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	16 March 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	526,959
Weighted average price paid (p)	102.51
Highest price paid (p)	106.10
Lowest price paid (p)	100.30

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 27,221,125 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 723,375,637. 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 16 March 2023 is 723,375,637. 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	355,429	102.77
BATE	59,157	102.00
CHIX	65,089	102.01
TRQX	47,284	101.84

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Venue
08:05:47	13	106.10	BATE
08:05:48	1,097	104.90	BATE
08:05:48	389	104.30	CHIX
08:05:49	66	104.10	TRQX
08:05:49	73	104.10	CHIX
08:05:49	83	104.10	BATE
08:05:49	73	104.10	TRQX
08:05:49	66	104.10	CHIX
08:05:49	76	104.10	BATE
08:05:49	145	104.10	BATE
08:05:49	460	104.10	TRQX
08:05:49	71	104.10	XLON
08:05:50	528	104.10	XLON
08:05:50	461	104.10	CHIX
08:05:50	384	104.10	BATE
08:05:57	327	105.80	TRQX
08:05:58	82	105.80	TRQX
08:10:00	308	105.20	TRQX
08:10:00	308	105.10	XLON
08:11:30	153	105.10	BATE
08:11:30	309	105.10	XLON
08:13:02	153	105.30	XLON
08:13:02	120	105.30	XLON
08:13:02	82	104.70	CHIX
08:13:02	82	104.70	BATE
08:13:02	82	104.70	TRQX
08:13:04	21	104.70	XLON
08:13:04	192	104.70	CHIX
08:13:04	192	104.70	BATE
08:13:04	191	104.70	TRQX
08:13:04	256	104.70	XLON
08:13:52	53	104.60	TRQX
08:13:52	53	104.60	CHIX
08:13:52	53	104.60	XLON
08:13:52	54	104.60	BATE
08:14:28	41	104.50	TRQX
08:14:28	41	104.50	CHIX
08:14:28	41	104.50	XLON
08:14:28	41	104.50	BATE
08:15:58	62	104.30	XLON
08:15:58	62	104.30	TRQX
08:15:58	63	104.30	CHIX
08:15:58	63	104.30	BATE
08:15:59	727	105.10	XLON
08:15:59	942	105.00	TRQX
08:16:00	153	105.00	TRQX
08:16:00	727	105.00	TRQX
08:16:00	727	105.00	CHIX
08:16:00	727	105.00	BATE
08:22:00	250	104.30	CHIX
08:22:00	250	104.30	TRQX
08:22:00	250	104.30	XLON
08:22:00	251	104.30	BATE
08:22:05	238	104.20	TRQX
08:22:05	238	104.20	XLON
08:22:05	238	104.20	CHIX
08:22:05	239	104.20	BATE
08:22:36	166	104.00	BATE
08:22:36	166	104.00	CHIX
08:22:36	165	104.00	TRQX
08:22:36	165	104.00	XLON
08:23:01	225	103.80	CHIX
08:23:01	225	103.80	BATE
08:23:01	224	103.80	XLON
08:23:01	224	103.80	TRQX
08:24:53	268	103.50	TRQX
08:24:53	269	103.50	XLON
08:24:53	269	103.50	CHIX
08:24:53	269	103.50	BATE
08:27:48	136	103.20	TRQX
08:27:48	136	103.20	CHIX
08:27:48	137	103.20	BATE
08:27:48	136	103.20	XLON
08:27:48	34	103.20	BATE
08:29:49	92	103.00	XLON
08:29:52	241	103.00	XLON
08:30:02	152	103.10	XLON
08:30:04	585	103.10	XLON
08:30:33	401	103.40	CHIX
08:33:37	230	103.40	XLON
08:33:38	230	103.40	CHIX
08:33:40	147	103.40	CHIX
08:33:41	1,798	103.60	XLON
08:33:41	399	103.60	XLON
08:33:41	262	103.60	XLON
08:33:41	230	103.60	BATE
08:34:04	230	103.30	TRQX
08:34:04	58	103.30	XLON
08:34:04	57	103.30	CHIX
08:36:03	3,269	103.10	CHIX
08:44:47	129	103.20	CHIX
