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	31 May 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	385,486
Weighted average price paid (p)	114.93
Highest price paid (p)	115.80
Lowest price paid (p)	114.00

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 46,208,539 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 704,439,779. 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 31 May 2023 is 704,439,779. 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	114.92	246,550
BATE	114.90	53,191
CHIX	114.99	59,426
TRQX	114.98	26,319

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Venue
08:05:33	998	115	BATE
08:05:33	697	115	BATE
08:05:33	2400	115	BATE
08:05:33	478	115	BATE
08:05:33	904	115.2	XLON
08:05:33	319	115.2	XLON
08:05:33	2642	115.2	XLON
08:05:33	245	115.2	XLON
08:05:33	3203	115.2	XLON
08:05:33	2950	115.2	XLON
08:08:53	2718	115	BATE
08:08:53	3186	115.1	XLON
08:09:53	3564	115.1	XLON
08:14:53	3363	115.1	XLON
08:15:18	2623	115	BATE
08:18:58	932	115.1	XLON
08:18:58	1200	115.1	XLON
08:18:58	1200	115.1	XLON
08:19:35	3013	115.1	CHIX
08:37:12	3586	115.7	XLON
08:37:12	851	115.7	CHIX
08:37:12	2197	115.7	CHIX
09:07:37	1032	115.5	TRQX
09:07:37	1488	115.5	TRQX
09:07:37	63	115.5	TRQX
09:08:50	4947	115.8	XLON
09:08:53	2496	115.8	CHIX
09:09:18	1197	115.6	BATE
09:09:18	1818	115.6	BATE
09:09:50	3502	115.6	XLON
09:14:50	3249	115.5	XLON
09:24:50	2617	115.2	XLON
09:24:50	514	115.2	XLON
09:24:55	317	115.1	CHIX
09:24:55	501	115.1	CHIX
09:34:27	30	115.1	CHIX
09:34:27	72	115.1	CHIX
09:34:27	1732	115.1	CHIX
09:50:54	133	115	CHIX
09:50:58	2099	115	CHIX
09:50:58	558	115	CHIX
09:51:52	3600	115.2	BATE
09:51:52	165	115.2	BATE
09:52:37	2633	115.3	TRQX
09:52:50	3577	115.6	XLON
10:09:40	1106	115.4	XLON
10:09:40	1968	115.4	XLON
10:09:40	400	115.4	XLON
10:09:40	3600	115.4	XLON
10:09:41	1900	115.5	BATE
10:09:41	1200	115.5	BATE
10:09:41	1238	115.5	BATE
10:09:41	4547	115.3	BATE
10:09:44	3867	115.3	XLON
10:09:53	2979	115.2	XLON
10:11:53	3328	115	XLON
10:26:26	221	114.7	CHIX
10:29:02	1071	115	XLON
10:29:02	1200	115	XLON
10:29:02	1200	115	XLON
10:29:26	3	115	CHIX
10:29:55	1282	115.1	CHIX
10:29:55	1300	115.1	CHIX
10:32:02	2291	115	XLON
10:32:02	1019	115	XLON
10:36:02	1778	114.8	XLON
10:36:02	1200	114.8	XLON
10:56:06	382	114.5	CHIX
11:03:02	3237	114.8	XLON
11:03:02	1200	114.8	XLON
11:03:02	2	114.8	XLON
11:03:02	12	114.8	XLON
11:03:02	58	114.8	XLON
11:13:37	370	114.8	TRQX
11:13:37	354	114.8	TRQX
11:13:37	462	114.8	TRQX
11:13:55	182	114.8	TRQX
11:13:55	1653	114.8	TRQX
11:16:34	2771	115.1	CHIX
11:16:34	247	115	CHIX
11:16:34	2400	115	CHIX
11:16:34	115	115	CHIX
11:16:34	258	115	CHIX
11:21:55	3577	114.9	XLON
11:47:13	1490	114.8	XLON
11:47:13	2400	114.8	XLON
12:02:02	3377	115.1	XLON
12:02:02	238	115.1	XLON
12:02:02	100	114.9	XLON
12:15:02	3648	115.5	XLON
12:15:34	1021	115.4	CHIX
12:15:34	1705	115.4	CHIX
12:17:02	1021	115.3	TRQX
12:17:02	1274	115.3	TRQX
12:17:02	222	115.3	TRQX
12:28:39	3752	115.1	XLON
12:59:02	2064	115	CHIX
12:59:02	745	115	CHIX
12:59:39	1079	114.9	XLON
12:59:39	2400	114.9	XLON
13:20:03	81	114.7	TRQX
13:24:15	605	115.1	TRQX
13:24:15	2120	115.1	TRQX
13:25:15	471	115	CHIX
13:25:15	2455	115	CHIX
13:27:39	1857	114.8	XLON
13:27:39	354	114.8	XLON
