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	06 December 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	347,557
Weighted average price paid (p)	162.85
Highest price paid (p)	165.40
Lowest price paid (p)	160.90

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 92,983,631 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 657,711,384 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 06 December 2023 is 657,711,384. 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	162.77	239,657
BATE	163.23	45,276
CHIX	162.83	42,960
TRQX	163.01	19,664

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:02:13	1184	160.90	XLON
08:02:13	1081	162.80	CHIX
08:02:13	1,117	163.90	TRQX
08:02:14	1,245	162.40	BATE
08:02:14	3193	162.60	XLON
08:02:14	3,193	162.70	XLON
08:02:14	2,481	162.70	XLON
08:02:14	3,160	162.60	XLON
08:02:27	1371	163.00	XLON
08:02:27	2,609	162.70	XLON
08:02:27	2,435	162.70	XLON
08:02:27	2,995	162.70	XLON
08:02:41	1212	163.00	XLON
08:02:41	400	162.80	CHIX
08:02:41	400	162.80	CHIX
08:02:41	480	162.80	CHIX
08:05:34	1,209	162.40	XLON
08:05:34	1,223	162.20	XLON
08:06:14	1,046	162.40	BATE
08:07:41	1,205	162.00	XLON
08:07:46	1,290	161.80	XLON
08:09:20	1,302	162.00	XLON
08:09:20	89	162.00	XLON
08:10:08	1,243	163.00	XLON
08:10:08	1,190	162.40	CHIX
08:10:08	1,300	162.70	XLON
08:10:18	1,147	162.20	XLON
08:11:18	1274	162.20	XLON
08:12:20	271	160.90	XLON
08:12:42	551	161.10	XLON
08:13:01	1,142	161.80	XLON
08:14:28	1,814	162.70	XLON
08:15:28	1,343	163.20	XLON
08:16:45	1375	163.00	XLON
08:16:45	1,125	163.00	TRQX
08:16:55	1,379	162.70	XLON
08:17:12	1,220	162.70	XLON
08:17:27	1334	162.60	XLON
08:17:27	27	162.60	XLON
08:19:22	1212	163.00	XLON
08:19:42	1390	163.00	XLON
08:20:40	169	162.40	XLON
08:20:40	1,003	162.40	XLON
08:27:27	1,184	162.30	CHIX
08:28:40	1,269	162.30	XLON
08:29:40	1189	162.30	XLON
08:31:40	400	162.30	XLON
08:31:40	734	162.30	XLON
08:34:31	1,277	163.00	XLON
08:38:34	1165	163.20	XLON
08:38:34	1,244	163.10	CHIX
08:38:34	1,799	163.20	BATE
08:38:34	1766	163.50	BATE
08:38:36	1164	162.80	XLON
08:40:35	1196	162.40	XLON
08:42:35	1,252	162.30	XLON
08:43:35	1,275	162.30	XLON
08:44:35	1287	162.60	XLON
08:46:38	1,020	162.40	XLON
08:46:38	166	162.40	XLON
08:50:38	1235	162.60	XLON
08:50:38	1,053	162.60	TRQX
08:52:00	1277	162.30	XLON
08:56:00	1,181	162.60	XLON
08:57:17	1,276	162.40	XLON
08:57:18	94	162.30	CHIX
08:57:18	414	162.30	CHIX
08:57:18	400	162.30	CHIX
08:57:18	242	162.30	CHIX
08:59:17	400	162.40	XLON
08:59:17	338	162.40	XLON
08:59:17	481	162.40	XLON
09:01:17	1,180	162.40	XLON
09:03:37	1,230	162.00	XLON
09:14:59	341	161.70	CHIX
09:20:59	800	162.00	CHIX
09:20:59	329	162.00	CHIX
09:25:15	400	161.90	TRQX
09:25:15	534	161.90	TRQX
09:25:15	182	161.90	TRQX
09:25:37	1,174	162.00	XLON
09:33:37	400	161.90	XLON
09:33:37	400	161.90	XLON
09:33:37	523	161.90	XLON
09:42:38	49	162.00	XLON
09:42:38	1,227	162.00	XLON
09:44:12	400	162.00	CHIX
09:44:12	514	162.00	CHIX
