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	07 December 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	362,140
Weighted average price paid (p)	167.60
Highest price paid (p)	169.30
Lowest price paid (p)	158.90

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 93,345,771 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 657,349,244 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 07 December 2023 is 657,349,244. 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	167.43	243,301
BATE	168.12	55,017
CHIX	167.80	43,589
TRQX	167.87	20,233

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:05:40	1044	167.70	CHIX
08:05:40	30	167.70	CHIX
08:07:01	1,172	164.60	BATE
08:07:12	1,386	162.50	XLON
08:07:12	1206	162.80	CHIX
08:07:19	1,405	161.60	XLON
08:07:19	536	161.40	XLON
08:07:19	3,178	161.40	XLON
08:07:21	2840	159.50	XLON
08:07:21	160	159.70	XLON
08:07:21	1,200	159.70	XLON
08:07:21	1,537	158.90	XLON
08:09:01	1116	164.60	BATE
08:09:15	40	164.90	TRQX
08:09:15	1,088	164.90	TRQX
08:10:21	6,276	165.50	XLON
08:10:21	3,218	165.70	XLON
08:12:22	3,645	167.80	XLON
08:12:22	6,053	167.60	XLON
08:12:22	6,087	167.60	XLON
08:12:22	2,852	167.80	XLON
08:13:12	1,122	165.60	CHIX
08:13:42	1,411	166.00	XLON
08:13:44	1,289	165.90	XLON
08:15:52	1,293	166.50	XLON
08:16:01	1,056	166.40	BATE
08:16:01	1,044	167.10	BATE
08:17:52	1202	166.60	XLON
08:19:52	1,329	166.50	XLON
08:22:10	1,052	166.90	TRQX
08:22:10	156	166.90	TRQX
08:23:45	609	166.90	XLON
08:23:45	639	166.90	XLON
08:24:11	1240	167.10	CHIX
08:36:51	1,341	166.30	XLON
08:39:51	1,231	166.30	XLON
08:42:01	1,162	166.20	CHIX
08:42:51	1239	166.00	XLON
08:47:50	1,357	165.70	XLON
08:52:40	517	165.90	BATE
08:52:40	389	166.20	BATE
08:52:40	850	166.20	BATE
08:53:18	1,153	166.20	CHIX
08:53:18	1,081	166.30	XLON
08:53:18	92	166.30	XLON
08:56:18	850	166.30	XLON
08:56:18	400	166.30	XLON
08:58:18	481	166.30	XLON
08:58:18	800	166.30	XLON
08:58:19	1230	166.20	TRQX
09:00:11	1,286	166.60	XLON
09:00:11	92	167.10	XLON
09:00:11	92	167.20	XLON
09:00:11	869	167.20	XLON
09:00:11	235	167.30	XLON
09:00:11	92	167.30	XLON
09:03:01	99	167.30	XLON
09:03:01	1200	167.30	XLON
09:04:01	400	167.30	XLON
09:04:01	358	167.30	XLON
09:04:01	400	167.30	XLON
09:06:01	522	167.00	XLON
09:06:01	400	167.00	XLON
09:06:01	400	167.00	XLON
09:08:01	630	167.00	XLON
09:08:01	901	167.00	XLON
09:09:11	983	167.10	CHIX
09:09:11	148	167.10	CHIX
09:09:19	361	167.00	XLON
09:12:17	1357	167.70	BATE
09:12:17	283	167.70	BATE
09:12:17	1,018	167.70	BATE
09:12:17	85	167.70	BATE
09:12:17	2,021	167.60	XLON
09:12:17	114	167.60	XLON
09:12:17	1,284	167.80	XLON
09:16:17	197	167.80	XLON
09:16:17	1,200	167.80	XLON
09:19:18	1,179	167.80	XLON
09:21:18	500	167.60	XLON
09:21:18	104	167.60	XLON
09:21:19	583	167.60	XLON
09:23:19	768	167.60	XLON
09:23:19	389	167.60	XLON
09:25:19	1282	168.00	XLON
09:29:19	1,089	167.80	CHIX
09:33:47	556	167.70	TRQX
09:33:47	640	167.70	TRQX
09:34:02	283	167.40	XLON
09:34:02	142	167.40	XLON
