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	30 March 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	464,246
Weighted average price paid (p)	104.90
Highest price paid (p)	105.90
Lowest price paid (p)	104.10

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 31,793,221 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 718,803,541. 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 30 March 2023 is 718,803,541. 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	104.97	310,453
BATE	104.75	57,615
CHIX	104.72	43,044
TRQX	104.83	52,970
SIGMA-X	104.55	164

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Venue
08:01:09	72	104.90	BATE
08:01:09	24	104.90	XLON
08:01:09	24	104.90	CHIX
08:01:09	24	104.90	TRQX
08:01:12	13	104.80	BATE
08:01:12	13	104.80	CHIX
08:01:12	12	104.80	TRQX
08:01:12	12	104.80	XLON
08:01:12	5	104.80	XLON
08:02:41	79	105.50	XLON
08:02:43	276	105.50	XLON
08:02:46	27	105.80	XLON
08:02:46	175	105.90	XLON
08:02:56	79	105.10	BATE
08:02:56	79	105.10	CHIX
08:02:56	71	105.10	XLON
08:02:56	78	105.10	TRQX
08:02:56	27	105.10	XLON
08:03:29	51	105.30	XLON
08:03:29	153	105.30	XLON
08:05:41	195	104.60	XLON
08:05:41	196	104.60	CHIX
08:05:41	196	104.60	BATE
08:05:41	195	104.60	TRQX
08:05:44	159	105.20	XLON
08:05:44	204	105.30	XLON
08:06:30	159	104.60	BATE
08:06:30	159	104.60	CHIX
08:06:30	47	104.60	TRQX
08:06:30	127	104.60	XLON
08:07:33	71	105.00	BATE
08:07:34	71	105.00	XLON
08:07:37	17	105.00	CHIX
08:07:37	54	105.00	CHIX
08:07:37	19	104.40	XLON
08:07:37	6	104.40	XLON
08:07:37	1,685	105.00	XLON
08:07:37	807	105.00	XLON
08:07:38	1,359	104.30	BATE
08:07:38	697	104.30	BATE
08:07:38	1,183	104.20	CHIX
08:07:38	1,182	104.20	XLON
08:07:38	1,182	104.20	TRQX
08:07:39	644	104.10	XLON
08:08:07	886	104.40	TRQX
08:08:07	887	104.40	XLON
08:08:08	858	104.40	BATE
08:08:08	698	104.40	TRQX
08:08:08	699	104.40	XLON
08:12:11	422	104.80	CHIX
08:12:11	45	104.80	CHIX
08:17:28	1,018	104.60	CHIX
08:17:28	758	104.60	CHIX
08:23:41	181	104.70	CHIX
08:23:41	82	104.70	BATE
08:23:41	90	104.70	CHIX
08:23:41	115	104.70	TRQX
08:23:41	467	104.70	XLON
08:23:41	1,594	104.70	TRQX
08:23:41	924	104.75	TRQX
08:26:00	1,183	104.70	CHIX
08:26:00	818	104.70	BATE
08:26:00	63	104.70	BATE
08:26:00	130	104.70	TRQX
08:26:00	1,182	104.70	XLON
08:26:00	1,052	104.70	TRQX
08:29:48	208	104.70	BATE
08:29:48	909	104.70	BATE
08:29:48	1,117	104.70	XLON
08:36:04	1,205	105.05	CHIX
08:36:04	1,140	105.05	BATE
08:55:22	114	105.00	CHIX
08:55:38	129	105.10	XLON
08:55:38	573	105.10	XLON
08:55:38	108	105.10	XLON
08:55:53	1,011	105.05	BATE
08:57:40	1,798	105.00	BATE
08:57:40	889	105.00	BATE
08:57:40	1,518	105.00	CHIX
08:57:40	810	105.00	TRQX
08:57:40	921	105.00	TRQX
08:57:40	1,019	105.00	CHIX
08:57:40	1,071	105.00	BATE
09:01:29	674	104.90	CHIX
09:01:29	887	104.90	BATE
09:01:29	213	104.90	CHIX
09:01:29	887	104.90	XLON
09:01:29	886	104.90	TRQX
09:01:29	307	104.80	TRQX
09:01:29	83	104.80	TRQX
09:01:29	189	104.80	TRQX
09:01:29	102	104.80	XLON
09:01:29	307	104.80	TRQX
09:01:29	785	104.80	XLON
09:04:58	887	104.60	CHIX
09:04:58	887	104.60	BATE
09:04:58	887	104.60	XLON
09:04:58	886	104.60	TRQX
09:07:53	979	104.70	BATE
09:07:59	887	104.60	BATE
09:07:59	887	104.60	CHIX
09:07:59	887	104.60	XLON
09:07:59	886	104.60	TRQX
09:18:19	663	104.85	BATE
09:34:35	185	105.00	TRQX
09:44:04	152	105.05	CHIX
09:56:43	243	105.10	BATE
09:56:43	5	105.10	BATE
10:02:12	1,182	105.00	TRQX
10:02:12	1,183	105.00	CHIX
10:02:12	1,182	105.00	XLON
10:02:12	914	105.00	CHIX
10:02:12	1,002	105.10	TRQX
10:02:12	107	105.10	TRQX
10:02:12	635	105.10	TRQX
10:16:35	908	104.90	BATE
10:16:35	786	104.90	CHIX
10:16:35	479	104.90	XLON
