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	24 April 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	386,949
Weighted average price paid (p)	109.49
Highest price paid (p)	111.30
Lowest price paid (p)	108.20

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 36,610,829 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 714,019,250. 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 24 April 2023 is 714,019,250. 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: 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	109.42	279,879
BATE	109.77	55,247
CHIX	109.57	40,325
TRQX	109.70	11,498

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Venue
08:01:52	790	109.30	XLON
08:01:52	289	109.30	XLON
08:01:52	1,328	109.30	XLON
08:01:52	2,468	109.30	XLON
08:04:02	184	109.10	XLON
08:04:02	2,434	109.10	XLON
08:07:50	2,931	109.10	XLON
08:08:53	1,500	108.70	XLON
08:10:53	2,550	109.10	XLON
08:11:53	3,618	108.90	XLON
08:15:54	2,634	108.70	XLON
08:15:54	2,437	108.70	XLON
08:16:10	2,290	108.40	XLON
08:16:10	2,379	108.40	CHIX
08:16:10	657	108.40	CHIX
08:16:10	2,427	108.50	XLON
08:19:11	2,184	108.20	XLON
08:23:43	1,876	108.30	BATE
08:23:43	1,105	108.30	BATE
08:30:11	2,250	108.60	XLON
08:31:38	2,833	108.60	XLON
08:31:38	2,286	108.70	XLON
08:31:38	901	108.70	XLON
08:31:38	2,919	108.60	BATE
08:33:27	2,547	108.50	XLON
08:41:13	2,157	108.60	XLON
08:41:13	2,145	108.60	XLON
08:41:13	144	108.60	XLON
08:41:13	337	108.60	XLON
08:41:13	651	108.60	XLON
08:42:29	2,564	109.10	XLON
08:42:52	9,252	109.60	XLON
08:43:10	2,699	109.80	CHIX
08:43:14	2,485	109.40	XLON
08:44:29	2,500	109.60	BATE
08:45:14	2,567	109.60	XLON
08:45:44	2,489	109.40	TRQX
08:45:48	2,756	109.40	XLON
08:45:59	2,605	109.00	XLON
08:49:33	2504	109.40	XLON
08:50:08	2,617	109.00	XLON
08:51:54	2,674	109.00	XLON
08:53:04	2,055	109.20	BATE
08:53:04	800	109.20	BATE
08:54:04	2,415	109.40	XLON
08:55:08	1,875	109.30	XLON
08:55:08	673	109.30	XLON
09:01:02	2,508	109.30	XLON
09:07:45	2,476	109.10	CHIX
09:11:38	819	109.00	XLON
09:11:38	1,600	109.00	XLON
09:38:17	2,693	109.10	XLON
09:47:17	784	109.00	XLON
09:47:17	1,600	109.00	XLON
09:55:55	1,989	109.00	CHIX
09:55:55	800	109.00	CHIX
09:59:17	2,241	109.00	XLON
10:17:15	1,656	109.00	XLON
10:17:20	764	109.00	XLON
10:36:42	1,828	109.10	TRQX
10:36:42	1,037	109.10	TRQX
10:37:31	763	109.00	XLON
10:37:31	1,546	109.00	XLON
10:44:40	2,768	109.30	CHIX
10:52:00	160	109.10	XLON
10:52:00	378	109.10	XLON
10:52:00	1,899	109.10	XLON
10:52:00	2,303	109.10	XLON
10:52:00	75	109.10	XLON
10:52:00	241	109.10	XLON
10:54:00	149	109.10	XLON
10:56:56	447	109.10	XLON
10:56:56	2,095	109.10	XLON
11:01:56	1,097	109.30	XLON
11:01:56	412	109.30	XLON
11:01:56	800	109.30	XLON
11:02:05	256	109.20	BATE
11:02:05	445	109.20	BATE
11:02:05	2,259	109.20	BATE
11:18:50	2,516	109.20	XLON
11:18:50	1,335	109.30	XLON
11:18:50	4,800	109.30	XLON
11:18:50	424	109.30	XLON
11:21:50	303	109.20	XLON
11:23:50	2,320	109.30	XLON
11:32:49	2,450	109.20	XLON
11:32:54	2,860	109.10	CHIX
11:41:54	2,408	108.90	XLON
11:46:54	2,442	108.90	XLON
11:54:05	2,472	108.90	BATE
11:58:18	2,464	108.90	XLON
11:58:18	877	108.80	XLON
11:58:18	800	108.80	XLON
11:58:18	800	108.80	XLON
12:21:18	2,619	109.10	XLON
12:29:26	2,432	108.80	XLON
12:40:05	379	109.00	BATE
12:40:05	2,453	109.00	BATE
12:40:06	12	108.90	XLON
12:40:06	395	108.90	XLON
12:40:40	4,049	109.00	XLON
12:40:40	2,815	109.00	CHIX
12:43:05	2,925	109.10	BATE
12:45:17	2,271	109.00	XLON
12:46:49	539	108.90	XLON
12:51:21	575	108.90	XLON
12:51:21	1,233	108.90	XLON
13:04:22	1,034	108.80	XLON
