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	22 January 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	294,361
Weighted average price paid (p)	168.44
Highest price paid (p)	170.20
Lowest price paid (p)	166.10

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 100,283,351 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 650,411,664. 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 22 January 2024 is 650,411,664. 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	168.40	196,581
BATE	168.49	45,306
CHIX	168.47	37,100
TRQX	168.70	15,374

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:00:14	1265	169.50	TRQX
08:00:19	1179	169.10	CHIX
08:00:19	1,148	167.70	CHIX
08:00:33	1,524	167.90	XLON
08:00:33	124	168.00	BATE
08:00:33	1,004	168.70	BATE
08:00:50	1,567	167.00	XLON
08:00:50	1,543	166.10	XLON
08:03:33	1170	167.50	BATE
08:03:43	1,412	167.00	XLON
08:03:44	1,549	166.80	XLON
08:06:29	1,635	167.40	XLON
08:06:36	1081	167.30	BATE
08:08:03	1,631	167.20	XLON
08:09:37	586	167.00	XLON
08:09:37	314	167.00	XLON
08:09:37	500	167.00	XLON
08:09:37	13	167.10	BATE
08:09:37	1,000	167.10	BATE
08:09:37	141	167.10	BATE
08:09:37	264	167.10	XLON
08:09:37	1,189	167.20	XLON
08:09:37	104	167.20	XLON
08:14:40	1,563	167.70	XLON
08:16:40	1,674	167.60	XLON
08:17:28	188	167.40	BATE
08:17:28	969	167.40	BATE
08:18:23	1133	167.50	CHIX
08:20:23	937	168.10	XLON
08:20:23	162	168.10	XLON
08:20:23	500	168.10	XLON
08:23:23	1,734	168.60	XLON
08:27:23	13	168.30	XLON
08:27:23	1608	168.30	XLON
08:31:43	442	168.60	XLON
08:31:43	1,000	168.60	XLON
08:31:46	1,000	168.40	BATE
08:32:00	722	168.40	BATE
08:32:00	500	168.40	BATE
08:32:00	124	168.40	BATE
08:32:00	500	168.40	BATE
08:32:20	909	168.10	XLON
08:32:20	91	168.10	CHIX
08:32:20	1,000	168.10	CHIX
08:34:55	107	168.10	XLON
08:34:55	500	168.10	XLON
08:36:06	500	168.20	BATE
08:36:06	660	168.20	BATE
08:37:40	682	168.60	XLON
08:37:40	295	168.60	XLON
08:37:40	500	168.60	XLON
08:37:40	886	168.60	TRQX
08:37:40	319	168.70	TRQX
08:42:03	155	168.60	BATE
08:42:03	500	168.60	BATE
08:42:03	500	168.60	BATE
08:42:03	267	168.80	XLON
08:42:03	1217	168.90	XLON
08:42:03	39	168.90	XLON
08:45:13	1515	169.20	XLON
08:48:22	4	168.80	XLON
08:48:22	1,000	168.80	XLON
08:48:22	500	168.80	XLON
08:48:48	1,128	168.80	CHIX
08:53:01	1,190	169.30	BATE
08:54:16	1,398	169.60	XLON
08:57:34	334	169.60	XLON
08:57:34	1063	169.60	XLON
08:59:17	274	169.50	BATE
09:02:02	1587	169.60	XLON
09:02:02	52	169.60	XLON
09:02:54	236	169.50	BATE
09:03:54	244	169.50	BATE
09:04:43	1,057	169.70	BATE
09:04:43	1,540	169.80	XLON
09:04:43	1,191	169.80	CHIX
09:08:43	1,455	169.70	XLON
09:15:38	168	169.40	XLON
09:15:38	878	169.40	XLON
09:15:38	665	169.40	XLON
09:18:00	28	169.20	XLON
09:24:43	23	169.40	XLON
09:24:43	500	169.40	XLON
09:24:43	500	169.40	XLON
09:24:43	500	169.40	XLON
09:24:43	81	169.40	XLON
09:24:43	300	169.40	XLON
09:24:43	121	169.40	XLON
09:24:43	500	169.40	XLON
