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 8 June 2023, it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”) through Liberum Capital Limited.

Date of Purchase	08 August 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	351,749
Weighted average price paid (p)	149.28
Highest price paid (p)	150.90
Lowest price paid (p)	147.00

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 65,266,517 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 685,417,631. 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 08 August 2023 is 685,417,631. 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	149.19	203,686
BATE	149.33	73,133
CHIX	149.41	46,918
TRQX	149.59	28,012

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:00:45	1,318	149.10	TRQX
08:03:56	2,862	147.00	BATE
08:03:57	1,579	147.00	BATE
08:05:40	500	147.40	XLON
08:05:43	367	147.50	XLON
08:05:43	935	147.50	XLON
08:06:43	1332	148.30	BATE
08:06:46	3316	148.20	XLON
08:06:46	2,927	148.40	XLON
08:06:46	1,192	148.40	XLON
08:07:46	1,253	148.20	XLON
08:09:00	1,400	148.40	BATE
08:09:00	551	148.40	BATE
08:09:46	1732	148.40	XLON
08:10:03	1348	148.80	BATE
08:10:46	1,362	148.20	XLON
08:10:59	805	148.40	CHIX
08:10:59	608	148.40	CHIX
08:12:47	1297	148.20	XLON
08:15:19	1415	148.40	XLON
08:16:59	2145	148.80	BATE
08:17:19	1323	148.70	XLON
08:18:40	1,202	149.10	BATE
08:19:18	1,059	149.00	CHIX
08:19:18	120	149.00	CHIX
08:19:19	1,078	149.10	XLON
08:19:19	328	149.10	XLON
08:21:19	1,000	149.10	XLON
08:21:19	304	149.10	XLON
08:21:19	15	149.10	XLON
08:22:00	1,405	148.80	BATE
08:23:39	1155	148.80	XLON
08:23:39	1,399	148.50	BATE
08:23:39	1,261	148.80	TRQX
08:25:19	1,287	148.60	XLON
08:28:19	1,214	148.70	XLON
08:29:19	1,097	148.70	XLON
08:29:19	151	148.70	XLON
08:29:52	911	149.00	BATE
08:29:52	807	149.00	BATE
08:30:02	427	148.90	CHIX
08:30:02	900	148.90	CHIX
08:31:10	1,321	148.80	BATE
08:31:19	1,376	149.00	XLON
08:33:19	1,409	149.10	XLON
08:34:10	1,270	149.00	BATE
08:35:19	1,302	149.10	XLON
08:38:20	1,200	149.00	XLON
08:38:20	148	149.00	XLON
08:38:30	1,209	149.00	BATE
08:38:30	203	149.00	BATE
08:39:20	895	148.60	XLON
08:39:20	437	148.60	XLON
08:40:12	1,250	148.60	CHIX
08:41:33	928	148.40	XLON
08:41:33	330	148.40	XLON
08:42:29	1162	148.30	BATE
08:42:35	590	148.20	XLON
08:46:35	1,262	148.80	XLON
08:46:47	1251	148.90	TRQX
08:48:35	700	149.00	XLON
08:48:35	441	149.00	XLON
08:50:29	1432	149.40	BATE
08:50:36	1,391	149.30	XLON
08:51:05	1,227	149.00	CHIX
08:53:36	1262	149.30	XLON
08:54:36	1,324	149.10	XLON
08:58:36	1,279	148.80	XLON
09:00:36	1,424	148.80	XLON
09:01:46	161	148.10	XLON
