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	25 October 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	335,023
Weighted average price paid (p)	146.05
Highest price paid (p)	147.00
Lowest price paid (p)	142.90

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 86,329,667 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 664,365,348. 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 25 October 2023 is 664,365,348. 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	146.54	230,725
BATE	145.03	37,181
CHIX	144.94	30,771
TRQX	144.95	36,346

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

8:00:17	15	146.50	XLON
8:00:17	20	146.50	XLON
8:00:17	41	146.50	XLON
8:00:17	6	146.50	XLON
8:00:35	20	146.30	XLON
8:02:13	194	145.80	XLON
8:02:16	137	145.80	XLON
8:02:19	48	145.80	XLON
8:02:22	137	146.10	CHIX
8:02:23	34	146.10	XLON
8:02:25	35	146.10	CHIX
8:02:28	12	146.10	XLON
8:02:29	8	146.10	XLON
8:02:31	3	146.10	XLON
8:02:34	2	146.10	XLON
8:03:36	1	146.10	XLON
8:04:02	48	146.10	XLON
8:04:04	177	146.10	XLON
8:04:07	9	146.10	CHIX
8:05:37	1,035	145.90	XLON
8:05:37	136	145.20	TRQX
8:05:37	97	145.20	XLON
8:05:37	2	145.20	CHIX
8:05:37	97	145.20	BATE
8:06:00	718	145.60	BATE
8:16:56	504	144.70	XLON
8:16:56	504	144.70	TRQX
8:16:56	505	144.70	CHIX
8:16:56	505	144.70	BATE
8:20:14	445	144.20	XLON
8:20:14	444	144.20	TRQX
8:20:14	445	144.20	CHIX
8:20:14	445	144.20	BATE
8:20:14	564	144.00	TRQX
8:20:14	564	144.00	XLON
8:20:19	131	144.40	BATE
8:20:20	156	143.80	CHIX
8:20:20	156	143.80	TRQX
8:20:20	156	143.80	XLON
8:20:20	156	143.80	BATE
8:21:43	51	143.70	XLON
8:21:43	51	143.70	TRQX
8:21:43	52	143.70	CHIX
8:21:43	52	143.70	BATE
8:21:43	66	143.70	BATE
8:22:36	7	143.40	CHIX
8:22:36	7	143.40	XLON
8:22:36	8	143.40	BATE
8:23:19	46	143.80	XLON
8:23:20	11	143.80	XLON
8:25:02	747	144.00	XLON
8:25:02	162	143.90	BATE
8:55:16	162	143.60	XLON
8:55:16	162	143.60	TRQX
8:55:16	948	143.60	BATE
8:55:16	162	143.60	CHIX
8:55:17	1,416	143.65	BATE
8:55:18	672	143.50	TRQX
8:55:18	673	143.50	XLON
8:55:18	673	143.50	CHIX
8:55:18	28	143.40	BATE
8:56:17	448	143.50	TRQX
8:56:17	448	143.50	XLON
8:56:17	200	143.50	BATE
8:56:17	249	143.50	BATE
8:56:18	499	143.70	BATE
8:56:18	31	143.70	BATE
8:56:18	560	143.50	TRQX
8:56:18	290	143.50	CHIX
8:56:18	271	143.50	CHIX
8:56:21	504	143.40	XLON
8:56:21	504	143.40	TRQX
8:56:21	504	143.40	CHIX
8:56:21	195	143.40	BATE
8:56:21	309	143.40	BATE
8:56:24	457	143.30	XLON
8:56:24	456	143.30	TRQX
8:58:43	343	143.20	BATE
8:58:43	342	143.20	CHIX
9:01:41	63	142.90	BATE
9:01:41	64	142.90	XLON
9:01:41	64	142.90	TRQX
9:01:41	65	142.90	CHIX
9:01:41	2	142.90	BATE
9:02:02	79	143.20	BATE
9:02:03	158	143.40	BATE
9:02:03	95	143.40	BATE
9:02:12	229	143.40	BATE
9:02:12	79	143.40	TRQX
9:02:12	79	143.40	XLON
9:02:12	1,299	143.40	BATE
9:02:12	79	143.40	CHIX
9:02:21	595	143.30	TRQX
9:02:21	596	143.30	BATE
9:02:21	595	143.30	XLON
9:03:29	363	143.20	TRQX
