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 RBC Europe Limited.

Date of Purchase	8 November 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	439,000
Weighted average price paid (p)	160.41
Highest price paid (p)	161.20
Lowest price paid (p)	151.10

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 88,694,361 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 662,000,654 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 8 November 2023 is 662,000,654. 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: 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	378,023	160.57
BATE	9,786	160.11
CHIX	51,191	159.31

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

8:00:21	1364	151.10	CHIX
8:05:54	1364	157.90	CHIX
8:05:56	500	157.90	CHIX
8:05:56	864	157.90	CHIX
8:06:01	946	157.70	XLON
8:06:01	418	157.70	XLON
8:07:52	1,364	157.40	XLON
8:24:11	8	157.50	CHIX
8:24:11	500	157.50	CHIX
8:24:11	500	157.50	CHIX
8:24:11	356	157.50	CHIX
8:33:47	1,364	158.30	CHIX
8:48:49	1,364	158.20	XLON
8:52:11	654	157.90	CHIX
9:08:22	1364	158.80	BATE
9:08:26	551	158.70	CHIX
9:08:26	813	158.70	CHIX
9:20:06	49	158.70	CHIX
9:20:06	49	158.70	XLON
9:49:38	1364	158.40	CHIX
9:50:01	1000	158.10	CHIX
9:50:01	364	158.10	CHIX
10:11:42	1,115	158.40	BATE
10:11:42	249	158.40	BATE
10:32:51	1,364	158.30	CHIX
11:00:09	92	158.30	CHIX
11:00:09	691	158.30	CHIX
11:00:09	235	158.30	CHIX
11:00:09	346	158.30	CHIX
11:01:07	572	158.30	CHIX
11:01:35	792	158.30	CHIX
11:19:09	1,364	159.00	CHIX
11:19:15	15	159.00	CHIX
11:19:15	1,349	159.00	CHIX
11:19:26	1,364	158.80	CHIX
11:28:17	1,364	158.70	CHIX
12:24:04	1,364	159.60	CHIX
12:24:19	1,364	159.60	CHIX
12:30:55	1000	159.70	CHIX
12:30:55	364	159.70	CHIX
12:30:59	1364	159.60	BATE
13:06:38	1,364	159.50	CHIX
13:07:38	1,364	159.40	CHIX
13:36:05	1,364	159.10	CHIX
13:57:36	1364	159.20	CHIX
14:17:37	1364	160.00	CHIX
14:18:23	1364	160.00	CHIX
14:26:55	1,364	160.70	CHIX
14:29:51	1,364	160.80	CHIX
14:29:52	1042	160.70	CHIX
14:29:52	322	160.70	CHIX
14:29:54	1,364	160.70	CHIX
14:32:11	393	160.40	BATE
14:32:11	393	160.40	BATE
14:32:11	578	160.40	BATE
14:44:08	1,364	160.80	CHIX
15:02:07	1,364	160.90	CHIX
15:05:09	1364	160.70	CHIX
15:20:38	1364	161.20	CHIX
15:22:19	1364	161.10	BATE
15:22:22	705	161.00	CHIX
15:22:22	659	161.00	CHIX
15:22:56	296	160.90	CHIX
15:22:56	1,068	160.90	CHIX
15:27:39	1,364	160.70	XLON
15:27:43	1364	160.70	XLON
15:27:49	1,364	160.70	XLON
15:28:02	1,364	160.70	XLON
15:42:13	238	161.10	BATE
15:43:41	367	161.20	BATE
15:43:41	997	161.20	BATE
15:48:04	1,364	161.10	BATE
15:50:08	318	160.80	CHIX
15:51:12	668	160.80	CHIX
15:51:12	378	160.80	CHIX
15:52:36	257	160.70	CHIX
16:07:57	275	160.70	CHIX
16:13:47	181	160.90	CHIX
16:14:08	1,183	160.90	CHIX
16:15:37	460	160.70	XLON
16:15:37	904	160.70	XLON
16:17:28	310	160.60	CHIX
16:18:11	331	160.60	CHIX
16:26:21	207	160.60	CHIX
16:29:50	4	160.80	CHIX
16:35:11	6123	160.60	XLON
16:35:11	7,726	160.60	XLON
16:35:11	1,589	160.60	XLON
16:35:11	3,015	160.60	XLON
16:35:11	18,307	160.60	XLON
16:35:11	8257	160.60	XLON
16:35:11	23,536	160.60	XLON
16:35:11	22008	160.60	XLON
16:35:11	5918	160.60	XLON
16:35:11	17,723	160.60	XLON
16:35:11	116,228	160.60	XLON
16:35:11	32,606	160.60	XLON
16:35:11	69,984	160.60	XLON
16:35:11	34,042	160.60	XLON

 

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