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	18 January 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	293,894
Weighted average price paid (p)	169.49
Highest price paid (p)	173.70
Lowest price paid (p)	168.20

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 99,684,883 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 651,010,132. 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 18 January 2024 is 651,010,132. 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 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	169.49	188,727
BATE	169.49	53,834
CHIX	169.50	35,302
TRQX	169.49	16,031

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:00:15	1240	172.30	TRQX
08:00:16	620	173.70	CHIX
08:00:16	527	172.40	CHIX
08:01:14	528	169.60	BATE
08:01:14	595	169.60	BATE
08:01:14	1,165	169.50	XLON
08:01:14	518	169.50	XLON
08:03:14	1,231	170.00	BATE
08:03:14	1273	169.80	CHIX
08:04:13	345	168.70	XLON
08:04:13	1,524	168.70	XLON
08:04:13	519	168.70	XLON
08:04:13	1977	168.70	XLON
08:04:13	1,597	168.90	XLON
08:05:14	163	169.90	BATE
08:05:14	1,034	169.90	BATE
08:05:14	1,530	169.80	XLON
08:05:14	2,623	169.80	XLON
08:05:14	430	169.80	XLON
08:05:14	155	170.00	XLON
08:05:14	1,519	170.00	XLON
08:06:34	4,244	170.10	XLON
08:06:34	500	170.10	XLON
08:06:34	52	170.10	XLON
08:08:02	1,439	170.10	XLON
08:08:03	706	169.80	XLON
08:08:03	955	169.80	XLON
08:08:03	1701	169.80	XLON
08:10:03	1,000	169.60	XLON
08:10:03	242	169.60	XLON
08:10:03	354	169.60	XLON
08:10:55	26	169.60	BATE
08:11:28	1,118	169.60	BATE
08:11:28	135	169.30	XLON
08:11:28	88	169.30	XLON
08:11:28	1,000	169.30	XLON
08:11:28	327	169.30	XLON
08:19:45	1000	169.50	CHIX
08:19:45	164	169.50	CHIX
08:19:45	155	169.80	XLON
08:19:45	1514	169.80	XLON
08:19:45	1,724	169.90	XLON
08:19:45	683	170.10	XLON
08:19:45	1,097	170.10	XLON
08:19:45	522	170.10	XLON
08:21:14	954	169.80	XLON
08:21:14	650	169.80	XLON
08:22:00	218	169.60	BATE
08:22:00	50	169.60	BATE
08:22:00	1512	169.60	BATE
08:22:00	528	169.80	BATE
08:22:00	749	169.90	BATE
08:24:21	1205	169.20	XLON
08:24:21	346	169.20	XLON
08:34:09	520	168.60	TRQX
08:34:09	559	168.60	TRQX
08:35:21	1,244	168.80	BATE
08:35:34	500	168.70	XLON
08:35:34	1,185	168.70	XLON
08:35:34	533	168.60	CHIX
08:35:34	500	168.60	CHIX
08:35:34	34	168.60	CHIX
08:39:34	373	168.60	XLON
08:39:34	1,041	168.70	XLON
08:44:34	1,397	168.20	XLON
08:56:34	1,080	168.40	CHIX
09:14:28	1,188	168.60	CHIX
09:14:28	154	168.60	BATE
09:14:28	221	168.70	BATE
09:14:28	468	168.70	BATE
09:14:28	846	168.70	BATE
09:14:28	1,314	168.50	BATE
09:16:26	320	168.30	TRQX
09:16:26	500	168.30	TRQX
09:16:26	243	168.30	TRQX
09:28:56	1,091	168.70	BATE