9:03:29	118	143.20	CHIX
9:03:29	245	143.20	CHIX
9:03:42	311	143.10	BATE
9:03:42	311	143.10	XLON
9:19:13	198	143.20	TRQX
9:19:13	88	143.20	XLON
9:19:13	88	143.20	BATE
9:19:13	199	143.20	CHIX
9:19:13	49	143.20	XLON
9:19:22	327	143.00	XLON
9:19:22	66	143.00	CHIX
9:19:22	58	143.00	CHIX
9:19:23	178	143.00	XLON
9:19:23	327	143.00	TRQX
9:19:23	203	143.00	CHIX
9:19:23	342	143.00	XLON
9:19:23	327	143.00	BATE
9:19:27	101	142.90	XLON
9:19:27	12	142.90	BATE
9:19:27	101	142.90	TRQX
9:19:27	12	142.90	CHIX
9:19:27	89	142.90	BATE
9:19:27	89	142.90	CHIX
9:19:27	21	142.90	BATE
9:33:34	133	143.00	BATE
9:33:36	133	143.00	CHIX
9:33:39	133	143.00	XLON
9:33:50	300	143.00	XLON
9:33:52	300	143.00	BATE
9:33:53	209	143.00	CHIX
9:33:53	91	143.00	CHIX
9:33:54	299	143.00	TRQX
9:33:54	75	142.90	XLON
9:35:40	60	143.20	XLON
9:35:41	620	143.20	XLON
9:35:41	742	143.20	XLON
9:35:41	95	143.10	CHIX
9:38:23	504	143.30	TRQX
9:38:23	504	143.30	XLON
9:38:23	392	143.30	CHIX
9:38:23	392	143.30	BATE
9:38:23	113	143.30	CHIX
9:38:23	113	143.30	BATE
9:46:10	122	143.40	XLON
9:46:10	505	143.40	BATE
9:46:10	116	143.40	TRQX
9:46:10	334	143.40	TRQX
9:46:10	329	143.40	XLON
9:46:10	505	143.40	CHIX
9:46:10	53	143.40	XLON
9:55:34	386	143.40	TRQX
9:55:34	387	143.40	BATE
9:55:34	386	143.40	XLON
9:55:34	387	143.40	CHIX
9:55:40	213	143.30	XLON
9:55:40	858	143.30	TRQX
9:55:40	214	143.30	CHIX
9:55:40	214	143.30	BATE
9:55:41	281	143.20	TRQX
9:57:01	64	143.20	TRQX
9:57:01	391	143.20	XLON
9:57:01	20	143.20	CHIX
9:57:01	20	143.20	BATE
10:00:03	191	143.40	TRQX
10:00:04	187	143.40	BATE
10:00:04	228	143.40	BATE
10:00:07	191	143.40	BATE
10:00:10	191	143.40	CHIX
10:00:11	182	143.40	TRQX
10:19:24	1,097	143.80	CHIX
10:19:24	191	143.80	XLON
10:19:24	27	143.60	XLON
10:19:24	620	143.60	XLON
10:19:24	826	143.60	CHIX
10:19:24	208	143.60	CHIX
10:19:24	837	143.50	TRQX
10:19:24	838	143.50	CHIX
10:19:25	121	143.80	XLON
10:19:25	501	143.80	XLON
10:19:32	622	143.70	TRQX
10:19:32	622	143.70	CHIX
10:19:40	465	143.90	TRQX
10:19:40	465	143.90	XLON
10:19:40	466	143.90	BATE
10:21:31	543	143.80	TRQX
10:21:31	465	143.80	XLON
10:21:31	466	143.80	BATE
10:21:31	544	143.80	CHIX
10:21:37	385	143.80	XLON
10:21:37	119	143.80	XLON
10:21:38	273	143.80	TRQX
10:21:38	195	143.80	CHIX
10:21:38	505	143.80	BATE
10:21:38	231	143.80	TRQX
10:21:38	310	143.80	CHIX
10:21:39	972	143.70	XLON
10:58:27	38	144.20	CHIX
10:59:55	346	144.20	TRQX
10:59:55	346	144.20	XLON
10:59:55	107	144.20	CHIX
10:59:55	347	144.20	BATE
10:59:55	201	144.20	CHIX
10:59:55	1,017	144.10	TRQX
11:01:28	88	144.10	XLON
11:01:28	504	144.10	TRQX
11:01:28	416	144.10	XLON
11:01:28	505	144.10	CHIX
11:01:28	25	144.10	BATE
11:01:28	480	144.10	BATE
11:01:29	505	143.80	BATE
11:01:29	505	143.80	CHIX
11:01:29	504	143.80	XLON
11:01:29	504	143.80	TRQX
11:01:36	364	143.40	XLON
11:01:36	363	143.40	TRQX
11:02:11	302	143.80	XLON
11:08:49	645	143.80	TRQX
11:08:50	1,113	143.70	XLON
