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	20 February 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	209,089
Weighted average price paid (p)	104.42
Highest price paid (p)	105.70
Lowest price paid (p)	102.70

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 18,603,370 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 731,955,334. 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 20 February 2023 is 731,955,334. 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	120,413	104.22
BATE	28,514	104.64
CHIX	34,176	104.69
TRQX	25,986	104.74

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Venue
08:02:03	283	102.7	XLON
08:02:04	326	103.5	XLON
08:05:04	170	104.9	XLON
08:05:05	196	104.9	XLON
08:05:07	43	104.9	XLON
08:05:08	49	104.8	XLON
08:05:09	11	105.2	XLON
08:05:10	12	105.6	XLON
08:05:12	3	105.6	XLON
08:14:54	128	104.6	XLON
08:14:54	128	104.6	TRQX
08:14:54	129	104.6	CHIX
08:14:54	129	104.6	BATE
08:14:54	1413	104.6	XLON
08:15:30	128	104.2	BATE
08:15:30	1321	104	XLON
08:15:31	465	104	XLON
08:15:31	464	104	TRQX
08:15:31	465	104	CHIX
08:15:31	465	104	BATE
08:15:34	219	103.4	XLON
08:15:34	134	103.4	CHIX
08:16:22	326	103.9	XLON
08:16:25	237	104.4	XLON
08:16:25	486	104.3	XLON
08:16:25	8	104.2	TRQX
08:16:25	477	104.2	TRQX
08:16:25	1444	103.7	BATE
08:18:42	893	104.3	XLON
08:18:42	378	104.1	CHIX
08:18:42	594	104.1	CHIX
08:18:45	367	104.3	CHIX
08:18:45	526	104.3	CHIX
08:19:01	904	105.6	CHIX
08:19:01	499	105.6	CHIX
08:19:01	893	105.2	XLON
08:19:01	920	105.1	XLON
08:19:01	451	105.1	XLON
08:29:16	1190	104.7	XLON
08:29:16	1191	104.7	BATE
08:29:16	1190	104.7	CHIX
08:35:25	834	104.85	BATE
08:35:25	418	104.7	TRQX
08:35:25	177	104.7	XLON
08:35:25	225	104.7	TRQX
08:35:25	617	104.7	XLON
08:35:25	150	104.7	TRQX
08:35:25	600	104.7	BATE
08:35:25	194	104.7	BATE
08:35:26	357	105.1	XLON
08:35:26	113	105.1	XLON
08:35:26	423	105.1	XLON
08:35:26	338	105	CHIX
08:35:26	474	105	CHIX
08:35:26	814	105	CHIX
08:37:34	892	105	TRQX
08:37:36	1123	105.3	TRQX
08:37:36	608	105.3	CHIX
08:37:36	285	105.3	CHIX
08:45:58	650	105.2	TRQX
08:45:58	1079	105.2	XLON
08:45:58	540	105.2	TRQX
08:46:00	11	105.7	CHIX
08:46:00	882	105.7	CHIX
08:46:00	893	105.6	XLON
08:46:00	127	105.6	XLON
08:46:00	4308	105.6	XLON
08:46:00	896	105.5	XLON
08:46:01	346	105.6	BATE
08:46:01	1296	105.6	BATE
08:46:22	1013	105.6	TRQX
08:46:22	548	105.6	TRQX
08:46:22	763	105.3	TRQX
08:46:22	1190	105.3	XLON
08:46:22	1191	105.3	CHIX
08:46:22	427	105.3	TRQX
08:46:22	893	105.3	BATE
08:48:13	855	105.2	XLON
08:48:13	893	105.2	BATE
08:48:13	38	105.2	XLON
08:48:13	893	105.2	CHIX
09:01:13	328	105.6	XLON
09:01:13	565	105.6	XLON
09:23:52	892	105.4	TRQX
09:23:52	893	105.4	CHIX
09:23:52	893	105.4	BATE
09:36:52	765	105.1	TRQX
09:36:52	893	105.1	BATE
09:36:52	893	105.1	CHIX
09:47:57	893	105.1	XLON
10:25:04	127	105.4	TRQX
10:25:04	893	105.4	XLON
10:25:04	1081	105.4	BATE
10:25:04	893	105.4	CHIX
10:25:04	577	105.4	BATE
10:25:05	1050	105.3	TRQX
10:25:05	1051	105.3	XLON
10:47:52	893	105.2	XLON
10:47:52	228	105.2	TRQX
10:47:52	664	105.2	TRQX
10:47:52	259	105.2	CHIX
10:47:52	259	105.2	BATE
10:47:52	634	105.2	CHIX
10:47:52	634	105.2	BATE
10:50:22	591	104.9	TRQX