09:24:43	500	169.40	XLON
09:25:43	1,052	170.20	BATE
09:25:43	78	170.20	BATE
09:26:34	1208	169.80	CHIX
09:26:34	1053	169.80	TRQX
09:26:34	827	169.90	TRQX
09:26:34	264	170.00	TRQX
09:26:34	13	170.00	TRQX
09:27:31	721	169.10	XLON
09:27:41	263	169.10	XLON
09:27:44	442	169.10	XLON
09:33:44	390	169.10	XLON
09:34:18	916	169.10	XLON
09:34:45	177	169.10	XLON
09:39:45	512	169.10	XLON
09:39:45	894	169.10	XLON
09:54:17	500	169.20	XLON
09:54:17	137	169.20	XLON
09:54:17	1042	169.30	CHIX
09:54:17	6	169.20	XLON
09:54:17	1,000	169.20	XLON
09:54:17	498	169.20	XLON
09:54:17	502	169.20	XLON
09:54:17	500	169.20	XLON
09:58:21	157	169.40	XLON
09:58:21	1,359	169.40	XLON
10:03:21	1,230	169.40	XLON
10:03:21	500	169.40	XLON
10:08:43	47	169.40	XLON
10:08:43	500	169.40	XLON
10:08:43	500	169.40	XLON
10:08:43	500	169.40	XLON
10:09:03	149	169.50	BATE
10:09:03	103	169.50	BATE
10:09:03	18	169.50	BATE
10:10:17	1,093	169.50	CHIX
10:10:17	1,000	169.50	BATE
10:10:17	158	169.50	BATE
10:10:17	500	169.50	BATE
10:10:17	15	169.50	BATE
10:10:17	124	169.60	BATE
10:10:17	7	169.60	BATE
10:10:17	1,905	169.70	BATE
10:22:36	263	169.40	XLON
10:22:36	387	169.40	XLON
10:22:36	1,498	169.40	XLON
10:22:36	940	169.40	XLON
10:26:54	1550	169.10	XLON
10:26:54	104	169.10	XLON
10:32:29	179	168.50	CHIX
10:32:30	780	168.50	CHIX
10:32:30	1321	168.80	BATE
10:32:30	69	168.80	BATE
10:32:30	14	168.80	BATE
10:54:31	24	169.20	CHIX
10:54:31	1,075	169.20	CHIX
10:54:31	319	169.10	XLON
10:54:37	1555	169.10	XLON
10:54:37	1,620	169.10	XLON
10:54:37	1,589	169.10	XLON
10:54:37	1,316	169.10	XLON
10:57:37	875	169.10	XLON
10:57:37	688	169.10	XLON
10:57:37	8	169.10	XLON
11:03:37	1,571	169.10	XLON
11:09:53	427	169.20	XLON
11:09:53	1033	169.20	XLON
11:10:34	902	169.30	TRQX
11:10:34	156	169.30	TRQX
11:14:55	1,525	169.10	XLON
11:15:30	116	169.20	BATE
11:15:30	500	169.20	BATE
11:15:30	500	169.20	BATE
11:20:56	479	169.20	XLON
11:20:56	1,000	169.20	XLON
11:20:56	251	169.20	XLON
11:23:48	1,065	169.00	CHIX
11:23:48	217	169.00	CHIX
11:34:27	130	168.90	XLON
11:34:28	619	169.10	XLON
11:34:28	1000	169.10	XLON
11:39:46	1,282	169.10	XLON
11:39:46	208	169.10	XLON
11:44:58	326	168.90	CHIX
11:49:21	746	168.90	CHIX
11:49:21	845	168.90	XLON
11:49:21	401	168.90	XLON
11:49:21	465	168.90	XLON
11:54:40	500	169.20	XLON
11:54:40	500	169.20	XLON
11:54:40	400	169.20	XLON
11:54:40	36	169.20	XLON
11:54:45	140	169.20	XLON
11:59:45	1,589	169.20	XLON
12:07:34	1,055	169.00	TRQX
12:07:34	2	169.00	TRQX
12:07:34	1,690	169.00	XLON
12:07:34	57	169.00	TRQX
12:13:19	110	168.80	XLON
12:13:19	1,564	168.80	XLON
12:19:21	194	168.70	CHIX
12:19:21	1,000	168.70	CHIX
12:20:19	1016	168.60	XLON
12:20:19	500	168.60	XLON
12:20:19	144	168.60	XLON
12:24:33	180	168.60	BATE
12:24:33	871	168.60	BATE
12:31:38	1,118	168.50	XLON
12:31:38	440	168.50	XLON
12:38:21	13	168.40	CHIX
12:38:21	35	168.40	CHIX
12:38:21	995	168.40	CHIX
12:49:55	1,627	168.30	XLON
12:49:55	1,027	168.30	XLON
