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	27 October 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	204,442
Weighted average price paid (p)	152.20
Highest price paid (p)	153.50
Lowest price paid (p)	148.50

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 86,871,411 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 663,823,604. 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 27 October 2023 is 663,823,604. 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	152.57	101,521
BATE	151.79	38,487
CHIX	151.80	28,278
TRQX	151.90	36,156

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

8:19:48	375	153.20	BATE
8:19:48	110	153.20	BATE
8:19:48	220	153.20	BATE
8:19:49	121	153.50	XLON
8:19:49	132	153.40	XLON
8:19:49	5	153.30	CHIX
8:19:49	248	153.30	CHIX
8:19:56	362	151.20	CHIX
8:19:56	361	151.20	BATE
8:19:56	237	150.90	TRQX
8:19:56	237	150.90	XLON
8:19:56	238	150.90	CHIX
8:19:56	238	150.90	BATE
8:19:56	33	150.90	XLON
8:19:57	404	150.50	XLON
8:19:57	404	150.50	CHIX
8:19:58	253	150.50	XLON
8:19:58	254	150.50	BATE
8:19:58	253	150.50	TRQX
8:19:58	253	150.50	CHIX
8:20:01	64	151.60	CHIX
8:20:02	64	151.60	XLON
8:24:06	132	150.00	XLON
8:24:06	341	150.00	XLON
8:24:06	88	149.70	CHIX
8:24:09	88	149.20	XLON
8:24:09	87	149.20	TRQX
8:24:09	743	149.20	CHIX
8:24:09	88	149.20	BATE
8:24:19	63	149.30	CHIX
8:24:21	283	148.70	CHIX
8:24:21	283	148.70	BATE
8:24:21	283	148.70	XLON
8:24:21	282	148.70	TRQX
8:24:31	78	148.50	XLON
8:24:31	78	148.50	TRQX
8:24:31	78	148.50	BATE
8:24:31	78	148.50	CHIX
8:24:31	19	148.50	TRQX
8:25:12	95	149.60	XLON
8:25:14	24	149.50	XLON
8:26:03	170	149.70	XLON
8:26:04	555	150.10	XLON
8:26:04	114	150.10	XLON
8:26:04	115	149.90	TRQX
8:26:04	54	149.90	TRQX
8:28:40	277	149.70	XLON
8:28:40	277	149.70	TRQX
8:28:40	277	149.70	CHIX
8:28:40	278	149.70	BATE
8:40:56	62	150.00	CHIX
8:40:56	99	149.90	XLON
8:40:56	760	149.90	XLON
8:40:57	115	150.00	XLON
8:51:01	132	151.70	XLON
8:51:01	372	151.70	XLON
8:51:40	132	151.60	XLON
8:51:40	372	151.60	XLON
8:51:46	132	151.40	XLON
8:51:46	346	151.40	XLON
8:53:34	375	151.00	CHIX
8:53:59	103	151.00	CHIX
8:59:13	351	151.50	TRQX
8:59:13	352	151.50	XLON
8:59:13	119	151.50	BATE
8:59:13	352	151.50	CHIX
8:59:13	233	151.50	BATE
9:05:58	504	152.10	XLON
9:10:53	504	151.70	TRQX
9:10:53	505	151.70	BATE
9:10:53	505	151.70	CHIX
9:19:20	358	152.00	TRQX
9:19:20	154	152.00	XLON
9:19:20	148	152.00	XLON
9:19:20	359	152.00	BATE
9:19:20	359	152.00	CHIX
9:19:20	56	152.00	XLON
9:22:41	504	152.50	XLON
9:22:41	99	152.40	XLON
9:22:41	543	152.40	XLON
9:22:41	159	152.40	XLON
9:28:37	504	152.30	TRQX
9:28:37	505	152.30	CHIX
9:28:37	505	152.30	BATE
9:28:37	504	152.20	XLON
9:47:31	116	152.30	TRQX
9:47:31	504	152.30	XLON
9:47:31	420	152.30	BATE
9:47:31	388	152.30	TRQX
9:47:31	419	152.30	CHIX
9:55:28	347	152.10	TRQX
9:55:28	348	152.10	XLON
9:55:28	348	152.10	BATE