09:07:46	1,155	148.40	XLON
09:07:46	1158	148.40	XLON
09:07:46	1190	148.40	XLON
09:07:46	1438	148.40	CHIX
09:10:27	1,301	148.50	TRQX
09:10:46	1,390	148.60	XLON
09:10:51	1,393	148.50	BATE
09:13:07	1,070	148.40	XLON
09:13:07	152	148.40	XLON
09:16:07	1160	148.50	XLON
09:19:07	869	148.50	XLON
09:19:07	517	148.50	XLON
09:21:10	1,311	148.40	XLON
09:22:03	1,215	148.30	CHIX
09:25:10	1,404	148.50	XLON
09:28:10	1,401	148.50	XLON
09:29:54	328	148.10	XLON
09:31:54	1,329	148.50	XLON
09:31:56	941	148.10	XLON
09:31:56	1,389	148.10	TRQX
09:37:09	913	148.10	XLON
09:38:02	256	148.10	XLON
09:40:20	1112	147.80	XLON
09:40:20	72	147.80	XLON
09:41:37	1,396	147.90	BATE
09:43:43	1,418	147.60	XLON
09:46:03	1,210	147.60	CHIX
09:50:43	74	147.80	XLON
09:51:46	227	147.80	XLON
09:56:17	1,378	147.80	XLON
09:56:17	1,056	147.80	XLON
09:56:17	1232	147.80	XLON
10:00:59	1,754	148.30	BATE
10:01:16	1,332	148.40	XLON
10:03:27	1,153	148.50	XLON
10:04:59	1,265	148.80	BATE
10:05:27	1,321	148.70	XLON
10:11:14	399	148.70	XLON
10:11:14	1021	148.70	XLON
10:11:14	1,410	148.70	XLON
10:12:41	1,296	149.30	CHIX
10:12:59	1,308	149.10	BATE
10:14:09	1291	149.30	TRQX
10:17:22	1425	149.30	XLON
10:17:22	2,513	149.30	BATE
10:20:22	1,315	149.30	XLON
10:24:17	700	149.30	XLON
10:24:17	489	149.30	XLON
10:24:17	141	149.30	CHIX
10:24:17	25	149.30	CHIX
10:24:17	1,244	149.30	CHIX
10:24:22	1,161	149.60	BATE
10:24:22	700	149.70	BATE
10:24:22	532	149.70	BATE
10:27:07	1153	149.60	XLON
10:29:34	1,287	149.50	XLON
10:34:57	1,241	149.70	XLON
10:37:57	1144	149.70	XLON
10:39:50	1,420	149.60	XLON
10:43:17	552	149.60	CHIX
10:43:17	896	149.60	CHIX
10:44:27	1,353	149.60	XLON
10:48:27	746	149.60	XLON
10:48:27	472	149.60	XLON
10:50:50	1,256	149.60	TRQX
10:51:27	1382	149.50	XLON
10:57:27	1,182	149.30	XLON
10:57:27	845	149.30	XLON
10:57:27	508	149.30	XLON
11:00:00	1,587	149.70	BATE
11:00:00	1,581	149.70	BATE
11:03:24	1,192	149.30	XLON
11:05:23	1,424	149.30	XLON
11:05:23	1,299	149.30	CHIX
11:09:23	139	149.30	XLON
11:09:23	1,037	149.30	XLON
11:12:23	1,365	149.20	XLON
11:16:23	1253	149.20	XLON
11:22:01	1,264	149.40	TRQX
11:30:50	1,328	149.30	XLON
11:30:50	1,394	149.30	XLON
11:30:50	1,348	149.30	XLON
11:30:50	74	149.30	XLON
11:30:50	1,228	149.30	XLON
11:30:50	1,278	149.30	CHIX
11:30:50	1,393	149.30	XLON
11:37:44	816	148.70	XLON
11:37:44	413	148.70	XLON
11:41:44	1,296	149.00	XLON
11:45:27	873	149.00	XLON
11:45:27	395	149.00	XLON
11:49:27	1146	149.30	XLON
11:49:27	216	149.20	CHIX
11:49:27	1,110	149.20	CHIX
11:49:27	1,245	149.30	CHIX
11:49:33	1146	149.00	XLON
11:54:33	1,371	148.90	XLON
11:57:59	415	148.90	TRQX