10:50:22	524	104.9	XLON
10:50:22	420	104.9	BATE
10:50:22	706	104.9	CHIX
10:50:22	301	104.9	TRQX
10:50:22	369	104.9	XLON
10:50:22	187	104.9	CHIX
10:50:22	402	104.9	BATE
10:50:22	71	104.9	BATE
10:50:23	1535	104.8	BATE
11:46:10	566	104.7	TRQX
11:46:10	893	104.7	XLON
11:46:10	26	104.7	TRQX
11:46:10	82	104.7	CHIX
11:46:10	300	104.7	TRQX
11:46:10	114	104.7	BATE
11:46:10	811	104.7	CHIX
11:46:10	779	104.7	BATE
11:46:11	1459	104.5	XLON
11:46:12	285	104.4	CHIX
11:46:17	892	104.4	TRQX
11:46:17	893	104.4	XLON
11:46:17	259	104.4	CHIX
11:46:17	893	104.4	BATE
11:46:17	349	104.4	CHIX
11:56:53	280	104.2	BATE
12:53:11	1035	104.7	TRQX
12:53:11	1035	104.7	XLON
12:53:11	750	104.7	CHIX
12:53:11	471	104.7	BATE
12:55:25	533	104.6	TRQX
12:55:25	1175	104.6	XLON
12:55:25	642	104.6	TRQX
14:10:26	909	104.7	XLON
14:10:26	335	104.7	TRQX
14:10:26	877	104.7	CHIX
14:10:26	877	104.7	BATE
14:10:26	333	104.7	TRQX
14:10:26	197	104.7	TRQX
14:10:26	43	104.7	TRQX
14:10:33	725	104.5	TRQX
14:10:33	1060	104.5	XLON
14:10:33	1061	104.5	CHIX
14:10:33	725	104.5	BATE
14:59:02	233	104.8	TRQX
14:59:02	893	104.8	CHIX
14:59:02	530	104.8	XLON
14:59:02	893	104.8	BATE
14:59:02	195	104.8	TRQX
14:59:02	363	104.8	XLON
14:59:02	375	104.8	TRQX
14:59:02	89	104.8	TRQX
14:59:11	893	104.6	BATE
15:05:16	255	104.6	TRQX
15:05:16	893	104.6	XLON
15:05:16	893	104.6	CHIX
15:05:16	573	104.6	TRQX
15:05:16	64	104.6	TRQX
15:05:16	300	104.6	XLON
15:05:16	643	104.6	XLON
15:05:16	77	104.6	XLON
15:10:32	740	104.6	BATE
15:10:32	893	104.6	CHIX
15:12:22	1633	104.6	CHIX
15:14:49	893	104.8	XLON
15:14:49	1501	104.6	CHIX
15:21:06	163	104.6	TRQX
15:21:06	132	104.6	CHIX
15:21:06	153	104.6	BATE
15:21:06	339	104.6	TRQX
15:21:06	390	104.6	TRQX
15:21:06	1501	104.6	CHIX
15:24:21	893	104.3	CHIX
15:29:12	892	104.3	TRQX
15:29:12	307	104.3	XLON
15:29:12	893	104.3	BATE
15:29:12	586	104.3	XLON
15:36:14	893	104.1	CHIX
15:36:14	758	104.1	BATE
16:01:55	1651	104.1	CHIX
16:02:29	1	104.1	BATE
16:07:49	892	104.1	TRQX
16:07:49	1651	104.1	CHIX
16:07:49	420	104.1	XLON
16:07:49	134	104.1	BATE
16:07:49	473	104.1	XLON
16:07:52	1272	103.9	TRQX
16:07:52	1272	103.9	CHIX
16:18:29	767	103.8	BATE
16:20:42	766	103.8	XLON
16:20:42	766	103.8	TRQX
16:20:42	749	103.8	CHIX
16:20:42	749	103.8	BATE
16:20:54	759	104	TRQX
16:20:54	760	103.9	XLON
16:20:55	422	104	BATE
16:20:56	658	103.9	XLON
16:20:56	553	103.9	TRQX
16:20:56	105	103.7	TRQX
16:20:58	105	104	BATE
16:21:31	94	104	XLON
16:21:31	593	104	XLON
16:21:31	63	104	XLON
16:21:31	331	103.8	XLON
16:21:33	1537	104.1	XLON
16:21:33	751	104.1	XLON
16:21:33	47	104	BATE
16:29:05	109	104.1	XLON
16:29:05	1793	103.9	BATE
16:29:29	85	103.9	BATE
16:29:29	376	103.9	BATE
16:29:30	388	103.9	BATE
16:35:25	138	103.9	XLON
16:35:25	11296	103.9	XLON
16:35:25	94	103.9	XLON
16:35:25	877	103.9	XLON
16:35:25	2134	103.9	XLON
16:35:25	14529	103.9	XLON
16:35:25	731	103.9	XLON
16:35:25	12067	103.9	XLON
16:35:25	569	103.9	XLON
16:35:25	5549	103.9	XLON
16:35:25	3447	103.9	XLON
16:35:25	3622	103.9	XLON
16:35:25	741	103.9	XLON
16:35:25	1819	103.9	XLON
16:35:25	5239	103.9	XLON
16:35:25	211	103.9	XLON
16:35:25	5253	103.9	XLON
16:35:25	5852	103.9	XLON
16:35:25	666	103.9	XLON
16:35:25	384	103.9	XLON