12:49:55	1,266	168.30	XLON
12:49:55	503	168.30	XLON
12:49:55	179	168.30	XLON
12:51:56	964	168.60	BATE
12:51:56	82	168.60	BATE
12:51:56	1,055	168.60	BATE
12:52:24	1636	168.30	XLON
12:58:30	1,483	168.60	XLON
13:03:30	156	168.50	XLON
13:03:30	1,396	168.50	XLON
13:04:57	694	168.50	CHIX
13:04:57	500	168.50	CHIX
13:10:30	466	168.50	XLON
13:10:30	1,000	168.50	XLON
13:16:30	1,720	168.50	XLON
13:16:30	890	168.70	TRQX
13:16:30	190	168.70	TRQX
13:22:30	1,216	168.20	CHIX
13:22:30	1624	168.20	XLON
13:27:47	1,486	168.10	XLON
13:27:47	216	168.20	BATE
13:27:47	124	168.20	BATE
13:27:47	1,566	168.40	BATE
13:27:47	604	168.40	BATE
13:32:59	1,711	167.90	XLON
13:34:40	1,487	167.70	XLON
13:39:25	225	167.90	XLON
13:39:25	448	167.90	XLON
13:39:25	1,025	167.90	XLON
13:43:26	1,689	167.90	XLON
13:47:26	450	167.90	XLON
13:47:26	1,000	167.90	XLON
13:47:26	568	167.70	CHIX
13:47:26	647	167.70	CHIX
13:47:26	14	167.70	CHIX
13:47:47	1,000	167.80	BATE
13:47:47	246	167.80	BATE
13:51:50	231	167.60	XLON
13:51:50	1,395	167.60	XLON
13:56:50	633	167.90	XLON
13:56:50	1,000	167.90	XLON
14:00:54	1,159	167.80	TRQX
14:00:54	1,671	167.80	XLON
14:09:45	1,412	167.90	XLON
14:09:45	58	167.90	XLON
14:09:45	1,511	167.90	XLON
14:11:45	500	167.90	XLON
14:11:45	500	167.90	XLON
14:11:45	410	167.90	XLON
14:20:45	930	167.90	XLON
14:20:45	500	167.90	XLON
14:20:45	18	167.90	XLON
14:20:45	236	167.90	XLON
14:20:45	500	167.90	XLON
14:20:45	909	167.90	XLON
14:20:45	124	168.00	CHIX
14:20:45	452	168.00	CHIX
14:20:45	1,206	168.00	CHIX
14:23:45	133	168.00	TRQX
14:23:45	378	168.00	TRQX
14:23:45	763	168.00	TRQX
14:25:42	1010	167.90	XLON
14:25:50	15	168.00	CHIX
14:27:02	500	168.00	CHIX
14:27:02	124	168.00	CHIX
14:27:02	124	168.00	CHIX
14:27:02	124	168.00	CHIX
14:27:02	124	168.00	CHIX
14:27:02	124	168.00	CHIX
14:27:02	42	168.00	CHIX
14:29:50	481	168.00	XLON
14:29:50	1,596	168.10	XLON
14:30:47	746	167.90	BATE
14:30:47	124	167.90	BATE
14:30:47	192	168.20	BATE
14:31:10	335	167.90	XLON
14:31:10	500	167.90	XLON
14:31:10	500	167.90	XLON
14:31:10	354	167.90	XLON
14:34:10	744	168.60	BATE
14:34:10	428	168.60	BATE
14:34:10	260	168.20	CHIX
14:34:10	818	168.20	CHIX
14:38:47	499	168.30	CHIX
14:38:47	499	168.30	CHIX
14:38:47	199	168.30	CHIX
14:44:11	1,083	168.20	TRQX
14:44:11	1,444	168.20	XLON
14:44:11	1,506	168.20	XLON
14:44:11	1,506	168.20	XLON
14:44:11	51	168.20	XLON
14:44:11	1,395	168.20	XLON
14:44:11	76	168.20	XLON
14:47:12	134	168.30	XLON
14:47:12	1,393	168.30	XLON
14:47:12	35	168.30	XLON
14:48:11	500	168.30	CHIX
14:48:11	500	168.30	CHIX
14:48:11	167	168.30	CHIX
14:51:09	1,434	168.50	XLON
14:52:10	1,136	168.40	BATE
14:52:10	124	168.40	BATE
14:52:10	703	168.40	BATE
14:52:10	331	168.40	BATE
14:59:35	1,221	168.50	CHIX
14:59:35	132	168.50	XLON
15:02:00	500	168.60	XLON
15:02:00	2500	168.60	XLON
15:02:00	152	168.60	XLON
15:02:00	610	168.60	XLON
15:02:17	277	168.60	XLON
15:02:17	500	168.60	XLON
15:02:17	376	168.60	XLON