08:44:47	961	103.20	XLON
08:44:47	961	103.20	TRQX
08:44:47	961	103.20	BATE
08:44:47	832	103.20	CHIX
08:50:03	46	103.20	XLON
08:50:03	795	103.20	TRQX
08:50:03	749	103.20	XLON
08:50:03	795	103.20	CHIX
08:50:03	796	103.20	BATE
08:50:03	1	103.20	CHIX
08:51:11	622	103.10	XLON
08:51:11	622	103.10	TRQX
08:51:11	78	103.10	CHIX
08:51:11	78	103.10	BATE
09:07:53	201	103.00	CHIX
09:07:53	164	102.70	BATE
09:19:06	173	102.80	XLON
09:19:06	173	102.80	CHIX
09:19:06	173	102.80	BATE
09:25:43	130	102.30	BATE
09:25:43	130	102.30	CHIX
09:28:21	1	102.50	CHIX
09:28:21	120	102.50	CHIX
09:40:56	21	102.80	CHIX
09:40:56	21	102.80	CHIX
09:40:56	307	102.80	CHIX
09:40:56	165	102.50	XLON
10:01:02	59	102.60	XLON
10:01:02	215	102.60	XLON
10:01:02	274	102.60	TRQX
10:01:02	274	102.60	BATE
10:01:02	274	102.60	CHIX
10:14:09	130	102.60	CHIX
10:14:09	130	102.60	BATE
10:14:09	130	102.60	XLON
10:50:37	112	102.60	XLON
10:50:37	112	102.60	CHIX
10:50:37	113	102.60	BATE
10:50:37	112	102.60	TRQX
10:50:37	78	102.60	XLON
10:50:39	194	102.70	CHIX
10:50:40	323	102.70	XLON
10:50:41	193	102.70	XLON
10:50:44	81	102.70	XLON
10:50:46	49	102.70	CHIX
10:50:47	48	102.70	XLON
10:50:50	20	102.70	XLON
10:50:53	6	102.70	XLON
10:50:53	6	102.70	XLON
10:50:56	12	102.70	CHIX
10:50:59	5	102.70	XLON
10:51:02	3	102.70	CHIX
10:53:21	193	102.40	TRQX
10:53:21	194	102.40	BATE
10:53:21	3	102.40	XLON
10:53:21	2	102.40	XLON
10:53:21	679	102.40	CHIX
10:53:23	67	102.30	XLON
10:53:23	67	102.30	TRQX
10:53:23	68	102.30	BATE
10:53:23	67	102.30	CHIX
10:53:23	16	102.30	CHIX
11:02:43	84	102.20	XLON
11:02:43	84	102.20	TRQX
11:02:43	85	102.20	CHIX
11:02:43	85	102.20	BATE
11:02:55	39	102.00	TRQX
11:02:55	54	102.00	XLON
11:02:55	15	102.00	TRQX
11:02:55	55	102.00	CHIX
11:02:55	55	102.00	BATE
11:02:55	10	102.00	BATE
11:07:03	12	101.70	XLON
11:07:03	11	101.70	TRQX
11:07:03	12	101.70	CHIX
11:07:03	12	101.70	BATE
11:07:03	396	101.70	BATE
11:11:27	211	101.50	TRQX
11:11:27	211	101.50	XLON
11:11:27	211	101.50	CHIX
11:11:27	212	101.50	BATE
11:11:27	53	101.50	BATE
11:17:18	64	101.20	CHIX
11:17:18	64	101.20	BATE
11:17:18	63	101.20	TRQX
11:17:18	64	101.20	XLON
11:53:02	118	101.70	XLON
11:53:02	3,373	101.50	XLON
11:53:16	615	101.50	XLON
11:53:16	615	101.50	TRQX
11:53:16	276	101.50	CHIX
11:53:16	276	101.50	BATE
11:53:16	339	101.50	CHIX
11:53:16	340	101.50	BATE
12:00:00	37	101.30	TRQX
12:00:00	128	101.30	XLON
12:00:00	120	101.30	TRQX
12:00:00	175	101.30	XLON
12:00:00	146	101.30	TRQX
12:00:00	303	101.30	CHIX
12:00:00	127	101.30	BATE
12:00:00	177	101.30	BATE
12:00:00	9	101.30	BATE
12:06:37	161	101.20	CHIX
12:06:37	162	101.20	BATE
12:06:37	161	101.20	TRQX
12:06:37	161	101.20	XLON
12:06:37	40	101.20	BATE
12:28:34	253	101.00	BATE
12:30:01	706	100.80	TRQX
12:30:01	707	100.80	XLON
12:30:01	707	100.80	CHIX
12:30:01	88	100.80	BATE
12:30:01	155	100.80	TRQX
12:30:04	272	100.60	TRQX
12:30:04	272	100.60	XLON
12:30:04	272	100.60	CHIX