09:37:03	1,177	168.80	CHIX
09:39:02	1,171	169.50	BATE
09:39:02	1,250	169.50	BATE
09:55:46	154	168.90	TRQX
09:55:46	988	168.90	TRQX
09:59:05	801	169.10	XLON
09:59:05	500	169.10	XLON
09:59:05	252	169.10	XLON
09:59:05	500	169.20	CHIX
09:59:05	709	169.20	CHIX
10:04:02	1244	169.40	BATE
10:07:09	1,656	169.50	XLON
10:15:28	1623	169.60	XLON
10:18:32	1,155	170.00	BATE
10:18:32	1,201	170.00	BATE
10:23:28	341	169.80	CHIX
10:23:28	830	169.80	CHIX
10:23:29	734	169.70	XLON
10:23:29	977	169.70	XLON
10:24:29	1,491	169.90	XLON
10:30:39	500	170.00	XLON
10:30:39	162	170.00	XLON
10:30:39	1000	170.00	XLON
10:30:39	44	170.00	XLON
10:31:35	791	170.00	XLON
10:31:35	849	170.00	XLON
10:43:35	935	170.10	XLON
10:43:35	605	170.10	XLON
10:50:46	422	169.80	XLON
10:50:46	549	169.90	CHIX
10:50:46	689	169.90	CHIX
10:50:46	46	170.00	CHIX
10:50:46	900	170.00	CHIX
10:50:46	125	170.00	CHIX
10:52:52	183	170.00	BATE
10:52:52	500	170.00	BATE
10:52:52	102	170.00	BATE
10:53:30	491	170.00	BATE
10:53:30	1,033	170.00	TRQX
11:16:43	1,599	169.90	XLON
11:16:43	1,408	169.90	XLON
11:16:43	1,401	169.90	XLON
11:16:43	1,430	169.90	XLON
11:16:43	233	169.80	XLON
11:16:43	500	169.80	XLON
11:16:43	1,061	169.80	XLON
11:17:43	1,143	169.90	BATE
11:21:43	500	169.70	XLON
11:21:43	500	169.70	XLON
11:21:43	400	169.70	XLON
11:27:43	972	169.90	XLON
11:28:17	539	169.90	XLON
11:33:00	1170	170.00	BATE
11:38:03	1,368	169.90	XLON
11:38:03	117	169.90	XLON
11:38:03	1,457	169.90	XLON
11:38:03	449	169.90	BATE
11:38:03	576	169.90	BATE
11:42:20	1,000	170.00	CHIX
11:42:20	55	170.00	CHIX
11:42:20	47	170.00	XLON
11:42:20	1430	170.10	XLON
11:47:09	1,068	170.00	TRQX
11:48:31	281	169.90	XLON
11:48:31	500	169.90	XLON
11:48:31	500	169.90	XLON
11:48:31	145	169.90	XLON
11:48:31	45	169.90	BATE
11:54:31	1,560	169.90	XLON
12:01:31	482	169.70	XLON
12:01:31	47	169.70	XLON
12:01:31	1,087	169.70	XLON
12:02:13	1,287	169.90	BATE
12:08:20	663	169.60	CHIX
12:09:13	99	169.60	CHIX
12:09:13	417	169.60	CHIX
12:16:18	1,461	169.60	XLON
12:16:18	18	169.60	XLON
12:16:18	155	169.60	XLON
12:16:18	219	169.60	XLON
12:16:18	155	169.70	XLON
12:16:18	893	169.70	XLON
12:44:35	1,042	169.30	CHIX
12:44:45	646	169.30	TRQX
12:44:45	20	169.30	CHIX
12:44:45	643	169.30	TRQX
12:51:22	1,418	169.20	XLON
12:51:22	4	169.20	XLON
12:51:22	831	169.20	XLON
12:51:22	127	169.20	XLON
13:09:28	269	169.30	CHIX
13:15:02	185	169.30	CHIX
13:20:16	699	169.30	CHIX
13:27:22	1110	169.60	CHIX
13:27:34	3,000	169.60	XLON
13:27:34	1,476	169.60	XLON
13:27:34	1,423	169.60	XLON
13:27:34	1500	169.60	XLON
13:27:34	1,788	169.60	XLON
13:27:34	1,126	169.60	XLON
13:27:58	176	169.20	XLON
13:27:58	500	169.20	XLON
13:27:58	990	169.20	XLON