09:34:02	649	167.40	XLON
09:34:02	160	167.40	XLON
09:34:02	1261	167.50	BATE
09:34:02	239	167.50	BATE
09:34:02	920	167.50	BATE
09:34:02	580	167.50	BATE
09:38:24	1,355	167.00	XLON
09:47:08	512	166.90	XLON
09:47:08	800	166.90	XLON
09:47:26	978	166.80	CHIX
09:47:26	303	166.80	CHIX
09:50:08	253	166.60	XLON
09:50:08	711	166.60	XLON
09:50:08	253	166.60	XLON
09:53:08	878	166.60	XLON
09:53:08	400	166.60	XLON
09:55:08	1345	166.50	XLON
09:57:08	1185	166.90	XLON
09:59:08	1,378	167.00	XLON
09:59:08	85	167.00	BATE
09:59:08	1,204	167.40	BATE
10:01:08	1,353	167.00	XLON
10:04:08	1,306	167.00	XLON
10:06:08	1,186	167.00	CHIX
10:07:47	1,323	166.90	XLON
10:07:47	29	166.90	XLON
10:14:59	767	166.90	TRQX
10:14:59	400	166.90	TRQX
10:15:07	1,509	167.50	BATE
10:15:07	1,396	167.40	XLON
10:17:07	200	167.20	XLON
10:17:07	1,075	167.20	XLON
10:20:38	1,374	167.00	XLON
10:24:07	1,266	167.70	BATE
10:24:07	1,126	167.70	BATE
10:24:07	847	167.20	XLON
10:24:07	458	167.20	XLON
10:31:24	451	167.10	CHIX
10:31:24	1266	167.20	XLON
10:34:24	1,381	167.20	XLON
10:36:21	775	167.10	CHIX
10:39:33	130	167.20	XLON
10:39:33	1,174	167.40	XLON
10:40:33	1,233	167.40	XLON
10:48:34	1,132	168.20	XLON
10:48:34	117	167.80	CHIX
10:48:34	858	167.80	CHIX
10:48:34	297	167.80	CHIX
10:48:38	1,263	167.60	XLON
10:55:38	1,203	167.60	XLON
10:56:52	1067	167.50	TRQX
10:58:42	742	167.60	XLON
10:58:42	402	167.60	XLON
10:58:42	128	167.60	XLON
11:01:42	1,384	167.60	XLON
11:07:46	1167	167.60	XLON
11:09:46	1275	167.60	XLON
11:09:52	288	167.50	CHIX
11:12:46	226	167.60	XLON
11:12:46	1,087	167.60	XLON
11:15:11	400	167.50	CHIX
11:15:11	400	167.50	CHIX
11:15:11	15	167.50	CHIX
11:19:22	461	167.60	XLON
11:19:22	400	167.60	XLON
11:19:22	383	167.60	XLON
11:20:34	1,311	168.10	BATE
11:20:34	1126	169.00	BATE
11:20:34	2,635	169.00	BATE
11:21:34	1,155	168.30	XLON
11:24:21	1,276	168.30	XLON
11:26:06	1,358	168.00	XLON
11:26:06	1,181	168.20	BATE
11:26:06	1,208	168.50	BATE
11:33:00	188	168.40	XLON
11:33:00	800	168.40	XLON
11:33:00	400	168.40	XLON
11:33:23	1,150	168.30	CHIX
11:40:00	1361	168.40	XLON
11:44:08	740	168.40	TRQX
11:44:08	400	168.40	TRQX
11:45:11	10	168.40	XLON
11:45:11	800	168.40	XLON
11:45:11	400	168.40	XLON
11:53:11	466	168.40	XLON
11:53:11	800	168.40	XLON
11:53:23	857	168.30	CHIX
11:53:23	203	168.30	CHIX
11:56:11	98	168.30	XLON
11:57:11	28	168.40	XLON
11:57:11	1,200	168.40	XLON
12:01:42	1,355	168.30	XLON
12:03:43	1,376	168.10	XLON
12:11:43	1,170	168.10	XLON
12:11:43	6	168.10	XLON
12:11:43	43	168.10	XLON
12:14:25	1,236	167.50	XLON
12:14:43	52	167.70	CHIX
12:14:43	27	167.70	CHIX
12:14:43	400	167.70	CHIX
12:20:00	1,142	168.20	BATE
12:20:00	1277	168.20	BATE
12:22:23	1293	168.10	XLON
12:27:08	1,248	168.10	CHIX
12:27:08	735	167.90	XLON
12:27:08	529	167.90	XLON
12:30:08	400	167.70	TRQX
12:33:38	441	167.50	XLON
12:33:38	916	167.50	XLON
12:37:38	170	167.90	XLON
12:37:38	1,200	167.90	XLON
12:37:39	1,392	168.60	BATE
12:38:39	1,194	168.60	BATE
12:41:22	1,306	168.10	XLON
12:43:22	826	167.90	XLON