09:44:12	90	162.00	CHIX
09:44:12	61	162.00	CHIX
09:46:38	1,255	162.00	XLON
09:49:39	89	161.90	XLON
09:49:39	1046	161.90	XLON
09:53:39	1271	161.90	XLON
09:53:39	1087	162.40	BATE
09:53:39	1,096	162.40	BATE
09:56:38	1,307	162.00	XLON
09:56:44	1187	161.70	CHIX
09:58:40	870	161.50	XLON
10:02:40	1,379	161.70	XLON
10:02:40	203	161.70	TRQX
10:02:40	400	161.70	TRQX
10:02:40	400	161.70	TRQX
10:02:41	215	161.70	TRQX
10:11:35	1,351	161.80	XLON
10:12:35	1197	161.80	XLON
10:12:35	167	161.80	XLON
10:14:35	1258	161.80	XLON
10:15:37	657	161.30	CHIX
10:19:35	49	161.50	XLON
10:19:35	400	161.50	XLON
10:19:35	176	161.50	XLON
10:19:35	400	161.50	XLON
10:19:35	370	161.50	XLON
10:24:35	400	161.70	XLON
10:24:35	887	161.70	XLON
10:26:35	1,188	161.70	XLON
10:27:54	124	161.70	CHIX
10:27:54	400	161.70	CHIX
10:27:54	691	161.70	CHIX
10:28:35	1,169	161.70	XLON
10:30:35	400	161.70	XLON
10:30:35	400	161.70	XLON
10:30:35	400	161.70	XLON
10:30:35	180	161.70	XLON
10:49:52	380	161.80	XLON
10:49:52	2,063	161.80	XLON
10:49:52	3502	161.80	XLON
10:49:52	78	161.80	XLON
10:49:52	1,040	161.80	CHIX
10:49:52	1,310	161.80	XLON
10:49:53	400	161.70	BATE
10:49:53	400	161.70	BATE
10:49:53	465	161.70	BATE
10:49:53	1,258	162.40	BATE
10:50:13	633	161.70	TRQX
10:50:13	603	161.70	TRQX
10:53:18	1181	161.60	XLON
11:10:46	872	161.80	CHIX
11:10:46	309	161.80	CHIX
11:25:05	3948	161.90	XLON
11:25:05	800	161.90	XLON
11:28:09	5538	162.00	XLON
11:28:09	549	161.90	CHIX
11:28:09	535	161.90	CHIX
11:28:09	1168	162.00	XLON
11:35:09	1372	161.90	XLON
11:42:05	400	161.90	TRQX
11:42:05	49	161.90	TRQX
11:42:05	400	161.90	TRQX
11:42:05	315	161.90	TRQX
11:42:46	400	161.90	XLON
11:42:46	400	161.90	XLON
11:42:46	338	161.90	XLON
11:53:07	1,199	162.10	CHIX
11:53:07	26	162.00	XLON
11:53:07	295	162.00	XLON
11:53:07	1	162.00	XLON
11:53:07	1,897	162.00	XLON
11:53:53	1,216	162.20	BATE
11:53:53	513	162.20	BATE
11:53:53	667	162.20	BATE
11:55:07	1,266	162.00	XLON
12:12:35	793	162.00	XLON
12:12:35	1,200	162.00	XLON
12:12:35	48	162.00	XLON
12:14:33	295	161.80	CHIX
12:14:33	400	161.80	CHIX
12:14:33	385	161.80	CHIX
12:15:33	400	161.90	XLON
12:15:33	400	161.90	XLON
12:16:10	400	161.90	XLON
12:16:10	19	161.90	XLON
12:19:10	356	161.90	XLON
12:19:10	868	161.90	XLON
12:22:38	1,251	162.20	BATE
12:22:38	1,515	162.20	BATE
12:27:38	1,332	163.00	XLON
12:29:38	1,323	163.00	XLON
12:30:58	1096	162.10	XLON
12:30:58	57	162.10	XLON
12:30:58	277	162.20	XLON
12:30:58	1,016	162.20	XLON
12:34:05	400	162.10	TRQX
12:34:05	400	162.10	TRQX
12:37:34	1,265	162.20	CHIX
12:37:34	1,018	162.10	BATE
12:37:34	242	162.10	BATE
12:38:57	800	162.10	BATE
12:38:57	326	162.10	BATE
12:38:57	1,116	162.40	BATE
12:38:58	1095	162.00	XLON
12:38:58	221	162.00	XLON
12:40:17	1,130	162.00	XLON
12:44:47	152	162.30	XLON
12:44:47	65	162.30	XLON
12:44:47	54	162.30	XLON
12:44:47	1032	162.40	XLON
12:52:47	613	162.10	XLON
12:52:47	589	162.10	XLON
13:00:47	400	162.10	XLON
13:00:47	400	162.10	XLON
