	CHIX
16:28:57	381	104.40	XLON
16:28:57	515	104.40	XLON
16:28:58	465	104.40	BATE
16:28:58	1,244	104.40	BATE
16:28:58	896	104.50	BATE
16:29:56	76	104.10	XLON
16:35:11	214	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	3,126	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	9,074	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	245	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	229	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	141	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	20,006	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	857	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	8,747	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	1,613	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	5,678	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	11,182	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	25,000	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	919	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	7,291	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	324	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	1,106	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	11,292	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	12,465	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	5,870	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	5,875	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	2,599	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	534	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	613	104.50	XLON
16:35:11	11,000	104.50	XLON