10:16:35	396	104.90	CHIX
10:16:35	275	104.90	BATE
10:16:35	703	104.90	XLON
10:16:35	849	104.90	CHIX
10:16:35	804	104.90	BATE
10:16:35	526	105.00	BATE
10:16:35	107	105.00	BATE
10:20:13	229	104.80	CHIX
10:20:13	338	104.80	XLON
10:20:13	578	104.80	CHIX
10:20:13	396	104.80	XLON
10:20:13	887	104.80	BATE
10:20:13	153	104.80	XLON
10:20:13	80	104.80	CHIX
10:20:13	886	104.80	TRQX
10:20:13	794	104.80	BATE
10:20:13	839	104.80	CHIX
10:20:13	1,516	104.70	BATE
10:30:39	19	104.60	XLON
10:30:39	11	104.60	TRQX
10:30:39	868	104.60	XLON
10:30:39	875	104.60	TRQX
10:30:39	887	104.60	CHIX
10:30:39	887	104.60	BATE
10:30:41	887	104.50	BATE
10:30:41	887	104.50	CHIX
10:30:41	387	104.50	XLON
10:30:41	511	104.50	TRQX
10:30:41	500	104.50	XLON
10:30:41	375	104.50	TRQX
10:47:22	887	104.80	BATE
10:47:22	887	104.80	XLON
10:47:22	887	104.80	CHIX
10:47:22	886	104.80	TRQX
11:06:50	887	104.60	BATE
11:06:50	887	104.70	XLON
11:06:50	886	104.70	TRQX
11:06:50	887	104.70	CHIX
11:30:23	1,071	104.60	XLON
11:30:23	1,679	104.60	BATE
11:30:23	1,183	104.60	CHIX
11:30:23	1,182	104.60	TRQX
11:30:23	111	104.60	XLON
11:30:24	607	104.60	TRQX
11:35:07	1,223	104.80	BATE
11:35:07	28	104.80	BATE
11:35:07	166	104.80	BATE
11:35:07	250	104.70	XLON
11:35:07	500	104.70	XLON
11:35:07	193	104.70	XLON
11:35:07	816	104.70	CHIX
11:35:07	239	104.80	XLON
11:35:08	138	104.80	XLON
11:35:08	1,044	104.80	XLON
11:41:20	970	104.75	TRQX
11:41:20	57	104.80	BATE
11:41:20	152	104.80	XLON
11:41:20	7	104.80	BATE
11:41:20	426	104.80	XLON
11:41:20	120	104.80	XLON
11:41:20	5	104.80	XLON
11:41:20	12	104.90	XLON
11:41:20	820	104.90	XLON
11:41:20	117	104.80	XLON
11:44:04	1,100	104.80	BATE
11:44:04	83	104.80	BATE
11:44:04	1,182	104.80	CHIX
11:44:04	895	104.80	BATE
11:44:04	1,236	104.90	XLON
11:44:04	10	104.90	XLON
11:44:04	205	104.90	XLON
11:44:04	682	104.90	XLON
11:54:12	626	104.70	TRQX
11:54:12	250	104.70	TRQX
11:54:12	674	104.70	CHIX
11:54:12	10	104.70	TRQX
11:54:12	887	104.70	BATE
11:54:12	213	104.70	CHIX
11:54:15	1,763	104.80	XLON
11:54:18	595	104.80	BATE
11:59:36	409	104.80	XLON
11:59:36	368	104.80	XLON
12:23:00	887	104.70	BATE
12:23:00	887	104.70	CHIX
12:23:00	481	104.70	XLON
12:23:00	380	104.70	TRQX
12:23:00	406	104.70	XLON
12:23:00	506	104.70	TRQX
12:45:43	290	104.60	XLON
12:45:43	597	104.60	XLON
12:45:43	886	104.60	TRQX
12:45:43	887	104.60	BATE
12:45:43	887	104.60	CHIX
12:49:07	688	104.70	BATE
12:49:07	86	104.70	CHIX
12:49:07	250	104.70	TRQX
12:49:07	231	104.70	XLON
12:49:07	457	104.70	XLON
12:49:07	602	104.70	CHIX
12:49:07	412	104.70	TRQX
12:56:24	887	104.60	XLON
13:36:24	470	104.60	TRQX
13:36:24	887	104.60	BATE
13:36:24	887	104.60	CHIX
13:36:24	416	104.60	TRQX
14:30:42	175	104.60	BATE
14:30:42	1,182	104.60	CHIX
14:30:42	1,008	104.60	BATE
14:30:42	788	104.70	BATE
14:30:42	833	104.70	BATE
14:30:42	595	104.80	XLON
14:30:42	360	104.80	XLON
14:30:42	381	104.80	XLON
14:30:42	84	104.80	XLON
14:30:42	79	104.80	XLON
14:46:48	789	104.70	BATE
14:46:48	1,106	104.75	TRQX
14:46:48	2,384	104.75	TRQX
14:46:48	685	104.70	XLON
14:46:48	1	104.70	XLON
14:46:48	32	104.70	XLON
14:46:48	822	104.80	BATE
14:46:48	1,562	104.80	BATE
14:56:45	70	104.70	XLON
15:05:00	200	104.70	TRQX
15:05:00	982	104.70	TRQX
15:05:00	1,474	104.70	BATE
15:05:00	788	104.70	CHIX
15:05:00	899	104.70	XLON
15:05:00	86	104.70	CHIX
15:05:00	85	104.70	BATE
15:05:00	1,263	104.70	TRQX
15:05:00	2,552	104.70	TRQX
15:05:11	137	104.60	XLON
15:05:11	115	104.60	CHIX
15:05:11	250	104.60	XLON
15:05:11	358	104.60	TRQX
15:05:11	250	104.60	XLON
15:05:11	198	104.60	CHIX
15:05:11	821	104.60	BATE
15:05:11	528	104.60	TRQX
15:05:11	250	104.60	XLON
15:05:11	170	104.60	CHIX
