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	11 August 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	222,707
Weighted average price paid (p)	154.41
Highest price paid (p)	155.50
Lowest price paid (p)	153.20

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 66,245,039 Ordinary Shares in treasury.

Additionally, on 11 August FirstGroup plc allotted 10,867 shares to satisfy obligations under the Share Incentive Plan (which is an all-employee share plan).

The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 684,449,976. 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 11 August 2023 is 684,449,976. 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 Tel: [phone]	Contacts at RBC Europe Limited: James Agnew / 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	154.50	142,029
BATE	154.23	19,354
CHIX	154.12	44,351
TRQX	154.60	16,973

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:02:27	1,422	154.50	TRQX
08:08:27	494	155.20	XLON
08:08:34	878	155.20	XLON
08:08:34	2,309	155.00	XLON
08:08:34	1295	155.00	XLON
08:08:34	3,587	155.20	XLON
08:09:33	3160	154.90	XLON
08:10:33	1281	154.80	XLON
08:14:21	1,948	154.10	BATE
08:14:21	73	154.00	CHIX
08:14:21	1,847	154.00	CHIX
08:14:21	336	154.10	BATE
08:14:21	575	154.10	BATE
08:16:30	1191	154.30	CHIX
08:27:30	1225	154.30	CHIX
08:46:43	1,333	154.00	CHIX
08:47:23	700	154.00	TRQX
08:47:23	658	154.00	TRQX
08:52:33	1415	153.80	XLON
08:56:07	2915	154.50	XLON
08:56:07	146	154.50	XLON
08:56:07	278	154.50	XLON
08:56:09	1,191	154.50	XLON
08:56:09	3,081	154.50	XLON
08:56:09	1,541	154.60	XLON
08:56:09	777	154.60	XLON
08:56:09	104	154.60	XLON
08:56:09	422	154.60	XLON
08:56:46	1,326	154.60	CHIX
08:58:17	700	154.80	XLON
08:58:17	578	154.80	XLON
08:58:27	1087	154.60	XLON
08:58:27	164	154.60	XLON
09:10:46	683	154.60	CHIX
09:10:49	478	154.60	CHIX
09:13:39	1,327	154.60	XLON
09:13:39	2,963	154.60	XLON
09:13:39	412	154.50	XLON
09:13:39	1,392	154.50	XLON
09:13:39	1,206	154.50	XLON
09:26:49	1,431	154.50	CHIX
09:27:42	577	154.30	BATE
09:27:43	818	154.30	BATE
09:28:43	132	154.60	BATE
09:28:43	667	154.60	BATE
09:28:43	1,184	154.60	BATE
09:29:17	641	154.50	XLON
09:29:17	783	154.50	XLON
09:29:43	45	154.60	TRQX
09:29:43	522	154.60	TRQX
09:29:43	776	154.60	TRQX
09:52:49	217	154.30	CHIX
09:52:49	1,119	154.30	CHIX
10:17:38	1,359	154.00	CHIX
10:21:19	1,182	153.80	XLON
10:31:38	274	153.70	CHIX
10:31:38	579	153.70	CHIX
10:31:38	365	153.70	CHIX
10:31:38	114	153.70	CHIX
10:31:38	3036	154.10	XLON
10:31:38	1,327	154.10	XLON
10:35:30	286	154.20	BATE
10:35:30	733	154.20	BATE
10:36:00	253	154.20	BATE
10:36:24	1,402	154.00	XLON
10:52:24	105	153.90	CHIX
10:52:24	1,145	153.90	CHIX
10:52:28	1,386	154.00	XLON
11:22:30	1,364	153.70	CHIX
11:28:46	512	154.20	XLON
11:28:46	816	154.20	XLON
11:28:46	514	154.20	XLON
11:28:46	447	154.20	XLON
11:28:46	80	154.20	XLON
11:28:46	1,995	154.20	XLON
11:41:32	1,299	154.10	CHIX
11:58:51	1,162	153.90	CHIX
11:58:51	178	153.90	TRQX
11:58:51	1,347	153.90	TRQX
12:23:54	1215	153.90	CHIX
12:50:54	723	153.90	CHIX
12:51:04	463	153.90	CHIX
12:51:04	710	153.90	XLON