9:55:28	348	152.10	CHIX
9:55:28	974	151.90	TRQX
9:55:29	10	151.60	XLON
9:55:29	504	151.60	TRQX
9:55:29	505	151.60	CHIX
9:55:29	494	151.60	XLON
9:57:40	248	151.70	CHIX
9:57:43	248	151.70	XLON
9:57:46	136	151.70	XLON
10:02:06	163	151.90	XLON
10:02:08	134	151.90	XLON
10:02:09	45	151.90	CHIX
10:02:09	119	151.90	CHIX
10:02:11	41	151.90	XLON
10:02:13	41	151.90	CHIX
10:02:16	33	151.90	XLON
10:02:18	11	151.90	XLON
10:02:20	10	151.90	CHIX
10:02:22	8	151.90	XLON
10:02:24	3	151.90	XLON
10:02:24	163	151.50	TRQX
10:02:24	2	151.50	XLON
10:02:24	164	151.50	BATE
10:02:24	2	151.50	CHIX
10:02:57	46	151.90	XLON
10:03:01	214	151.90	XLON
10:03:04	124	151.90	CHIX
10:03:07	47	151.90	XLON
10:03:07	6	151.90	XLON
10:03:10	46	151.90	XLON
10:03:11	46	151.90	BATE
10:09:54	28	151.50	XLON
10:09:54	28	151.50	TRQX
10:09:54	18	151.50	CHIX
10:09:54	29	151.50	BATE
10:09:54	10	151.50	CHIX
10:11:47	67	151.50	TRQX
10:11:47	68	151.50	BATE
10:11:47	67	151.50	XLON
10:11:47	67	151.50	CHIX
10:23:19	286	151.30	TRQX
10:23:19	287	151.30	XLON
10:23:19	287	151.30	CHIX
10:23:19	287	151.30	BATE
10:32:36	150	151.80	XLON
10:32:37	306	151.80	XLON
10:32:37	4	151.80	XLON
10:40:58	202	151.90	XLON
10:41:01	450	151.90	XLON
10:41:04	93	151.90	CHIX
10:41:04	297	151.90	CHIX
10:41:06	112	151.90	XLON
10:41:07	51	151.90	XLON
10:41:10	28	151.90	XLON
10:41:13	12	151.90	XLON
10:41:15	7	151.90	XLON
10:41:16	3	151.90	XLON
10:41:18	2	151.90	XLON
10:46:47	1	151.90	XLON
10:49:18	132	152.20	XLON
10:49:18	318	152.20	XLON
10:49:18	14	152.10	XLON
10:53:54	250	152.70	XLON
10:53:54	59	152.70	XLON
10:53:54	64	152.50	XLON
10:53:54	59	152.30	CHIX
10:53:54	39	152.30	CHIX
10:57:38	117	152.60	XLON
10:57:38	380	152.50	CHIX
10:57:38	85	152.50	CHIX
10:57:38	115	152.40	TRQX
11:05:59	83	152.40	CHIX
11:05:59	28	152.40	CHIX
11:14:19	161	152.80	XLON
11:14:20	449	152.80	CHIX
11:14:21	41	152.70	XLON
11:14:22	161	152.40	CHIX
11:14:25	112	152.40	CHIX
11:14:27	89	152.40	BATE
11:15:01	107	152.10	XLON
11:15:01	107	152.10	TRQX
11:15:01	108	152.10	CHIX
11:15:01	108	152.10	BATE
11:15:04	7	152.40	CHIX
11:15:07	2	152.40	XLON
11:15:07	5	152.40	XLON
11:15:10	2	152.40	CHIX
11:15:11	1	152.40	CHIX
11:24:06	25	152.50	BATE
11:24:06	24	152.50	CHIX
11:24:16	392	152.20	CHIX
11:24:16	270	152.20	TRQX
11:24:16	122	152.20	TRQX
11:56:59	338	152.20	XLON
11:56:59	338	152.20	TRQX
11:56:59	339	152.20	BATE
11:56:59	339	152.20	CHIX
11:58:52	1002	152.20	XLON
11:58:52	127	152.20	BATE
11:58:52	338	152.20	TRQX
11:58:52	212	152.20	BATE
11:58:52	202	152.20	CHIX
11:58:52	137	152.20	CHIX
12:00:01	79	152.50	CHIX
12:00:01	340	152.50	CHIX
12:00:47	115	152.20	BATE
12:08:20	370	152.60	XLON
12:08:20	188	152.60	XLON
12:08:21	29	152.70	CHIX
12:08:22	132	152.70	XLON
12:08:22	84	152.70	XLON
12:08:25	10	152.70	CHIX
12:08:26	54	152.70	XLON
12:08:28	8	152.70	CHIX
12:08:29	14	152.70	XLON
12:08:30	2	152.70	CHIX
12:08:31	3	152.70	XLON
12:24:59	80	152.60	XLON