12:30:04	273	100.60	BATE
12:31:07	16	101.00	CHIX
12:31:07	191	100.80	CHIX
12:38:43	913	100.90	BATE
12:40:00	864	100.90	XLON
12:42:50	339	100.60	CHIX
12:42:50	527	100.60	BATE
12:42:50	288	100.60	CHIX
12:42:50	434	100.60	BATE
12:42:50	334	100.60	CHIX
12:42:50	961	100.60	XLON
12:42:50	596	100.60	TRQX
12:42:50	365	100.60	TRQX
12:42:50	295	100.60	BATE
12:42:50	268	100.60	BATE
12:42:50	479	100.60	BATE
12:43:11	512	100.80	BATE
12:43:11	449	100.80	BATE
12:43:11	961	100.60	XLON
12:43:12	590	100.80	XLON
12:43:12	371	100.80	XLON
12:43:12	61	100.60	CHIX
12:43:12	900	100.60	CHIX
12:43:15	363	100.80	XLON
12:43:15	598	100.80	XLON
13:15:32	961	100.50	TRQX
13:15:32	300	100.50	XLON
13:15:32	661	100.50	XLON
13:15:32	961	100.50	BATE
13:15:32	961	100.50	CHIX
13:20:05	843	100.40	XLON
13:20:05	459	100.40	TRQX
13:20:05	843	100.40	CHIX
13:20:05	844	100.40	BATE
13:20:05	384	100.40	TRQX
13:29:06	479	100.60	BATE
13:29:06	865	100.50	XLON
13:29:06	41	100.30	XLON
13:29:06	114	100.30	XLON
13:29:13	121	100.70	TRQX
13:29:13	2,100	100.70	TRQX
13:29:25	430	100.60	XLON
13:29:25	531	100.60	XLON
13:29:25	469	100.30	BATE
13:29:25	961	100.30	CHIX
13:29:25	961	100.30	TRQX
13:29:25	492	100.30	BATE
13:36:03	1,117	101.00	XLON
13:36:57	852	100.70	CHIX
13:36:57	852	100.70	BATE
13:36:57	231	100.70	TRQX
13:36:57	852	100.70	XLON
13:36:57	300	100.70	TRQX
13:36:57	300	100.70	TRQX
13:36:57	20	100.70	TRQX
13:36:57	783	100.70	CHIX
13:36:57	287	100.70	CHIX
13:36:59	463	100.70	TRQX
13:36:59	2,626	100.70	TRQX
13:37:00	1,233	100.70	BATE
13:37:00	374	100.60	XLON
13:37:00	1,281	100.60	TRQX
13:37:00	907	100.60	XLON
13:37:00	1,282	100.60	CHIX
13:48:38	600	100.70	XLON
13:48:38	961	100.70	TRQX
13:48:38	361	100.70	XLON
13:48:38	961	100.70	CHIX
13:48:38	961	100.70	BATE
13:50:42	230	100.40	XLON
13:51:28	338	100.40	XLON
13:54:55	782	100.80	BATE
14:00:09	154	101.00	CHIX
14:00:47	501	101.40	XLON
14:00:47	721	101.40	CHIX
14:01:25	590	101.30	XLON
14:01:25	691	101.30	XLON
14:05:21	1,281	101.20	TRQX
14:05:21	1,282	101.20	BATE
14:05:22	1,403	101.50	CHIX
14:05:22	2,401	101.40	BATE
14:05:22	14	101.40	TRQX
14:05:22	479	101.40	TRQX
14:05:22	1,394	101.40	TRQX
14:05:22	26	101.40	TRQX
14:05:22	309	101.30	XLON
14:05:22	972	101.30	XLON
14:15:37	765	101.20	TRQX
14:15:37	516	101.20	TRQX
14:15:37	1,161	101.20	BATE
14:15:37	1,282	101.20	CHIX
14:15:37	138	101.10	TRQX
14:15:37	379	101.10	TRQX
14:15:37	871	101.10	TRQX
14:15:37	2,774	101.10	BATE
14:15:37	1,281	101.10	XLON
14:15:37	1,282	101.10	CHIX
14:18:41	318	101.10	TRQX
14:18:41	572	101.10	XLON
14:18:41	282	101.10	XLON
14:18:41	14	101.10	BATE
14:34:02	516	101.10	BATE
14:34:02	30	101.10	CHIX
14:34:02	300	101.10	TRQX
14:34:02	300	101.10	TRQX
14:34:02	300	101.10	TRQX
14:34:02	63	101.10	TRQX
14:34:02	383	101.10	XLON
14:34:02	385	101.10	XLON
14:34:02	325	101.10	BATE
14:34:02	824	101.10	CHIX
14:34:02	934	101.10	XLON
14:40:29	12	101.00	TRQX
14:40:29	450	101.00	XLON
14:40:29	791	101.00	TRQX