12:51:04	435	153.90	XLON
13:06:07	1,250	153.80	CHIX
13:13:25	2,060	153.40	XLON
13:30:31	1,259	153.30	CHIX
14:04:10	453	153.20	XLON
14:04:10	1,084	153.30	XLON
14:04:10	66	153.20	CHIX
14:04:10	1746	153.30	CHIX
14:04:10	173	153.30	CHIX
14:04:10	1359	153.30	CHIX
14:16:11	1,325	153.30	CHIX
14:21:03	66	154.20	BATE
14:21:03	2,153	154.20	BATE
14:21:03	465	153.80	XLON
14:21:03	2,486	154.20	BATE
14:21:03	6,909	154.20	XLON
14:21:03	3,575	154.20	XLON
14:21:03	3,015	154.20	XLON
14:21:03	4112	154.20	XLON
14:21:04	2,608	154.20	XLON
14:21:04	3,892	154.20	XLON
14:21:04	165	154.20	XLON
14:21:04	514	154.20	XLON
14:21:04	5,843	154.20	XLON
14:21:04	694	154.10	XLON
14:21:04	819	154.10	XLON
14:21:04	5,429	154.20	XLON
14:22:53	1,351	154.00	TRQX
14:26:06	1,332	153.90	CHIX
14:37:49	700	154.20	XLON
14:37:49	1275	154.20	XLON
14:37:49	700	154.20	XLON
14:37:55	1,260	154.00	XLON
14:39:49	700	154.00	CHIX
14:39:49	620	154.00	CHIX
14:40:18	2,244	154.00	BATE
14:40:18	156	154.00	BATE
14:40:18	66	154.00	BATE
14:40:18	65	154.00	BATE
14:40:18	1,961	154.00	BATE
14:41:53	1,309	154.00	XLON
14:54:55	980	154.50	CHIX
14:54:55	181	154.50	CHIX
14:59:59	270	154.90	XLON
14:59:59	1414	154.90	XLON
14:59:59	1,925	154.80	XLON
15:01:11	767	154.20	CHIX
15:01:11	6	154.20	CHIX
15:01:53	1,302	154.50	TRQX
15:01:59	1719	154.50	XLON
15:04:35	604	154.20	CHIX
15:04:35	1,801	154.40	XLON
15:04:35	66	154.50	TRQX
15:04:35	1,244	154.50	TRQX
15:04:35	164	154.40	XLON
15:04:35	1	154.40	XLON
15:04:35	1,358	154.50	TRQX
15:04:35	329	154.40	XLON
15:04:35	682	154.40	XLON
15:10:35	1,449	154.50	XLON
15:10:35	1,449	154.50	XLON
15:11:48	1421	154.40	CHIX
15:13:36	2,175	154.90	TRQX
15:13:36	891	154.60	XLON
15:13:36	291	154.60	XLON
15:13:36	561	154.60	XLON
15:13:36	80	154.90	XLON
15:13:36	1,273	154.90	XLON
15:22:21	74	154.50	CHIX
15:26:40	2,060	154.80	XLON
15:26:40	1,396	154.80	CHIX
15:26:40	2,100	154.90	XLON
15:26:40	282	154.90	XLON
15:28:46	1,329	154.80	TRQX
15:31:46	438	155.50	TRQX
15:31:46	888	155.50	TRQX
15:31:46	1,174	155.50	TRQX
15:31:46	891	155.10	XLON
15:31:46	696	155.20	XLON
15:31:46	87	155.20	XLON
15:31:46	1,755	155.20	XLON
15:31:46	508	155.20	XLON
15:31:46	1644	155.40	XLON
15:31:46	1,909	155.40	XLON
15:31:46	1,712	155.40	XLON
15:32:21	1,400	155.20	XLON
15:32:21	204	155.20	XLON
15:35:26	1,270	154.90	CHIX
15:38:04	1,842	155.10	XLON
15:38:04	958	155.10	XLON
15:38:04	470	155.10	XLON
15:38:04	1,508	155.10	XLON
15:42:24	700	154.80	XLON
15:42:24	518	154.80	XLON
15:42:27	1,097	154.80	XLON
15:42:27	53	154.80	XLON
15:42:31	978	154.50	CHIX
15:48:27	700	154.60	XLON
15:48:27	666	154.60	XLON
15:51:31	1,352	154.60	CHIX
15:54:10	1393	154.50	XLON
15:57:10	1,412	154.30	BATE
16:03:39	700	154.60	XLON
16:03:39	480	154.60	XLON
16:03:52	1,438	154.60	CHIX
16:03:53	1,825	154.60	XLON
16:11:52	1,357	154.60	CHIX
16:12:10	700	154.70	BATE
16:12:10	536	154.70	BATE
16:19:01	5	154.50	CHIX
16:19:01	7	154.50	CHIX
16:19:01	163	154.50	CHIX
16:22:01	1,432	154.60	CHIX
16:27:53	138	154.80	XLON
16:27:53	1,268	154.80	XLON
16:27:53	1,316	154.90	XLON

 

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