13:28:13	500	169.10	BATE
13:28:13	500	169.10	BATE
13:28:13	217	169.10	BATE
13:31:18	1,000	169.00	XLON
13:31:18	134	169.00	XLON
13:31:18	468	169.00	XLON
13:35:44	1,332	169.10	BATE
13:36:02	528	169.50	BATE
13:36:02	1,495	169.50	BATE
13:36:02	2,500	169.40	BATE
13:38:15	1,398	169.20	XLON
13:40:41	500	169.30	TRQX
13:40:41	500	169.30	TRQX
13:40:41	180	169.30	TRQX
13:42:28	1,581	169.20	XLON
13:45:20	1,091	169.30	CHIX
14:04:40	117	169.30	CHIX
14:04:40	1,084	169.30	CHIX
14:12:56	500	169.30	TRQX
14:12:56	500	169.30	TRQX
14:12:56	212	169.30	TRQX
14:12:56	54	169.40	XLON
14:12:56	500	169.40	XLON
14:12:56	500	169.40	XLON
14:12:56	967	169.40	XLON
14:12:56	1,886	169.40	XLON
14:12:56	1,022	169.40	XLON
14:18:39	1,719	169.40	XLON
14:26:45	132	169.40	XLON
14:30:01	53	169.50	CHIX
14:30:01	52	169.50	CHIX
14:30:01	69	169.60	XLON
14:30:01	1,463	169.70	XLON
14:30:01	61	169.60	CHIX
14:30:01	500	169.60	CHIX
14:30:01	429	169.60	CHIX
14:30:01	498	169.60	CHIX
14:32:43	500	169.50	CHIX
14:32:43	603	169.50	CHIX
14:35:56	92	169.60	TRQX
14:35:56	1,026	169.60	TRQX
14:38:24	94	169.50	CHIX
14:38:29	167	169.50	CHIX
14:38:52	360	169.50	CHIX
14:43:02	118	169.50	CHIX
14:46:53	28	169.40	XLON
14:51:52	440	169.50	CHIX
14:51:52	1,276	169.50	CHIX
14:52:11	1,386	169.40	XLON
14:52:11	1,391	169.40	XLON
14:52:11	1,613	169.40	XLON
14:52:11	1649	169.40	XLON
14:52:11	14	169.40	XLON
14:52:11	1,407	169.40	XLON
14:54:55	955	169.40	XLON
14:54:55	459	169.40	XLON
14:54:55	1,000	169.40	BATE
14:55:55	1,000	169.40	XLON
14:55:55	500	169.40	XLON
14:55:55	69	169.40	XLON
14:56:59	120	169.40	BATE
14:56:59	120	169.40	BATE
14:57:16	1,065	169.50	TRQX
15:00:00	1,484	169.70	XLON
15:01:00	1,451	169.70	XLON
15:03:00	1,156	169.70	XLON
15:03:00	244	169.70	XLON
15:11:06	1,018	169.90	XLON
15:11:06	499	169.90	XLON
15:11:06	500	169.80	CHIX
15:11:06	500	169.80	CHIX
15:11:06	154	169.90	CHIX
15:11:06	967	170.00	CHIX
15:11:06	62	169.90	BATE
15:11:06	1,140	169.90	BATE
15:11:06	61	169.90	BATE
15:11:36	154	169.60	BATE
15:11:36	792	169.60	BATE
15:11:36	195	169.60	BATE
15:11:36	729	169.60	BATE
15:11:36	154	169.50	BATE
15:11:36	58	169.50	BATE
15:11:36	793	169.50	BATE
15:11:36	290	169.50	BATE
15:16:36	1,835	169.60	XLON
15:17:35	1000	169.60	XLON
15:17:35	77	169.60	XLON
15:17:35	77	169.60	XLON
15:17:35	266	169.60	XLON
15:17:35	1,221	169.50	CHIX
15:20:00	500	169.60	TRQX
15:20:00	500	169.60	TRQX
15:20:00	252	169.60	TRQX
15:20:23	436	169.50	XLON
15:20:23	500	169.50	XLON
15:20:23	500	169.50	XLON
15:20:23	92	169.50	XLON
15:24:54	324	169.30	XLON
15:24:54	500	169.30	XLON
15:24:54	346	169.30	XLON
15:24:54	422	169.30	XLON
15:30:20	484	169.20	CHIX
15:30:21	708	169.20	CHIX