12:43:39	1,038	168.80	BATE
12:43:39	1,032	168.70	BATE
12:45:39	106	168.20	XLON
12:46:08	1,215	168.40	TRQX
12:46:08	423	168.20	XLON
12:46:08	710	168.20	XLON
12:47:04	1,209	168.40	BATE
12:47:04	1,207	168.40	BATE
12:49:08	894	168.20	XLON
12:55:23	1,254	168.40	CHIX
12:55:23	1,382	168.50	XLON
12:55:23	92	168.50	XLON
12:55:23	853	168.50	XLON
12:55:23	440	168.60	XLON
12:55:23	13	168.60	XLON
13:11:23	1,131	168.40	CHIX
13:12:30	118	168.40	CHIX
13:23:35	1,247	168.20	XLON
13:23:35	1203	168.20	XLON
13:23:35	1357	168.20	XLON
13:23:35	1,341	168.20	XLON
13:23:35	1,130	168.20	XLON
13:23:35	1,185	168.20	XLON
13:23:37	63	168.20	XLON
13:23:37	400	168.20	XLON
13:23:37	400	168.20	XLON
13:23:37	400	168.20	XLON
13:29:26	429	168.60	TRQX
13:29:26	400	168.60	TRQX
13:29:26	400	168.60	TRQX
13:29:26	1,543	168.80	XLON
13:30:51	188	168.80	XLON
13:30:51	800	168.80	XLON
13:30:51	220	168.80	XLON
13:31:08	1,052	168.90	CHIX
13:32:14	1,206	168.30	XLON
13:34:20	1,157	168.80	XLON
13:36:20	1,194	168.60	XLON
13:38:20	438	168.60	XLON
13:38:20	800	168.60	XLON
13:41:20	276	168.40	XLON
13:41:20	800	168.40	XLON
13:41:20	189	168.40	XLON
13:43:17	1,319	169.20	BATE
13:43:17	1,623	169.20	BATE
13:44:17	1,166	169.30	XLON
13:44:41	1,218	168.90	CHIX
13:45:58	800	168.80	XLON
13:45:58	439	168.80	XLON
13:45:58	151	168.80	XLON
13:52:34	1,851	169.00	XLON
13:52:50	1,250	168.80	XLON
13:57:01	490	168.80	XLON
13:57:01	816	168.80	XLON
14:01:01	1,334	169.00	XLON
14:02:58	1,101	168.90	CHIX
14:05:45	1,078	168.80	XLON
14:05:45	300	168.80	XLON
14:05:45	1,401	168.80	XLON
14:05:45	1319	168.80	XLON
14:06:26	1,062	168.90	TRQX
14:08:45	1,315	169.00	XLON
14:11:12	400	169.00	CHIX
14:11:12	648	169.00	CHIX
14:11:21	1,284	169.00	XLON
14:21:46	1,246	169.00	TRQX
14:21:46	800	169.00	XLON
14:21:46	2,771	169.00	XLON
14:22:27	1,324	168.90	XLON
14:23:17	400	168.90	BATE
14:23:17	400	168.90	BATE
14:23:17	400	168.90	BATE
14:23:17	82	168.90	BATE
14:24:04	400	168.80	BATE
14:24:04	737	168.80	BATE
14:24:04	400	168.80	BATE
14:27:27	462	168.70	XLON
14:27:27	400	168.70	XLON
14:27:27	400	168.70	XLON
14:29:35	1	168.70	XLON
14:30:46	2	168.70	XLON
14:32:16	1,235	168.60	CHIX
14:32:16	3	168.70	XLON
14:32:16	1,301	168.70	XLON
14:33:16	400	168.60	CHIX
14:33:16	400	168.60	CHIX
14:33:16	400	168.60	CHIX
14:33:16	5	168.60	CHIX
14:35:11	400	168.60	XLON
14:35:11	400	168.60	XLON
14:35:11	355	168.60	XLON
14:37:52	1146	168.50	XLON
14:38:46	818	168.60	CHIX
14:38:46	297	168.60	CHIX
14:41:39	626	168.60	XLON
14:41:39	400	168.60	XLON
14:41:39	153	168.60	XLON
14:41:46	1,125	168.80	TRQX
14:44:11	470	168.60	XLON
14:44:17	911	168.60	XLON
14:44:46	244	168.60	CHIX
14:44:46	797	168.60	CHIX
14:48:00	87	168.30	XLON
14:48:00	1,138	168.30	XLON
14:52:18	2,580	169.20	BATE
14:52:18	384	169.20	BATE
14:52:18	1,200	168.50	XLON
14:52:18	184	168.50	XLON
14:52:18	2,643	169.20	BATE
14:52:18	1201	168.30	CHIX
14:54:00	1,216	168.60	TRQX
14:56:06	826	168.60	XLON
14:56:06	400	168.60	XLON
14:56:06	97	168.60	XLON