14:40:29	511	101.00	XLON
14:40:29	12	101.00	CHIX
14:40:29	12	101.00	BATE
14:40:29	158	101.00	TRQX
14:40:29	791	101.00	CHIX
14:40:29	790	101.00	BATE
14:40:29	158	101.00	CHIX
14:40:29	159	101.00	BATE
14:40:30	1,764	100.90	XLON
14:40:30	693	100.90	TRQX
14:43:01	584	101.00	BATE
14:43:01	405	100.70	XLON
14:43:01	572	100.70	TRQX
14:43:01	218	100.70	XLON
14:43:01	377	100.70	CHIX
14:43:01	377	100.70	BATE
14:43:45	635	100.80	CHIX
14:49:28	973	101.50	CHIX
14:49:28	417	101.40	CHIX
14:49:28	34	101.30	CHIX
14:49:29	1,553	101.50	XLON
14:53:04	347	101.45	BATE
14:53:05	961	101.70	BATE
14:53:05	193	101.70	XLON
14:53:05	533	101.70	XLON
14:53:05	235	101.70	XLON
14:53:05	31	101.60	CHIX
14:53:05	560	101.60	CHIX
14:53:05	370	101.60	CHIX
14:53:07	54	101.50	CHIX
14:53:07	49	101.50	CHIX
14:53:07	76	101.50	CHIX
14:53:08	39	101.80	CHIX
14:53:08	4,925	101.80	CHIX
14:53:08	43	101.70	TRQX
14:53:08	1,238	101.70	TRQX
14:53:08	57	101.60	CHIX
14:53:10	501	101.90	CHIX
14:53:10	450	101.90	CHIX
14:53:10	660	101.80	XLON
14:53:10	621	101.50	XLON
14:53:11	1,743	101.90	XLON
15:00:16	1,728	102.10	XLON
15:00:16	795	102.10	XLON
15:00:43	597	101.90	CHIX
15:00:43	1,300	101.90	BATE
15:00:43	600	101.90	TRQX
15:00:43	1,300	101.90	CHIX
15:00:43	703	101.90	BATE
15:00:43	300	101.90	TRQX
15:00:43	896	101.90	CHIX
15:00:43	51	101.90	TRQX
15:00:43	404	101.90	CHIX
15:00:43	1,207	101.90	CHIX
15:00:44	507	102.10	XLON
15:00:44	584	102.10	XLON
15:00:44	721	102.00	BATE
15:00:44	117	102.00	BATE
15:00:46	961	102.00	XLON
15:00:46	961	102.00	TRQX
15:00:46	1,134	102.00	CHIX
15:00:46	961	102.00	BATE
15:00:46	961	102.00	CHIX
15:00:48	17	102.10	TRQX
15:00:48	1,200	102.10	TRQX
15:00:48	55	102.10	TRQX
15:00:48	85	102.10	TRQX
15:06:40	466	101.80	XLON
15:06:40	961	101.80	TRQX
15:06:40	495	101.80	XLON
15:06:40	371	101.80	BATE
15:06:40	961	101.80	CHIX
15:06:40	590	101.80	BATE
15:11:57	961	101.80	TRQX
15:11:57	961	101.80	XLON
15:11:57	961	101.80	CHIX
15:11:57	961	101.80	BATE
15:14:07	398	101.60	XLON
15:14:07	961	101.60	CHIX
15:14:07	961	101.60	BATE
15:14:07	961	101.60	TRQX
15:14:07	563	101.60	XLON
15:56:47	1,041	102.30	BATE
15:56:47	1,160	102.30	CHIX
15:56:47	119	102.30	BATE
15:56:47	961	102.30	TRQX
15:56:47	961	102.30	XLON
15:56:47	961	102.30	CHIX
15:56:47	90	102.30	BATE
15:56:47	871	102.30	BATE
15:56:48	288	102.50	XLON
15:56:48	8,000	102.50	XLON
15:56:48	1,303	102.50	XLON
15:56:48	4,931	102.50	XLON
15:56:48	5,924	102.50	CHIX
15:56:48	1,348	102.50	BATE
15:56:48	961	102.50	XLON
15:56:50	2,881	102.50	XLON
15:56:53	1,009	102.50	BATE
15:59:48	2,202	102.50	BATE
15:59:48	939	102.40	XLON
15:59:48	59	102.40	XLON
15:59:48	283	102.40	XLON
15:59:48	961	102.30	TRQX
15:59:48	961	102.30	CHIX
15:59:48	961	102.30	BATE
15:59:48	1,041	102.30	BATE
15:59:48	13	102.30	BATE
15:59:49	961	102.60	XLON
15:59:49	201	102.50	TRQX
15:59:49	898	102.50	TRQX
16:02:42	961	102.30	TRQX
16:02:42	961	102.30	CHIX
16:02:42	961	102.30	BATE