12:25:01	450	152.60	XLON
12:25:04	51	152.70	CHIX
12:25:04	30	152.70	CHIX
12:25:04	13	152.60	XLON
12:25:04	430	152.60	XLON
12:33:19	113	152.90	XLON
12:33:19	115	152.80	CHIX
12:33:19	16	152.80	CHIX
12:33:50	11	152.40	TRQX
12:33:50	61	152.40	XLON
12:33:50	69	152.40	TRQX
12:33:50	185	152.40	CHIX
12:33:50	11	152.40	BATE
12:33:50	70	152.40	BATE
12:33:50	82	152.40	CHIX
12:33:50	181	152.40	CHIX
12:33:52	358	152.20	CHIX
12:33:52	358	152.20	BATE
12:33:52	357	152.20	XLON
12:33:52	357	152.20	TRQX
12:33:52	116	152.10	XLON
12:33:52	116	152.10	TRQX
12:33:52	117	152.10	BATE
12:33:52	116	152.10	CHIX
12:38:23	153	152.00	BATE
12:38:23	153	152.00	CHIX
12:38:31	152	152.30	XLON
12:58:02	63	152.00	XLON
12:58:02	102	152.00	TRQX
12:58:02	272	152.00	XLON
12:58:02	1	152.00	TRQX
12:58:02	335	152.00	CHIX
12:58:02	336	152.00	BATE
12:58:02	232	152.00	TRQX
12:58:10	10	152.10	XLON
12:59:52	70	152.30	XLON
12:59:54	3	152.30	XLON
13:29:44	332	152.30	XLON
13:29:44	149	151.90	BATE
13:29:46	332	152.30	CHIX
13:29:49	83	152.30	XLON
13:29:52	83	152.30	CHIX
13:29:55	20	152.30	XLON
13:29:58	21	152.30	CHIX
13:30:01	5	152.30	XLON
13:30:04	5	152.30	CHIX
13:30:07	2	152.30	XLON
13:45:51	123	152.00	TRQX
13:45:51	1	152.00	CHIX
13:45:51	209	152.00	TRQX
13:45:51	57	152.00	BATE
13:45:51	184	151.90	BATE
13:45:51	4,200	151.60	BATE
13:45:51	2,999	151.60	BATE
13:45:51	673	151.50	XLON
13:45:51	200	151.50	TRQX
13:45:51	1	151.50	TRQX
13:45:51	471	151.50	TRQX
13:45:51	673	151.50	CHIX
13:45:52	515	151.20	BATE
13:45:52	347	151.20	BATE
13:45:52	332	151.20	BATE
13:45:52	325	151.20	BATE
13:45:53	94	151.30	XLON
13:45:53	672	151.20	TRQX
13:45:53	673	151.20	XLON
13:45:53	673	151.20	CHIX
13:45:53	5,160	151.20	BATE
13:45:53	606	151.20	XLON
13:45:53	363	151.20	XLON
13:52:51	504	151.10	XLON
13:52:51	504	151.10	TRQX
13:52:51	505	151.10	CHIX
13:52:51	505	151.10	BATE
14:04:56	504	152.40	XLON
14:04:56	114	152.10	TRQX
14:04:57	504	152.40	XLON
14:05:30	343	152.30	TRQX
14:05:30	161	152.30	TRQX
14:05:30	1,010	152.30	BATE
14:05:30	784	152.10	CHIX
14:05:30	700	152.10	CHIX
14:05:30	677	152.10	BATE
14:05:30	88	152.10	CHIX
14:05:31	86	152.40	XLON
14:05:31	586	152.40	XLON
14:05:47	673	152.10	CHIX
14:05:47	673	152.10	BATE
14:05:47	13,282	152.00	TRQX
14:15:24	448	152.60	XLON
14:15:24	319	152.50	BATE
14:15:25	560	152.70	XLON
14:15:25	59	152.60	CHIX
14:15:25	446	152.60	CHIX
14:32:22	535	152.70	XLON
14:32:22	448	152.60	TRQX
14:32:22	561	152.60	BATE
14:32:22	449	152.60	CHIX
14:32:22	1,222	152.55	TRQX
14:32:22	1,149	152.55	BATE
14:32:22	1,972	152.55	BATE
14:32:23	504	152.40	XLON
14:32:23	369	152.40	TRQX
14:32:23	505	152.40	BATE
14:32:23	135	152.40	TRQX
14:32:23	505	152.40	CHIX
14:32:24	504	152.30	XLON
14:32:24	504	152.30	TRQX
14:32:27	504	152.30	TRQX
14:32:27	504	152.30	XLON
14:32:27	504	152.30	BATE
14:32:27	505	152.30	CHIX
14:32:27	1	152.30	BATE
14:33:00	504	152.20	XLON
