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	22 April 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	108,302
Weighted average price paid (p)	169.30
Highest price paid (p)	170.20
Lowest price paid (p)	168.70

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 113,461,562 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 637,233,453. 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 22 April 2024 is 637,233,453. 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	168.80	6,995
BATE	168.80	323
CHIX	169.29	100,600
TRQX	168.80	177
Aquis	169.24	207

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
09:25:01	102	169.70	Aquis
09:25:11	282	169.70	CHIX
09:25:11	12	169.70	CHIX
09:29:24	1816	169.80	CHIX
10:11:18	1816	170.20	CHIX
10:15:27	616	170.00	CHIX
10:15:27	1200	170.00	CHIX
10:15:52	1200	169.80	CHIX
10:15:52	616	169.80	CHIX
10:17:36	1816	169.80	CHIX
10:17:38	1816	169.70	CHIX
10:19:00	1816	169.60	CHIX
10:25:48	1816	169.40	CHIX
10:29:56	1200	169.70	CHIX
10:29:56	616	169.70	CHIX
10:45:47	1816	169.50	CHIX
10:45:51	1816	169.30	CHIX
10:46:11	132	169.10	CHIX
10:55:00	1816	169.20	CHIX
10:55:03	1816	169.00	CHIX
10:56:00	1816	168.90	CHIX
10:58:16	1816	168.80	CHIX
11:39:56	1200	169.20	CHIX
11:39:56	616	169.20	CHIX
11:40:24	1045	169.10	CHIX
11:40:24	600	169.10	CHIX
11:40:24	171	169.10	CHIX
11:43:00	1816	168.90	CHIX
12:44:16	1816	169.00	CHIX
12:45:17	5	169.00	CHIX
12:45:17	1811	169.00	CHIX
12:50:02	1546	168.90	CHIX
12:50:02	270	168.90	CHIX
12:51:18	1816	168.80	CHIX
12:56:55	1816	168.70	CHIX
13:06:10	823	169.20	CHIX
13:06:10	108	169.20	CHIX
13:06:10	227	169.20	CHIX
13:06:10	658	169.20	CHIX
13:20:04	315	169.10	CHIX
13:25:17	1501	169.10	CHIX
13:26:56	500	169.00	CHIX
13:27:07	1316	169.00	CHIX
13:32:45	60	168.90	CHIX
13:47:00	600	168.90	CHIX
13:47:00	1156	168.90	CHIX
14:13:16	1816	168.80	CHIX
14:13:16	100	168.80	XLON
14:13:16	100	168.80	XLON
14:13:16	100	168.80	XLON
14:13:16	100	168.80	XLON
14:13:16	100	168.80	XLON
14:13:16	100	168.80	XLON
14:13:17	100	168.80	XLON
14:13:17	100	168.80	XLON
14:13:17	77	168.80	TRQX
14:13:17	23	168.80	BATE
14:13:51	1065	168.80	CHIX
14:13:51	100	168.80	XLON
14:13:51	347	168.80	CHIX
14:13:51	404	168.80	CHIX
14:13:51	100	168.80	XLON
14:13:51	100	168.80	XLON
14:13:51	100	168.80	XLON
14:16:58	89	168.90	CHIX
14:16:58	1727	168.90	CHIX
14:16:58	96	168.80	XLON
14:26:19	1331	168.80	CHIX
14:26:19	485	168.80	CHIX
14:26:19	4	168.80	XLON
14:26:19	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:02	1816	168.80	CHIX
14:27:02	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:02	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:02	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:02	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:02	100	168.80	CHIX
14:27:02	100	168.80	BATE
14:27:03	100	168.80	CHIX
14:27:03	100	168.80	BATE
14:27:03	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:03	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:03	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:03	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:03	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:03	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:03	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:03	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:04	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:04	1816	168.80	CHIX
14:27:04	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:04	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:04	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:04	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:04	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:04	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:04	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:04	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:04	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:05	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:05	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:05	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:05	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:05	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:05	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:06	1816	168.80	CHIX
14:27:07	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:10	1816	168.80	CHIX
14:27:10	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:11	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:11	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:11	100	168.80	CHIX
14:27:11	100	168.80	CHIX
14:27:11	100	168.80	CHIX
14:27:11	100	168.80	Aquis
14:27:11	5	168.80	Aquis
14:27:11	95	168.80	XLON
14:27:12	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:35	1816	168.80	CHIX
14:27:35	100	168.80	XLON
14:27:36	100	168.80	XLON
14:28:35	1739	168.80	CHIX
14:28:35	77	168.80	CHIX
14:28:35	100	168.80	XLON
14:28:35	100	168.80	TRQX
14:28:35	100	168.80	XLON
14:28:36	1816	168.80	CHIX
14:28:36	100	168.80	XLON
14:28:36	100	168.80	XLON
14:28:38	1816	168.80	CHIX
14:28:38	100	168.80	XLON
14:28:38	100	168.80	XLON
14:28:39	100	168.80	XLON
14:28:39	100	168.80	XLON
14:28:39	100	168.80	XLON
14:28:39	100	168.80	XLON
14:28:39	100	168.80	XLON
14:28:39	100	168.80	XLON
14:28:40	100	168.80	XLON
14:28:47	1816	168.80	CHIX
14:28:47	100	168.80	XLON
14:28:47	100	168.80	XLON
14:30:02	1816	168.80	CHIX
14:30:02	74	168.80	XLON
14:30:02	26	168.80	XLON
14:30:02	100	168.80	XLON
14:30:02	100	168.80	XLON
14:30:02	100	168.80	CHIX
14:30:03	100	168.80	CHIX
14:30:03	100	168.80	CHIX
14:30:03	100	168.80	CHIX
14:30:03	100	168.80	XLON
14:30:03	100	168.80	CHIX
14:30:03	100	168.80	XLON
14:30:03	100	168.80	CHIX
14:30:03	100	168.80	BATE
14:30:03	100	168.80	CHIX
14:30:03	71	168.80	CHIX
14:58:20	96	169.40	CHIX
14:58:20	1720	169.40	CHIX
15:00:20	600	169.30	CHIX
15:00:20	1216	169.30	CHIX
15:10:37	414	169.40	CHIX
15:10:37	402	169.40	CHIX
15:14:32	1174	169.60	CHIX
15:14:32	642	169.60	CHIX
15:21:30	23	169.50	CHIX
15:25:58	1816	169.70	CHIX
15:37:30	1284	169.90	CHIX
15:37:30	532	169.90	CHIX
15:37:54	253	169.80	CHIX
15:37:54	262	169.80	CHIX
15:37:54	1200	169.80	CHIX
15:37:54	101	169.80	CHIX
15:40:06	761	169.80	CHIX
15:40:06	1055	169.80	CHIX
15:50:28	458	170.20	CHIX
15:50:28	600	170.20	CHIX
15:50:28	758	170.20	CHIX
16:03:46	39	170.20	CHIX
16:03:46	407	170.20	CHIX
16:03:46	1370	170.20	CHIX
16:04:58	1816	170.00	CHIX
16:08:14	142	170.10	CHIX
16:09:00	1674	170.10	CHIX
16:10:56	319	170.10	CHIX
16:11:37	1497	170.10	CHIX
16:20:34	71	170.00	CHIX
16:20:34	1745	170.00	CHIX

 

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