11:57:59	946	148.90	TRQX
11:58:33	1,378	148.90	XLON
12:01:33	1,424	148.90	XLON
12:09:27	1,200	148.70	XLON
12:09:27	1,327	148.70	XLON
12:11:30	883	148.70	XLON
12:11:30	334	148.70	XLON
12:22:08	2459	149.30	XLON
12:22:11	1,372	149.00	BATE
12:24:08	1,177	149.30	XLON
12:27:11	1,252	149.30	XLON
12:28:10	1,258	149.30	CHIX
12:30:10	700	149.30	XLON
12:30:10	530	149.30	XLON
12:34:10	1,331	149.30	XLON
12:38:10	1266	149.30	XLON
12:38:10	1,301	149.80	TRQX
12:39:31	1,445	149.30	BATE
12:41:36	1,355	149.10	CHIX
12:41:37	389	149.00	XLON
12:41:37	700	149.00	XLON
12:41:37	93	149.00	XLON
12:51:15	1,296	149.00	XLON
12:51:15	1,219	149.00	XLON
12:51:16	711	149.00	XLON
12:51:16	600	149.00	XLON
12:51:16	31	149.00	XLON
12:56:16	1,000	149.00	XLON
12:56:16	155	149.00	XLON
12:59:16	200	149.00	XLON
12:59:31	130	149.30	BATE
12:59:31	700	149.30	BATE
12:59:31	546	149.30	BATE
12:59:31	700	149.30	BATE
12:59:31	700	149.30	BATE
13:00:31	1,284	149.70	XLON
13:02:42	815	149.50	XLON
13:02:42	417	149.50	XLON
13:03:33	700	149.60	BATE
13:03:33	369	149.60	BATE
13:03:33	400	149.60	BATE
13:03:33	1338	149.50	CHIX
13:05:10	1062	149.60	TRQX
13:05:10	379	149.60	TRQX
13:06:27	589	149.30	XLON
13:08:27	1,150	149.50	XLON
13:11:27	1,161	149.50	XLON
13:12:12	631	149.30	XLON
13:12:12	99	149.30	XLON
13:15:20	700	149.10	XLON
13:15:20	677	149.10	XLON
13:18:20	273	149.30	XLON
13:18:20	920	149.30	XLON
13:20:20	700	149.30	XLON
13:20:20	526	149.30	XLON
13:22:33	1,400	149.30	BATE
13:22:33	22	149.30	BATE
13:22:33	660	149.30	CHIX
13:22:33	700	149.30	CHIX
13:24:20	700	149.30	XLON
13:24:20	545	149.30	XLON
13:27:20	1183	149.30	XLON
13:30:23	1,197	149.30	XLON
13:32:23	110	149.70	XLON
13:32:23	1,253	149.70	XLON
13:34:09	1,340	149.10	XLON
13:34:09	1246	149.10	TRQX
13:36:21	2,142	149.70	BATE
13:36:21	1,323	149.50	XLON
13:38:34	1,402	149.40	XLON
13:38:34	1,259	149.40	CHIX
13:42:35	1,391	149.40	XLON
13:45:27	1,307	149.40	XLON
13:48:27	662	149.40	XLON
13:48:27	742	149.40	XLON
13:50:27	459	149.40	CHIX
13:50:27	700	149.40	CHIX
13:50:27	269	149.40	CHIX
13:50:27	1,270	149.40	XLON
13:54:27	530	149.40	XLON
13:55:21	1,556	149.90	BATE
13:55:21	1610	149.90	BATE
13:56:21	982	149.70	XLON
13:56:21	25	149.70	XLON
13:56:21	258	149.70	XLON
14:00:11	1,407	149.70	XLON
14:00:11	1,208	149.70	XLON
14:02:16	200	149.60	XLON
14:04:27	1,314	149.70	XLON
14:05:27	700	149.70	XLON
14:05:27	639	149.70	XLON
14:07:27	1408	149.70	XLON
14:07:27	80	149.70	CHIX
14:07:27	1,359	149.70	CHIX
14:11:22	657	149.40	TRQX
14:11:24	449	149.40	TRQX
14:11:24	23	149.40	TRQX
14:21:46	207	149.60	CHIX
14:21:46	21	149.60	CHIX
14:23:46	533	149.70	CHIX