14:33:00	505	152.20	CHIX
14:33:00	504	152.20	TRQX
14:33:00	284	152.20	BATE
14:33:00	221	152.20	BATE
14:33:01	504	152.00	XLON
14:33:28	504	151.90	XLON
14:33:28	196	151.90	TRQX
14:33:28	505	151.90	BATE
14:33:28	236	151.90	CHIX
14:33:28	308	151.90	TRQX
14:33:28	269	151.90	CHIX
14:33:42	602	151.80	XLON
14:41:02	406	151.90	TRQX
14:41:02	407	151.90	CHIX
14:41:02	603	151.90	BATE
14:41:27	504	151.80	XLON
14:41:27	505	151.80	CHIX
14:41:27	504	151.80	TRQX
14:41:27	505	151.80	BATE
14:49:31	504	151.70	XLON
14:49:31	504	151.70	TRQX
14:49:31	28	151.70	BATE
14:49:31	505	151.70	CHIX
14:49:31	477	151.70	BATE
15:01:00	505	151.80	BATE
15:01:00	195	151.80	CHIX
15:01:00	504	151.80	XLON
15:01:00	212	151.80	TRQX
15:01:00	310	151.80	CHIX
15:01:00	292	151.80	TRQX
15:02:05	602	151.80	XLON
15:02:05	407	151.80	TRQX
15:02:05	407	151.80	CHIX
15:02:05	602	151.80	BATE
15:12:02	119	151.70	XLON
15:12:02	119	151.70	TRQX
15:12:02	504	151.70	CHIX
15:12:02	505	151.70	BATE
15:12:02	101	151.70	XLON
15:12:02	101	151.70	TRQX
15:12:02	285	151.70	XLON
15:12:02	284	151.70	TRQX
15:14:02	623	152.10	CHIX
15:14:02	488	152.10	TRQX
15:14:02	624	152.10	BATE
15:14:02	282	152.10	TRQX
15:16:12	689	152.00	XLON
15:16:12	697	152.00	TRQX
15:16:12	697	152.00	CHIX
15:18:14	342	152.00	TRQX
15:18:14	362	152.00	XLON
15:18:14	318	152.00	TRQX
15:18:14	214	152.00	XLON
15:18:14	85	152.00	XLON
15:18:17	700	152.30	BATE
15:18:17	143	152.30	BATE
15:19:02	90	152.00	CHIX
15:19:02	481	152.00	BATE
15:19:02	429	152.00	CHIX
15:19:02	489	152.00	TRQX
15:19:02	490	152.00	XLON
15:19:02	39	152.00	BATE
15:21:02	118	151.90	XLON
15:21:02	1,000	151.90	CHIX
15:21:02	86	151.90	TRQX
15:21:02	221	151.90	XLON
15:21:02	340	151.90	BATE
15:31:08	113	152.00	TRQX
15:31:08	86	152.00	XLON
15:31:08	418	152.00	XLON
15:31:08	40	152.00	TRQX
15:31:08	95	152.00	TRQX
15:31:08	505	152.00	BATE
15:31:08	46	152.00	TRQX
15:31:08	505	152.00	CHIX
15:32:27	237	152.00	BATE
15:32:27	392	152.00	BATE
15:34:03	444	152.00	BATE
15:34:29	628	152.00	XLON
15:34:29	146	152.00	BATE
15:34:29	210	152.00	TRQX
15:34:29	590	152.00	CHIX
15:43:13	53	152.00	XLON
15:43:13	315	152.00	TRQX
15:43:13	11	152.00	CHIX
15:43:13	700	152.00	XLON
15:43:13	316	152.00	BATE
15:43:13	265	152.00	XLON
15:43:13	304	152.00	CHIX
15:43:13	54	152.00	XLON
15:48:34	313	152.00	CHIX
15:48:34	313	152.00	BATE
16:20:50	313	152.00	XLON
16:20:50	470	152.00	TRQX
16:20:50	609	152.00	TRQX
16:22:02	530	152.00	CHIX
16:24:16	143	152.00	CHIX
16:29:36	132	152.30	XLON
16:29:36	206	152.30	XLON
16:29:36	318	152.30	XLON
16:29:36	277	152.10	TRQX
16:29:36	17	152.10	XLON
16:29:36	10	152.10	TRQX
16:35:30	35536	153.00	XLON
16:35:30	4,491	153.00	XLON
16:35:30	4,341	153.00	XLON
16:35:30	4,170	153.00	XLON
16:35:30	7,928	153.00	XLON
16:35:30	82	153.00	XLON
16:35:30	761	153.00	XLON
16:35:30	1,481	153.00	XLON
16:35:30	5,806	153.00	XLON

 

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