11:08:50	302	143.70	BATE
11:08:50	179	143.70	CHIX
11:08:50	123	143.70	CHIX
11:14:09	572	143.60	XLON
11:14:09	301	143.60	TRQX
11:14:09	9	143.60	BATE
11:14:09	572	143.60	CHIX
11:14:09	564	143.60	BATE
11:21:18	504	143.50	TRQX
11:21:18	125	143.50	XLON
11:21:18	379	143.50	XLON
11:21:18	505	143.50	BATE
11:21:18	505	143.50	CHIX
11:21:21	356	143.30	XLON
11:30:19	89	143.40	XLON
11:30:19	147	143.40	TRQX
11:30:19	356	143.40	BATE
11:30:19	356	143.40	CHIX
12:29:52	157	145.10	CHIX
12:38:19	209	145.20	TRQX
12:38:19	536	145.20	XLON
12:38:19	497	145.20	BATE
12:38:19	479	145.20	CHIX
12:38:19	140	145.20	BATE
12:38:19	511	145.00	TRQX
12:38:19	547	145.00	BATE
12:38:19	518	145.00	CHIX
12:46:49	140	144.80	BATE
12:55:23	140	144.80	BATE
13:08:55	140	144.80	BATE
13:15:04	11	144.80	XLON
13:15:04	100	144.80	XLON
13:26:43	393	145.00	XLON
13:26:43	85	145.00	BATE
13:26:43	504	145.00	TRQX
13:26:43	505	145.00	CHIX
13:26:43	616	145.00	TRQX
13:35:58	364	145.00	TRQX
13:35:58	924	145.00	XLON
13:35:58	365	145.00	BATE
13:35:58	365	145.00	CHIX
13:35:59	644	144.90	XLON
13:37:09	148	144.80	BATE
13:42:13	504	144.80	XLON
13:42:13	504	144.80	TRQX
13:42:13	311	144.80	BATE
13:42:13	46	144.80	BATE
13:42:13	505	144.80	CHIX
13:42:27	578	144.90	TRQX
13:42:27	578	144.90	XLON
13:44:15	578	144.90	XLON
13:44:15	578	144.90	TRQX
13:44:15	431	144.90	BATE
13:44:15	431	144.90	CHIX
13:56:14	578	145.40	XLON
13:56:14	578	145.40	TRQX
13:56:14	431	145.40	CHIX
13:56:14	431	145.40	BATE
14:29:58	574	146.65	BATE
14:36:55	774	146.65	TRQX
14:36:55	828	146.65	BATE
14:36:55	784	146.65	CHIX
14:36:55	578	146.60	TRQX
14:36:55	578	146.60	XLON
14:36:55	353	146.60	CHIX
14:36:55	431	146.60	BATE
14:36:55	78	146.60	CHIX
14:43:29	504	146.60	XLON
14:43:29	504	146.60	TRQX
14:43:29	505	146.60	BATE
14:43:29	505	146.60	CHIX
14:43:29	511	146.60	BATE
14:43:29	504	146.60	XLON
14:43:29	504	146.60	TRQX
14:43:29	505	146.60	BATE
14:43:29	505	146.60	CHIX
14:43:29	451	146.60	BATE
14:43:29	388	146.55	BATE
14:43:29	113	146.55	BATE
14:43:29	8	146.55	BATE
14:43:40	504	147.00	XLON
14:43:40	504	147.00	TRQX
14:43:40	505	147.00	BATE
14:43:40	505	147.00	CHIX
14:43:40	871	146.95	TRQX
14:44:34	504	146.80	XLON
14:44:34	505	146.80	CHIX
14:44:34	504	146.80	TRQX
14:44:34	226	146.80	BATE
14:44:34	279	146.80	BATE
14:44:34	504	146.70	XLON
14:44:34	505	146.70	CHIX
14:48:10	504	146.60	XLON
14:48:10	504	146.60	TRQX
14:48:10	505	146.60	BATE
14:48:10	505	146.60	CHIX
15:00:45	271	146.60	TRQX
15:00:45	57	146.60	XLON
15:00:45	505	146.60	BATE
15:00:45	171	146.60	TRQX
15:00:45	62	146.60	TRQX
15:00:45	447	146.60	XLON
15:00:45	505	146.60	CHIX
15:00:48	395	146.50	XLON
15:00:48	395	146.50	TRQX
15:00:48	395	146.50	CHIX
15:00:48	833	146.50	BATE
15:00:53	395	146.50	XLON
15:01:22	504	146.50	XLON
15:01:58	504	146.40	XLON
15:02:10	504	146.40	TRQX
15:02:10	505	146.40	CHIX
15:02:10	505	146.40	BATE
15:02:42	504	146.10	TRQX
15:02:42	113	146.10	XLON
15:02:50	391	146.10	XLON