13:00:47	376	162.10	XLON
13:02:03	328	162.00	CHIX
13:02:03	838	162.00	CHIX
13:11:09	384	161.90	XLON
13:11:09	284	161.90	XLON
13:11:09	527	161.90	XLON
13:11:09	863	161.90	XLON
13:11:09	297	161.90	XLON
13:11:09	462	161.90	TRQX
13:11:09	697	161.90	TRQX
13:11:09	775	161.90	XLON
13:11:09	515	161.90	XLON
13:20:06	1,222	161.60	XLON
13:31:58	1,125	161.90	XLON
13:31:58	488	161.90	XLON
13:31:58	858	161.90	XLON
13:31:58	169	162.00	CHIX
13:31:58	884	162.00	CHIX
13:37:59	400	162.00	CHIX
13:37:59	732	162.00	CHIX
13:38:03	400	161.90	XLON
13:38:03	596	161.90	XLON
13:38:03	356	161.90	XLON
13:38:58	1,139	161.90	BATE
13:39:22	710	161.90	XLON
13:39:22	433	161.90	XLON
13:43:22	1,190	161.90	XLON
13:48:04	1,255	162.10	TRQX
13:48:10	93	161.90	XLON
13:48:10	281	161.90	XLON
13:48:10	46	161.90	XLON
13:48:10	87	161.90	XLON
13:48:10	546	161.90	XLON
13:48:10	3	161.90	XLON
13:48:10	145	161.90	XLON
13:48:36	1239	161.60	XLON
13:56:28	400	161.90	XLON
13:56:28	400	161.90	XLON
13:56:28	382	161.90	XLON
13:56:28	18	161.90	XLON
13:56:28	1,146	161.90	XLON
13:56:28	352	161.90	CHIX
13:56:28	217	161.90	CHIX
13:56:28	352	161.90	CHIX
13:56:28	211	161.90	CHIX
13:56:28	153	161.90	CHIX
13:56:28	400	161.90	XLON
13:56:28	985	161.90	XLON
13:57:11	1,200	162.20	BATE
13:57:11	708	162.20	BATE
13:57:11	800	162.20	BATE
13:57:11	575	162.20	BATE
13:58:00	604	162.20	BATE
13:59:25	1,306	162.00	XLON
14:02:02	1	161.90	XLON
14:03:23	1,329	162.10	XLON
14:03:24	926	162.10	XLON
14:03:24	286	162.10	XLON
14:09:50	800	162.50	CHIX
14:09:50	368	162.50	CHIX
14:09:50	1,200	162.60	XLON
14:09:50	400	162.60	XLON
14:09:50	400	162.60	XLON
14:09:50	802	162.60	XLON
14:10:50	400	162.80	XLON
14:10:50	400	162.80	XLON
14:10:50	517	162.80	XLON
14:14:00	755	163.00	TRQX
14:14:00	517	163.00	TRQX
14:14:14	1,316	162.80	XLON
14:15:04	800	162.80	BATE
14:15:04	256	162.80	BATE
14:18:26	1,288	162.80	XLON
14:20:00	1125	162.70	CHIX
14:23:26	212	162.60	XLON
14:23:26	1,060	162.60	XLON
14:25:28	828	162.60	XLON
14:25:28	56	162.60	XLON
14:25:28	513	162.60	XLON
14:28:28	769	162.60	XLON
14:29:58	622	162.60	XLON
14:32:00	298	162.50	CHIX
14:32:00	922	162.50	CHIX
14:34:41	1,204	162.80	BATE
14:34:41	1,123	162.80	XLON
14:34:42	12	163.00	XLON
14:34:42	10	163.00	XLON
14:34:42	1,039	163.20	BATE
14:34:42	800	163.20	BATE
14:34:42	318	163.20	BATE
14:34:43	400	163.20	XLON
14:34:43	862	163.20	XLON
14:34:56	1,266	163.10	TRQX
14:36:28	1151	163.10	CHIX
14:41:28	1741	163.20	XLON
14:42:28	400	163.10	CHIX
14:42:28	848	163.10	CHIX
14:45:55	1,040	164.30	BATE
14:45:55	1,817	164.90	BATE
14:45:55	1,037	165.10	BATE
14:45:55	885	165.10	BATE
14:45:55	2,434	163.70	XLON
14:45:55	341	163.70	XLON
14:47:12	1150	164.00	XLON
14:47:13	715	164.40	BATE
14:47:13	364	164.40	BATE
14:48:42	1,395	164.20	XLON
14:50:42	1,228	164.60	XLON
14:51:44	1038	164.80	CHIX
14:51:44	1,251	164.80	TRQX
14:53:54	1,346	164.70	XLON
14:54:44	1,078	164.80	BATE
14:54:44	800	164.80	BATE
14:54:44	400	164.80	BATE
14:54:44	7	164.80	BATE