13:27:39	1200	114.8	XLON
13:36:17	2624	114.5	BATE
13:38:39	2977	115	XLON
13:38:39	318	115	XLON
13:38:39	329	115	XLON
13:38:39	1200	115	XLON
13:38:39	1480	115	XLON
13:41:39	109	115.1	XLON
13:41:39	1200	115.1	XLON
13:41:39	1892	115.1	XLON
13:53:06	1199	115	CHIX
13:53:06	1827	115	CHIX
13:54:55	4040	115	XLON
13:54:55	3206	115	XLON
14:11:38	2714	115	BATE
14:11:38	2633	115.1	TRQX
14:11:38	286	115.1	TRQX
14:19:06	2572	115	CHIX
14:30:01	892	114.9	CHIX
14:30:01	1200	114.9	CHIX
14:30:01	458	114.9	CHIX
14:32:14	6088	114.8	XLON
14:32:14	940	114.8	XLON
14:32:14	4459	114.9	XLON
14:32:14	2400	114.9	XLON
14:41:04	784	114.5	CHIX
14:41:04	1200	114.5	CHIX
14:41:05	1064	114.5	CHIX
14:54:38	294	114	TRQX
14:54:38	1727	114	TRQX
14:57:05	2690	114.1	CHIX
14:57:14	384	114.2	XLON
14:57:14	917	114.2	XLON
14:57:14	2400	114.2	XLON
14:58:03	2417	114.3	XLON
14:58:03	1200	114.3	XLON
15:00:01	1734	114.1	BATE
15:00:01	922	114.1	BATE
15:00:16	858	114	TRQX
15:01:34	1873	114.3	XLON
15:01:34	1200	114.3	XLON
15:01:34	3640	114.3	XLON
15:01:34	2971	114.3	XLON
15:01:50	9188	114.5	XLON
15:01:50	3758	114.5	BATE
15:02:00	2659	114.5	BATE
15:06:34	1026	114	XLON
15:06:34	152	114	XLON
15:06:34	801	114	XLON
15:06:34	1200	114	XLON
15:15:16	1200	114.2	CHIX
15:15:16	1200	114.2	CHIX
15:15:16	235	114.2	CHIX
15:15:34	2500	114.1	XLON
15:15:34	1200	114.1	XLON
15:19:10	201	114	BATE
15:19:10	1630	114	BATE
15:19:10	1200	114	BATE
15:20:09	530	114.2	XLON
15:20:09	1000	114.2	XLON
15:20:09	80	114.1	XLON
15:20:09	1528	114.1	XLON
15:20:09	976	114	XLON
15:21:09	204	114.5	XLON
15:21:09	2869	114.5	XLON
15:21:09	1200	114.5	XLON
15:21:09	7120	114.5	XLON
15:21:09	2309	114.5	XLON
15:21:10	890	114.8	XLON
15:21:10	2658	114.8	XLON
15:21:10	7200	114.8	XLON
15:21:10	1200	114.8	BATE
15:21:10	1458	114.8	BATE
15:21:10	716	114.7	BATE
15:21:10	715	114.7	BATE
15:21:10	3270	114.8	BATE
15:21:13	3417	114.8	XLON
15:28:38	1572	114.7	TRQX
15:28:38	1045	114.7	TRQX
15:37:42	930	114.8	XLON
15:37:42	648	114.8	XLON
15:37:42	2252	114.8	XLON
15:37:43	4563	114.8	XLON
15:37:43	2584	114.8	XLON
15:37:43	2961	114.8	CHIX
15:46:43	3085	114.8	CHIX
15:48:44	619	114.8	XLON
15:48:44	13	114.8	XLON
15:48:44	2400	114.8	XLON
15:52:42	25	114.9	XLON
15:52:42	16	114.9	XLON
15:52:42	154	114.9	XLON
15:52:42	341	114.9	XLON
15:52:42	873	114.9	XLON
15:52:42	843	114.9	XLON
15:52:42	1200	114.9	XLON
15:59:38	336	115.1	TRQX
15:59:38	1424	115.1	TRQX
15:59:38	1200	115.1	TRQX
16:02:42	2372	115.3	XLON
16:02:42	1200	115.3	XLON
16:02:42	2345	115.3	XLON
16:02:42	1304	115.3	XLON
16:04:43	875	115.2	CHIX
16:04:43	1833	115.2	CHIX
16:15:37	910	115.1	XLON
16:15:37	1200	115.1	XLON
16:15:37	2523	115.1	XLON
16:15:37	980	115.1	XLON
16:16:35	1200	115.1	XLON
16:16:35	510	115.1	XLON
16:16:35	1124	115.1	BATE
16:19:37	1200	115.1	XLON
16:19:37	1515	115.1	BATE
16:19:37	116	115.1	TRQX
16:19:37	306	115.1	TRQX
16:19:37	154	115.1	TRQX
16:19:49	1822	115.1	XLON
16:20:12	141	115.1	CHIX
16:20:12	2000	115.1	CHIX
16:20:12	172	115.1	BATE
16:20:12	571	115.1	CHIX
16:20:12	808	115.1	TRQX
16:21:49	1805	114.8	XLON
16:21:49	1200	114.8	XLON
16:24:53	3513	115.1	XLON
16:24:53	1200	115	XLON
16:24:53	598	115	XLON
16:24:53	31	115	XLON
16:24:53	1200	115	XLON
16:24:53	3600	115	XLON

 

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