14:23:46	729	149.70	CHIX
14:31:46	1,373	149.60	CHIX
14:32:58	1,276	149.60	XLON
14:43:29	1,394	149.60	CHIX
15:01:17	265	149.40	CHIX
15:03:18	1,518	149.70	BATE
15:03:18	768	149.60	BATE
15:03:18	700	149.60	BATE
15:03:18	106	149.60	BATE
15:03:18	391	149.60	CHIX
15:03:18	206	149.60	CHIX
15:03:18	1,001	149.60	CHIX
15:03:18	1,536	149.60	XLON
15:03:18	644	149.70	XLON
15:03:22	804	149.70	XLON
15:03:49	2,000	149.70	XLON
15:03:49	139	149.70	XLON
15:03:49	1,402	149.70	XLON
15:10:06	365	149.60	CHIX
15:11:17	256	149.60	CHIX
15:11:17	206	149.60	CHIX
15:11:17	587	149.60	CHIX
15:19:17	700	149.60	CHIX
15:19:17	579	149.60	CHIX
15:25:17	1,262	149.90	XLON
15:25:17	640	149.90	XLON
15:25:17	2,100	149.90	XLON
15:25:17	281	149.90	XLON
15:25:17	700	149.90	XLON
15:25:17	700	149.90	XLON
15:25:17	122	149.90	XLON
15:25:17	596	149.90	XLON
15:25:30	1,663	149.80	TRQX
15:32:00	1,424	149.90	CHIX
15:36:00	1,182	149.90	CHIX
15:45:00	114	150.20	TRQX
15:45:00	2,109	150.60	XLON
15:45:00	1,400	150.50	BATE
15:45:00	65	150.50	BATE
15:45:00	3,064	150.50	BATE
15:45:00	700	150.50	BATE
15:45:00	700	150.50	BATE
15:45:00	2,100	150.50	BATE
15:45:00	738	150.50	BATE
15:45:00	468	150.40	TRQX
15:45:00	3,458	150.60	BATE
15:45:00	1,400	150.70	BATE
15:45:00	1,400	150.70	BATE
15:45:00	1,086	150.70	BATE
15:45:00	982	150.70	BATE
15:45:00	428	150.60	BATE
15:45:00	182	150.40	TRQX
15:45:00	37	150.60	XLON
15:45:00	1	150.60	XLON
15:45:01	482	150.60	XLON
15:45:01	477	150.60	XLON
15:45:01	358	150.60	XLON
15:45:05	1,643	150.50	XLON
15:45:13	2,023	150.40	XLON
15:45:13	853	150.30	XLON
15:45:13	335	150.30	XLON
15:46:47	1186	150.30	TRQX
15:46:47	4298	150.30	TRQX
15:46:48	326	150.20	CHIX
15:46:48	1069	150.20	CHIX
15:52:33	2218	150.00	XLON
15:52:33	1888	150.00	XLON
15:53:48	110	150.20	XLON
15:53:48	2390	150.20	XLON
15:55:48	49	150.30	CHIX
15:56:48	530	150.60	CHIX
15:56:48	700	150.60	CHIX
15:56:48	700	150.60	XLON
15:56:48	260	150.60	XLON
15:56:48	434	150.60	XLON
16:00:47	1421	150.40	TRQX
16:05:35	700	150.50	CHIX
16:05:35	602	150.50	CHIX
16:05:48	700	150.50	XLON
16:05:48	700	150.50	XLON
16:05:48	17	150.50	XLON
16:11:35	1350	150.50	CHIX
16:17:35	83	150.80	XLON
16:17:35	204	150.80	XLON
16:17:35	700	150.80	XLON
16:17:35	700	150.80	XLON
16:17:35	21	150.80	XLON
16:17:35	31	150.80	XLON
16:17:35	1117	150.80	XLON
16:17:35	1400	150.90	XLON
16:17:42	1261	150.80	XLON
16:17:42	1390	150.80	XLON
16:17:44	70	150.50	CHIX
16:19:03	1105	150.50	CHIX
16:20:49	789	150.60	TRQX
16:20:49	20	150.60	TRQX
16:21:59	1035	150.70	TRQX
16:21:59	13	150.70	TRQX
16:21:59	14	150.70	TRQX

 

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