14:57:02	173	164.60	XLON
14:57:02	968	164.60	XLON
14:59:08	1,275	164.40	XLON
14:59:08	1,133	164.40	CHIX
15:02:08	1,227	164.70	XLON
15:04:22	1192	165.10	XLON
15:06:14	1,185	165.40	CHIX
15:06:43	162	165.20	XLON
15:06:43	385	165.20	XLON
15:06:43	679	165.20	XLON
15:09:43	1,284	165.20	XLON
15:11:27	1,188	165.10	TRQX
15:12:43	1,298	165.30	XLON
15:13:43	1,062	165.20	BATE
15:14:02	1,226	164.70	XLON
15:14:02	1,044	164.70	CHIX
15:15:02	601	164.60	XLON
15:15:03	708	164.60	XLON
15:18:17	400	164.60	XLON
15:18:17	400	164.60	XLON
15:18:17	467	164.60	XLON
15:21:17	622	164.70	XLON
15:21:17	400	164.70	XLON
15:21:17	278	164.70	XLON
15:23:12	1222	164.50	XLON
15:23:12	1,082	164.60	CHIX
15:23:12	598	164.90	BATE
15:23:12	719	164.90	BATE
15:23:12	1,407	165.30	BATE
15:25:18	760	164.70	XLON
15:25:18	400	164.70	XLON
15:25:18	64	164.70	XLON
15:27:19	591	164.70	XLON
15:27:19	400	164.70	XLON
15:27:19	222	164.70	XLON
15:29:39	33	164.70	XLON
15:29:39	1,290	164.70	XLON
15:31:57	400	164.60	CHIX
15:31:57	400	164.60	CHIX
15:31:57	259	164.60	CHIX
15:32:39	1,279	164.70	XLON
15:33:43	800	164.70	TRQX
15:33:43	273	164.70	TRQX
15:35:39	1295	164.70	XLON
15:37:22	800	164.70	XLON
15:37:22	590	164.70	XLON
15:39:22	400	164.70	XLON
15:39:22	400	164.70	XLON
15:39:22	332	164.70	XLON
15:41:11	400	164.80	CHIX
15:41:11	872	164.80	CHIX
15:41:11	110	164.70	XLON
15:44:52	1,027	164.70	XLON
15:44:52	1,281	164.70	XLON
15:44:52	1442	164.70	XLON
15:45:38	1,210	164.50	XLON
15:47:51	1,271	164.00	XLON
15:49:51	800	164.00	XLON
15:49:51	546	164.00	XLON
15:54:41	1,182	163.70	CHIX
15:54:41	400	163.70	XLON
15:54:41	781	163.70	XLON
15:54:41	309	163.70	XLON
15:54:41	400	163.70	XLON
15:54:41	546	163.70	XLON
15:54:41	1,136	163.70	TRQX
15:55:41	1330	163.50	XLON
15:55:41	1,200	163.70	BATE
15:55:41	226	163.70	BATE
15:55:41	1203	163.70	BATE
15:57:48	1,263	163.50	XLON
16:00:05	1,197	163.50	XLON
16:02:05	800	163.50	XLON
16:02:05	437	163.50	XLON
16:04:05	1,363	163.40	XLON
16:05:22	75	163.30	CHIX
16:05:22	1,119	163.30	CHIX
16:06:08	294	163.20	XLON
16:07:08	1,136	163.40	XLON
16:09:08	1,141	163.40	XLON
16:11:08	800	163.20	XLON
16:11:08	586	163.20	XLON
16:13:08	1,032	163.20	XLON
16:13:08	499	163.20	XLON
16:13:08	742	163.30	BATE
16:13:08	1,307	163.70	BATE
16:13:08	653	163.30	CHIX
16:13:08	514	163.30	CHIX
16:15:05	514	163.20	XLON
16:15:05	864	163.20	XLON
16:15:05	1,328	163.20	XLON
16:17:10	547	163.30	XLON
16:17:10	1111	163.30	XLON
16:17:10	1,235	163.70	TRQX
16:18:08	657	163.20	CHIX
16:18:10	800	163.30	XLON
16:18:10	434	163.30	XLON
16:19:10	1,193	163.30	XLON
16:20:10	1,299	163.30	XLON
16:22:41	228	163.20	XLON
16:23:28	276	163.20	CHIX
16:23:29	1,036	163.20	XLON
16:24:02	1269	163.20	XLON
16:25:06	400	163.20	XLON
16:25:06	400	163.20	XLON
16:25:06	403	163.20	XLON
16:25:28	551	163.20	CHIX
16:26:06	1,200	163.30	XLON
16:26:06	110	163.30	XLON
16:27:06	1364	163.30	XLON
16:28:06	1072	163.30	XLON

 

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