Buyback Programme

12 October 2026

FirstGroup plc

On-market Share Buyback Programme of £100m

Completion of Second Tranche and Commencement of Third Tranche

FirstGroup plc ("FirstGroup") announces that, in accordance with the terms of its £100m on-market share buyback programme announced on 18 June 2026 (the “Buyback”), Panmure Liberum Limited completed the second tranche on 9 October 2026.  In the first two tranches 27,522,679 ordinary shares have been purchased for £49,806,894.  The shares are currently being held in Treasury.

RBC Europe Limited will now commence the third £25m tranche of the Buyback of with effect from today.  The third and fourth tranches of the Buyback are expected to proceed as set out in our announcement of 18 June 2026.

Contacts at FirstGroup: David Blizzard General Counsel and Company Secretary Marianna Bowes, Head of Investor Relations Tel: [phone]
Contacts at Panmure Liberum Limited: Nicholas How / Satbir Kler Tel: [phone]	Contacts at RBC Europe Limited: James Agnew / Elliot Thomas Tel: [phone]

Forward-looking statements

Certain statements included or incorporated by reference within this announcement may constitute 'forward-looking statements' with respect to the business, strategy and plans of the Group and our current goals, assumptions and expectations relating to our future financial condition, performance and results. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, assumptions, uncertainties and other factors that cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Group to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. No statement in this announcement should be construed as a profit forecast for any period. Shareholders are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements. Except as required by the UK Listing Rules and applicable law, the Group does not undertake any obligation to update or change any forward-looking statements to reflect events occurring after the date of this announcement.

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Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93.  Classification as per DTR 6 Annex 1R: 2.4.

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