14:56:06	1,160	168.60	XLON
14:58:06	1,271	168.50	XLON
15:00:18	1,147	168.60	CHIX
15:02:06	400	168.50	XLON
15:02:06	741	168.50	XLON
15:02:06	123	168.50	XLON
15:03:53	1319	168.30	XLON
15:06:53	800	168.30	XLON
15:06:53	478	168.30	XLON
15:14:42	1,006	168.20	XLON
15:14:42	400	168.20	XLON
15:14:42	1,208	168.20	XLON
15:14:42	1,291	168.20	XLON
15:14:42	481	168.10	CHIX
15:14:42	777	168.10	CHIX
15:15:42	800	168.20	XLON
15:15:42	499	168.20	XLON
15:17:01	1,200	168.20	CHIX
15:17:01	80	168.20	CHIX
15:17:01	400	168.20	TRQX
15:17:01	134	168.20	TRQX
15:17:01	581	168.20	TRQX
15:21:12	1330	168.30	XLON
15:21:12	907	168.30	XLON
15:21:12	400	168.30	XLON
15:21:12	12	168.30	XLON
15:26:10	577	168.10	XLON
15:27:21	499	168.20	XLON
15:27:21	400	168.20	XLON
15:27:21	995	168.20	XLON
15:27:21	1,049	168.20	XLON
15:27:21	800	168.20	CHIX
15:27:21	473	168.20	CHIX
15:28:21	595	168.10	XLON
15:28:21	545	168.10	XLON
15:30:21	800	168.10	XLON
15:30:21	535	168.10	XLON
15:32:21	800	167.90	XLON
15:32:21	437	167.90	XLON
15:35:22	775	167.90	XLON
15:35:22	455	167.90	XLON
15:38:16	819	168.20	TRQX
15:38:16	253	168.20	TRQX
15:38:16	719	167.90	XLON
15:38:16	662	167.90	XLON
15:39:21	1,515	168.20	BATE
15:39:21	800	168.20	BATE
15:39:21	933	168.20	BATE
15:39:22	1,279	167.90	CHIX
15:39:22	1,242	167.90	XLON
15:46:12	1,182	167.90	XLON
15:46:12	1,265	167.90	XLON
15:50:02	1391	168.20	XLON
15:52:02	400	168.20	XLON
15:52:02	400	168.20	XLON
15:52:02	601	168.20	XLON
15:52:35	400	168.20	TRQX
15:52:35	687	168.20	TRQX
15:54:06	1,182	168.20	XLON
15:54:06	400	168.20	CHIX
15:54:06	127	168.20	CHIX
15:54:06	732	168.20	CHIX
15:56:06	1,258	168.10	XLON
15:56:06	13	168.10	XLON
15:57:06	580	167.90	XLON
15:59:43	466	168.10	XLON
16:00:07	1,097	168.20	CHIX
16:00:07	1200	168.20	XLON
16:00:07	400	168.20	XLON
16:00:08	532	168.20	XLON
16:00:36	1200	168.20	BATE
16:00:36	12	168.20	BATE
16:00:36	1,188	168.20	BATE
16:02:25	1,271	168.20	XLON
16:06:07	108	168.40	TRQX
16:07:31	108	168.40	TRQX
16:08:28	108	168.40	TRQX
16:08:39	87	168.60	CHIX
16:08:39	1161	168.60	CHIX
16:08:39	218	168.60	BATE
16:08:39	987	168.60	XLON
16:08:39	2,337	168.60	XLON
16:08:39	129	168.60	XLON
16:08:39	1,218	168.60	BATE
16:08:39	1,438	168.60	BATE
16:08:39	1376	168.50	XLON
16:08:39	141	168.40	TRQX
16:08:39	183	168.40	TRQX
16:11:39	1,200	168.60	XLON
16:11:39	79	168.60	XLON
16:11:59	1061	168.20	XLON
16:15:07	2,000	168.50	XLON
16:15:07	279	168.50	XLON
16:16:07	1325	168.50	XLON
16:17:39	150	168.30	CHIX
16:17:39	970	168.30	CHIX
16:17:39	15	168.40	TRQX
16:17:39	85	168.40	TRQX
16:17:39	85	168.40	TRQX
16:17:39	497	168.40	TRQX
16:17:43	1226	168.20	XLON
16:19:57	571	167.90	XLON
16:20:33	498	167.90	XLON
16:20:33	243	167.90	XLON
16:21:31	1,071	167.80	XLON
16:21:31	196	167.80	XLON
16:23:31	1,237	167.80	XLON
16:25:51	727	167.90	CHIX
16:25:51	388	167.90	XLON
16:25:51	795	167.90	XLON
16:26:51	800	168.10	XLON
16:26:51	412	168.10	XLON
16:28:39	783	168.10	BATE
16:28:39	315	168.10	BATE

 

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