15:21:22	887	104.60	BATE
15:35:05	823	104.70	XLON
15:35:05	38	104.70	XLON
15:35:05	970	104.80	BATE
15:35:05	150	104.80	BATE
15:35:05	50	104.80	BATE
15:35:05	486	104.80	BATE
15:38:07	3	104.75	BATE
15:38:07	826	104.75	BATE
15:41:15	887	104.70	CHIX
15:44:18	614	104.70	TRQX
15:44:18	1,710	104.70	BATE
15:44:18	272	104.70	TRQX
15:44:18	26	104.70	XLON
15:51:17	1,183	104.70	BATE
15:51:17	432	104.70	TRQX
15:51:17	750	104.70	TRQX
15:51:17	1,182	104.70	XLON
15:51:18	76	104.70	XLON
15:51:18	890	104.70	XLON
16:01:56	456	104.60	CHIX
16:16:20	966	104.60	CHIX
16:16:20	808	104.60	BATE
16:16:20	5,458	104.60	CHIX
16:16:20	807	104.60	TRQX
16:16:20	279	104.55	BATE
16:16:20	220	104.55	TRQX
16:16:20	192	104.55	CHIX
16:16:20	164	104.55	Sigma-X
16:18:14	259	104.50	CHIX
16:18:14	488	104.50	CHIX
16:18:14	1,003	104.60	XLON
16:18:15	135	104.50	CHIX
16:18:17	284	104.50	BATE
16:18:19	5	104.50	CHIX
16:18:54	310	104.50	BATE
16:18:54	981	104.70	BATE
16:18:54	16	104.70	BATE
16:18:54	358	104.70	BATE
16:18:56	627	104.70	CHIX
16:18:56	95	104.70	CHIX
16:26:58	2,531	105.00	BATE
16:28:29	1,182	105.00	XLON
16:28:29	119	105.00	CHIX
16:28:29	1,183	105.00	BATE
16:28:29	1,063	105.00	CHIX
16:28:29	845	105.05	CHIX
16:28:29	762	105.05	TRQX
16:28:29	799	105.05	TRQX
16:28:29	929	105.20	TRQX
16:28:29	873	105.20	TRQX
16:28:29	7,036	105.20	TRQX
16:28:29	2,572	105.20	TRQX
16:28:29	1,765	105.20	XLON
16:28:31	1,274	105.20	XLON
16:29:56	813	104.90	TRQX
16:29:56	765	105.00	BATE
16:29:56	175	104.90	XLON
16:29:56	144	104.90	XLON
16:29:56	282	104.90	XLON
16:35:24	3,621	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	13,812	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	2,897	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	6,663	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	2,221	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	1,867	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	1,170	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	36,858	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	8,911	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	9,264	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	5,211	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	11,590	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	8,606	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	1,193	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	8,536	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	8,294	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	43,662	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	11,000	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	3,847	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	11	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	10,387	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	99	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	2,762	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	444	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	5,271	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	28,179	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	25	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	119	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	1,261	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	55	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	873	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	3,101	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	7,856	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	2,926	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	1,794	105.00	XLON
16:35:24	8,406	105.00	XLON