15:02:17	571	168.60	XLON
15:05:17	500	168.60	XLON
15:05:17	1,220	168.60	XLON
15:06:11	37	168.60	CHIX
15:08:35	1,235	168.60	CHIX
15:08:35	942	168.60	XLON
15:08:35	500	168.60	XLON
15:08:35	1,180	168.70	TRQX
15:08:35	1	168.60	XLON
15:08:35	24	168.60	XLON
15:14:17	140	168.30	XLON
15:15:03	1,580	168.30	XLON
15:15:03	246	168.30	XLON
15:15:03	1,181	168.30	XLON
15:18:03	1,603	168.30	XLON
15:18:36	1,194	168.20	CHIX
15:19:35	743	168.80	BATE
15:19:35	524	168.80	BATE
15:25:11	319	168.30	XLON
15:25:11	289	168.30	XLON
15:25:11	256	168.30	XLON
15:25:11	1,097	168.30	XLON
15:25:11	1,151	168.30	XLON
15:26:11	500	168.30	XLON
15:26:11	936	168.30	XLON
15:28:48	500	168.30	CHIX
15:28:48	500	168.30	CHIX
15:28:48	53	168.30	CHIX
15:29:22	742	168.80	BATE
15:29:22	436	168.80	BATE
15:29:22	1,240	168.80	BATE
15:29:34	500	168.60	XLON
15:29:34	1,165	168.60	XLON
15:32:48	416	168.30	XLON
15:32:48	1,000	168.30	XLON
15:32:48	265	168.30	XLON
15:34:59	1,500	168.50	XLON
15:34:59	15	168.50	XLON
15:34:59	124	168.50	TRQX
15:34:59	314	168.50	TRQX
15:34:59	774	168.50	TRQX
15:37:08	1,647	168.30	XLON
15:38:57	31	168.20	CHIX
15:45:10	3	168.30	CHIX
15:45:10	2	168.30	CHIX
15:47:00	500	168.40	CHIX
15:47:00	837	168.40	CHIX
15:47:00	1,554	168.30	XLON
15:47:00	79	168.30	XLON
15:47:00	1,611	168.30	XLON
15:47:00	421	168.30	XLON
15:47:00	385	168.30	XLON
15:47:00	742	168.30	XLON
15:47:00	74	168.30	XLON
15:48:00	1,557	168.30	XLON
15:50:20	349	168.20	BATE
15:50:20	500	168.20	BATE
15:50:20	122	168.20	BATE
15:50:20	255	168.20	BATE
15:55:46	500	168.10	XLON
15:55:46	322	168.10	XLON
15:55:46	1,712	168.10	XLON
15:55:46	500	168.10	XLON
15:55:46	267	168.10	XLON
15:55:48	645	168.10	CHIX
15:55:48	401	168.10	CHIX
16:00:55	470	167.80	XLON
16:00:55	598	167.80	TRQX
16:00:55	345	167.80	XLON
16:00:55	48	167.80	TRQX
16:00:55	212	167.80	XLON
16:00:55	509	167.80	XLON
16:00:55	603	167.80	XLON
16:00:55	821	167.80	XLON
16:00:55	155	167.80	XLON
16:02:40	500	167.50	CHIX
16:02:40	500	167.50	CHIX
16:02:40	192	167.50	CHIX
16:02:55	1,509	167.40	XLON
16:05:04	501	167.50	XLON
16:05:33	1,539	167.80	BATE
16:05:33	1736	167.80	BATE
16:05:33	26	167.80	BATE
16:05:33	1,762	167.80	BATE
16:06:33	1,716	167.70	XLON
16:09:40	1,422	167.70	XLON
16:09:40	466	167.60	TRQX
16:09:40	475	167.60	TRQX
16:11:40	877	167.70	XLON
16:11:40	588	167.70	XLON
16:14:00	933	167.70	XLON
16:14:00	660	167.70	XLON
16:16:02	1,445	168.10	XLON
16:16:02	1245	167.90	CHIX
16:17:02	1,625	168.00	XLON
16:20:31	252	168.10	XLON
16:20:31	965	168.10	XLON
16:20:31	1,462	168.20	XLON
16:22:06	1,396	168.00	XLON
16:22:06	124	168.10	BATE
16:22:06	1,155	168.10	BATE
16:22:06	500	168.10	BATE
16:22:06	500	168.10	BATE
16:22:06	136	168.10	BATE
16:24:06	1,520	168.10	XLON
16:24:19	500	168.10	CHIX
16:24:19	102	168.10	CHIX
16:26:06	1,396	168.10	XLON
16:27:38	877	168.00	XLON
16:28:08	1,000	168.10	XLON
16:28:08	87	168.10	XLON
16:28:08	7	168.10	XLON

 

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