16:04:12	71	102.30	XLON
16:04:12	890	102.30	XLON
16:09:58	25	102.30	CHIX
16:10:35	232	102.30	CHIX
16:11:07	961	102.30	XLON
16:16:50	397	102.30	XLON
16:21:24	179	102.30	XLON
16:22:09	262	102.50	BATE
16:22:09	343	102.50	TRQX
16:22:10	385	102.80	XLON
16:22:10	563	102.80	CHIX
16:22:10	398	102.80	CHIX
16:22:10	275	102.70	CHIX
16:22:10	686	102.70	CHIX
16:22:11	3,188	102.90	BATE
16:22:11	2,519	102.90	BATE
16:24:08	964	103.00	BATE
16:24:15	961	102.90	TRQX
16:24:15	961	102.90	CHIX
16:24:15	961	102.90	BATE
16:24:16	768	102.90	XLON
16:24:16	419	102.90	XLON
16:24:16	368	102.90	XLON
16:24:16	300	102.90	XLON
16:24:16	1,104	102.90	XLON
16:24:17	286	102.90	TRQX
16:24:17	300	102.90	TRQX
16:24:17	1,281	102.90	XLON
16:24:17	695	102.90	TRQX
16:24:17	1,282	102.90	CHIX
16:24:20	658	103.00	BATE
16:24:20	276	103.00	BATE
16:24:20	36	102.90	XLON
16:24:20	897	102.90	XLON
16:24:23	552	102.90	CHIX
16:24:25	961	102.90	XLON
16:25:19	765	102.80	XLON
16:25:19	348	102.80	TRQX
16:25:19	961	102.80	CHIX
16:25:19	961	102.80	BATE
16:25:19	196	102.80	XLON
16:25:19	613	102.80	TRQX
16:29:45	87	102.60	TRQX
16:29:56	176	102.60	CHIX
16:35:02	1,689	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	14,492	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	1	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	2,865	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	8,828	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	1,629	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	35	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	1,166	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	1,529	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	13,455	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	2	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	9,020	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	978	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	101	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	71	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	1	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	20,174	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	85,130	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	9,646	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	608	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	209	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	1,657	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	32,119	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	6,133	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	49	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	25,775	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	790	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	2,894	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	816	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	22,354	103.00	XLON
16:35:02	5,366	103.00	XLON