15:30:21	63	169.20	CHIX
15:33:00	500	169.10	XLON
15:33:00	343	169.10	XLON
15:33:00	474	169.10	XLON
15:33:00	490	169.10	XLON
15:33:00	490	169.10	XLON
15:33:00	157	169.10	XLON
15:33:00	500	169.10	XLON
15:33:00	163	169.10	XLON
15:42:01	1,185	169.20	CHIX
15:45:41	500	169.10	XLON
15:45:41	990	169.10	XLON
15:45:41	28	169.10	XLON
15:45:41	1556	169.10	XLON
15:45:41	1449	169.10	XLON
15:46:04	154	169.10	TRQX
15:46:11	611	169.10	TRQX
15:47:30	1,560	169.00	XLON
15:47:30	294	169.10	TRQX
15:50:02	697	169.50	BATE
15:50:02	1,761	169.50	BATE
15:50:02	2,000	169.50	BATE
15:50:02	2,000	169.50	BATE
15:50:02	167	169.50	BATE
15:51:35	1,726	169.20	XLON
15:52:25	1,400	169.20	XLON
15:54:23	500	169.20	CHIX
15:54:23	477	169.20	CHIX
15:54:23	66	169.20	CHIX
15:54:25	1,719	169.20	XLON
16:02:19	500	168.70	XLON
16:02:19	500	168.70	XLON
16:02:19	26	168.70	XLON
16:02:19	51	168.70	XLON
16:02:19	594	168.70	XLON
16:02:19	1,391	168.70	XLON
16:03:19	500	168.70	XLON
16:03:19	215	168.70	XLON
16:03:19	500	168.70	XLON
16:03:19	180	168.70	XLON
16:03:29	500	168.80	BATE
16:03:29	1,047	168.80	BATE
16:04:19	904	168.80	CHIX
16:04:19	134	168.80	CHIX
16:04:19	121	168.80	CHIX
16:04:26	964	168.80	TRQX
16:04:26	267	168.80	TRQX
16:14:23	192	168.80	CHIX
16:14:23	115	168.80	CHIX
16:14:23	186	168.80	CHIX
16:14:27	170	168.80	CHIX
16:16:31	2000	169.00	XLON
16:16:31	500	169.00	XLON
16:16:31	124	169.00	BATE
16:16:31	1,116	169.40	BATE
16:16:31	1,300	169.10	BATE
16:16:31	3,600	169.00	XLON
16:16:31	628	169.00	XLON
16:16:31	500	169.00	XLON
16:16:32	2346	169.00	XLON
16:16:32	253	169.00	XLON
16:16:37	1,051	168.90	XLON
16:16:37	416	168.90	XLON
16:17:37	1,703	169.40	BATE
16:17:37	1,469	169.20	XLON
16:17:37	83	169.20	XLON
16:18:37	687	169.20	XLON
16:18:37	1,759	169.20	XLON
16:19:37	500	169.20	XLON
16:19:37	500	169.20	XLON
16:19:37	1,649	169.20	XLON
16:20:09	844	169.20	XLON
16:20:09	876	169.20	XLON
16:21:09	1653	169.20	XLON
16:21:19	692	169.20	XLON
16:22:21	1,219	169.40	XLON
16:22:21	25	169.40	XLON
16:22:49	237	169.40	XLON
16:24:55	507	169.60	XLON
16:24:55	40	169.60	XLON
16:24:55	981	169.60	XLON
16:24:55	500	169.60	CHIX
16:24:55	368	169.60	CHIX
16:24:55	4,761	169.60	XLON
16:24:55	22	169.60	XLON
16:24:57	1,379	169.60	XLON
16:25:37	196	169.60	BATE
16:25:37	893	169.60	BATE
16:25:57	249	169.70	XLON
16:25:57	841	169.90	XLON
16:25:57	887	169.90	XLON
16:26:52	611	169.70	XLON
16:26:52	892	169.70	XLON
16:29:05	1,106	169.70	BATE
16:29:05	536	169.90	BATE
16:29:05	687	169.90	BATE
16:29:05	204	169.90	BATE
16:29:24	327	169.90	XLON
16:29:42	1,199	170.00	XLON
16:29:42	7,628	170.00	XLON
16:29:42	666	170.00	XLON

 

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