15:02:50	505	146.10	BATE
15:02:50	505	146.10	CHIX
15:04:34	445	146.00	XLON
15:09:01	504	146.00	TRQX
15:09:01	505	146.00	CHIX
15:09:01	59	146.00	XLON
15:09:01	505	146.00	BATE
15:09:01	949	145.80	TRQX
15:11:30	140	145.70	BATE
15:21:01	112	145.70	XLON
15:21:01	504	145.70	TRQX
15:21:01	392	145.70	XLON
15:21:01	181	145.70	CHIX
15:21:01	365	145.70	BATE
15:23:10	574	145.70	XLON
15:23:10	574	145.70	TRQX
15:23:10	324	145.70	CHIX
15:31:41	197	145.60	BATE
15:38:11	308	145.70	BATE
15:40:39	278	145.80	TRQX
15:49:09	74	146.00	XLON
15:49:09	430	146.00	XLON
15:49:09	226	146.00	TRQX
15:49:09	505	146.00	CHIX
15:53:10	387	145.90	XLON
15:53:10	387	145.90	TRQX
15:53:10	387	145.90	CHIX
15:53:10	857	145.90	BATE
15:58:40	387	145.80	XLON
15:58:40	387	145.80	TRQX
15:58:40	387	145.80	CHIX
15:58:40	857	145.80	BATE
16:04:33	712	146.30	XLON
16:04:33	106	146.30	XLON
16:04:33	562	146.20	BATE
16:04:36	430	146.40	XLON
16:04:36	424	146.40	XLON
16:04:37	505	146.70	BATE
16:04:37	329	146.50	XLON
16:04:37	121	146.50	XLON
16:04:37	343	146.50	XLON
16:07:13	504	146.40	TRQX
16:07:13	504	146.40	XLON
16:07:13	505	146.40	CHIX
16:07:13	722	146.40	BATE
16:07:14	337	146.40	BATE
16:07:14	336	146.40	XLON
16:07:14	336	146.40	CHIX
16:13:27	8	146.90	XLON
16:13:27	805	146.90	XLON
16:13:27	336	146.80	XLON
16:13:27	280	146.80	CHIX
16:13:27	56	146.80	CHIX
16:15:13	101	146.80	XLON
16:15:13	40	146.80	XLON
16:15:13	363	146.80	XLON
16:15:13	240	146.80	BATE
16:15:13	504	146.80	TRQX
16:15:13	265	146.80	BATE
16:15:13	253	146.80	CHIX
16:15:13	252	146.80	CHIX
16:16:11	170	146.80	TRQX
16:16:11	454	146.80	TRQX
16:16:11	624	146.80	XLON
16:16:41	285	146.80	TRQX
16:16:41	470	146.80	BATE
16:16:41	470	146.80	CHIX
16:16:41	254	146.80	TRQX
16:16:41	539	146.80	XLON
16:19:31	51	146.70	BATE
16:19:31	61	146.70	BATE
16:19:31	5	146.70	BATE
16:23:30	504	146.60	XLON
16:23:30	504	146.60	TRQX
16:23:30	505	146.60	BATE
16:23:30	505	146.60	CHIX
16:23:30	34	146.50	XLON
16:24:22	504	146.60	TRQX
16:24:22	470	146.60	XLON
16:24:22	178	146.50	CHIX
16:24:22	522	146.50	BATE
16:24:22	344	146.50	CHIX
16:24:28	456	146.30	CHIX
16:24:45	504	146.30	XLON
16:24:45	49	146.30	CHIX
16:24:45	504	146.30	TRQX
16:24:45	8	146.30	BATE
16:24:45	497	146.30	BATE
16:26:41	504	146.10	TRQX
16:27:40	504	146.10	XLON
16:29:51	357	146.40	TRQX
16:29:52	91	146.60	XLON
16:29:52	413	146.60	XLON
16:29:52	115	146.40	CHIX
16:29:52	152	146.40	BATE
16:29:52	165	146.40	CHIX
16:29:52	325	146.40	BATE
16:29:52	167	146.40	CHIX
16:35:27	22,092	146.90	XLON
16:35:27	88,366	146.90	XLON
16:35:27	16,255	146.90	XLON
16:35:27	6,385	146.90	XLON
16:35:27	10,357	146.90	XLON
16:35:27	51	146.90	XLON
16:35:27	142	146.90	XLON
16:35:27	991	146.90	XLON
16:35:27	7764	146.90	XLON
16:35:27	5,878	146.90	XLON
16:35:27	4,645	146.90	XLON
16:35:27	4,014	146.90	XLON
16:35:27	3076	146.90	XLON
16:35:27	8884	146.90	XLON
16:35:27	7815	146.90	XLON

 

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