13:07:22	718	108.90	XLON
13:07:22	1,600	108.90	XLON
13:07:22	372	108.90	XLON
13:12:22	23	108.90	XLON
13:12:22	1,600	108.90	XLON
13:12:22	800	108.90	XLON
13:18:22	1,918	108.90	XLON
13:18:22	251	108.90	XLON
13:30:13	1,633	108.90	XLON
13:30:13	826	108.90	XLON
13:30:13	398	108.90	XLON
13:30:13	800	108.90	XLON
13:30:13	800	108.90	XLON
13:30:13	528	108.90	XLON
13:30:42	2,127	108.90	TRQX
13:30:42	948	108.90	TRQX
13:34:13	243	108.90	XLON
13:34:13	2,400	108.90	XLON
13:39:13	967	108.90	XLON
13:39:13	1,600	108.90	XLON
13:47:59	2,680	109.10	XLON
13:53:02	1,974	109.10	XLON
13:53:02	440	109.10	XLON
13:53:02	188	109.10	XLON
13:53:02	157	109.10	XLON
13:53:02	240	109.10	XLON
13:54:05	2,952	109.20	BATE
13:55:14	452	109.10	XLON
13:56:01	2,523	109.00	XLON
13:56:23	2,407	109.10	XLON
13:56:40	2,548	109.30	CHIX
13:59:00	2,306	110.10	XLON
14:00:00	2,820	110.30	CHIX
14:00:13	2,632	110.10	XLON
14:01:05	2,757	110.10	BATE
14:04:06	152	109.80	XLON
14:04:06	2,191	109.80	XLON
14:12:03	2,674	109.80	XLON
14:19:17	1,268	109.60	XLON
14:19:17	1,415	109.60	XLON
14:24:02	2,406	109.80	XLON
14:24:34	2,833	109.90	BATE
14:30:00	1,600	109.80	CHIX
14:30:00	1,248	109.80	CHIX
14:32:26	1,608	109.80	XLON
14:32:26	882	109.80	XLON
14:33:26	2,227	109.80	XLON
14:35:26	2,643	109.80	XLON
14:38:26	2,263	109.80	XLON
14:38:26	323	109.80	XLON
14:42:26	481	109.70	XLON
14:47:00	2,161	109.80	XLON
14:47:00	1,001	109.80	XLON
14:47:00	823	109.80	CHIX
14:47:00	2,087	109.80	CHIX
14:57:53	389	109.70	XLON
15:00:08	2,401	109.90	XLON
15:00:08	402	109.80	XLON
15:03:08	2,269	109.90	XLON
15:11:00	3,349	109.90	XLON
15:11:00	670	110.00	CHIX
15:11:00	800	110.00	CHIX
15:11:00	800	110.00	CHIX
15:11:00	800	110.00	CHIX
15:12:00	2,608	109.90	XLON
15:18:49	2,890	109.90	XLON
15:18:49	528	109.90	XLON
15:20:31	1,575	109.90	XLON
15:20:31	800	109.90	XLON
15:20:31	825	109.90	BATE
15:20:31	547	109.90	BATE
15:20:31	800	109.90	BATE
15:20:31	687	109.90	BATE
15:23:47	743	110.00	BATE
15:23:47	2,384	110.00	BATE
15:29:19	2,183	109.90	XLON
15:37:08	383	109.90	XLON
15:37:30	2,326	109.90	XLON
15:37:30	2,176	109.90	XLON
15:37:30	2,257	109.90	XLON
15:37:30	2,434	109.90	XLON
15:37:30	2,439	109.90	XLON
15:37:30	1,868	109.90	XLON
15:37:49	596	109.90	XLON
15:37:49	800	109.90	XLON
15:37:49	800	109.90	XLON
15:40:17	442	109.90	CHIX
15:40:17	275	109.90	CHIX
15:40:17	304	109.90	CHIX
15:40:17	800	109.90	CHIX
15:40:17	2,096	109.90	BATE
15:40:17	800	109.90	BATE
15:40:17	990	109.90	CHIX
15:40:17	800	109.90	XLON
15:40:17	1,437	109.90	XLON
15:41:49	532	109.90	XLON
15:43:17	967	109.90	XLON
15:44:17	555	109.90	XLON
15:45:17	409	109.90	XLON
15:46:46	2,513	109.90	XLON
15:49:49	565	109.90	XLON
15:54:20	1,220	110.10	XLON
15:54:20	664	110.10	XLON
15:54:20	800	110.10	XLON
15:54:20	2,400	110.10	XLON
15:54:20	2,964	110.00	XLON
16:00:43	2,595	110.20	XLON
16:05:00	2,506	110.10	XLON
16:06:17	2,672	110.60	BATE
16:07:17	2,906	110.60	CHIX
16:07:56	2,464	110.50	XLON
16:09:57	2,357	110.90	XLON
16:11:57	2,275	110.90	XLON
16:13:57	2,231	110.90	XLON
16:16:57	1,566	110.90	XLON
16:17:03	613	110.90	XLON
16:20:12	1,877	110.90	BATE
16:20:12	374	110.90	BATE
16:20:12	916	110.90	BATE
16:20:12	2,384	110.90	BATE
16:20:12	1,278	110.90	BATE
16:20:12	2,667	110.90	BATE
16:20:12	3,200	110.90	BATE
16:20:12	11	110.90	BATE
16:20:43	2,512	110.90	XLON
16:21:41	475	110.90	CHIX
16:21:41	494	110.90	CHIX
16:21:42	1,576	111.30	TRQX
16:21:42	1,493	111.30	TRQX
16:24:02	877	110.90	XLON
16:24:04	690	110.90	XLON
16:24:05	567	110.90	XLON
16:24:25	45	110.90	XLON
16:27:25	1,911	110.80	XLON
16:27:25	770	110.80	XLON