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	29 January 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	276,894
Weighted average price paid (p)	172.03
Highest price paid (p)	173.10
Lowest price paid (p)	168.30

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 101,744,307 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 648,950,708. 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 29 January 2024 is 648,950,708. 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	171.97	182,719
BATE	172.14	35,559
CHIX	172.08	42,400
TRQX	172.21	16,216

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:02:28	326	168.30	XLON
08:03:14	1272	171.20	BATE
08:03:16	1,164	170.70	CHIX
08:04:45	500	171.20	XLON
08:04:45	1013	171.20	XLON
08:05:02	800	171.50	CHIX
08:05:02	320	171.50	CHIX
08:05:02	1,071	171.50	TRQX
08:05:18	1500	171.50	XLON
08:05:18	28	171.60	XLON
08:05:18	1,024	171.50	XLON
08:05:18	1,024	171.60	XLON
08:05:18	568	171.60	XLON
08:05:18	448	171.20	BATE
08:05:18	266	171.20	BATE
08:05:18	402	171.20	BATE
08:05:18	2,539	171.40	XLON
08:05:18	3,500	171.50	XLON
08:05:18	417	171.50	XLON
08:05:18	1,483	171.60	XLON
08:05:18	1,000	171.60	XLON
08:05:18	605	171.60	XLON
08:05:19	1,433	171.50	XLON
08:08:38	500	170.80	XLON
08:11:03	672	171.20	XLON
08:11:18	1,718	171.50	XLON
08:11:18	1,000	171.40	XLON
08:11:18	718	171.40	XLON
08:12:01	1,249	172.20	BATE
08:13:08	483	171.10	XLON
08:13:08	965	171.10	XLON
08:15:08	1,000	171.80	XLON
08:15:08	781	171.80	XLON
08:15:54	1119	172.00	BATE
08:15:56	195	171.70	CHIX
08:15:56	950	171.70	CHIX
08:16:05	464	171.70	XLON
08:16:18	1000	172.10	XLON
08:16:18	436	172.10	XLON
08:21:18	120	171.70	XLON
08:21:18	1445	171.70	XLON
08:21:18	156	171.70	XLON
08:31:05	500	172.30	CHIX
08:31:05	724	172.30	CHIX
08:31:18	176	172.20	XLON
08:31:18	1301	172.20	XLON
08:31:18	416	172.20	TRQX
08:31:18	626	172.20	TRQX
08:39:18	1,518	172.80	XLON
08:39:54	1149	173.00	BATE
08:39:54	500	173.00	BATE
08:39:54	466	173.00	BATE
08:46:18	889	172.80	XLON
08:46:18	710	172.80	XLON
08:47:05	624	172.80	CHIX
08:49:18	236	172.80	CHIX
08:53:18	1,587	173.10	XLON
08:54:21	100	172.80	CHIX
08:57:21	317	173.00	CHIX
09:01:38	500	173.00	XLON
09:01:38	1240	173.00	XLON
09:03:21	1,176	173.00	BATE
09:08:21	590	172.80	CHIX
09:08:38	524	173.00	XLON
09:08:38	1,128	173.00	XLON
09:10:46	788	173.00	CHIX
09:10:46	340	173.00	CHIX
09:11:44	1034	173.10	BATE
09:15:58	1624	173.10	XLON
09:19:15	30	172.80	TRQX
09:19:15	112	172.80	TRQX
09:19:15	930	172.80	TRQX
09:19:17	1,499	172.60	XLON
09:19:17	15	172.60	XLON
09:19:17	47	172.60	XLON
09:32:02	668	171.90	XLON
09:32:02	1,069	171.90	XLON
09:32:04	201	171.70	CHIX
09:34:43	7	172.00	CHIX
09:35:47	353	172.10	CHIX
09:35:47	181	172.10	CHIX
09:35:47	712	172.10	CHIX
09:40:02	1,062	172.10	XLON
09:40:02	554	172.10	XLON
09:48:57	1	172.10	XLON
09:48:57	1,439	172.30	XLON
09:54:47	1276	172.30	CHIX
09:57:03	224	172.00	BATE
09:57:57	400	172.00	BATE
09:59:38	1,292	172.10	XLON
09:59:51	353	172.10	XLON
10:06:51	874	172.30	BATE
10:06:51	398	172.30	BATE
10:06:51	1780	172.40	XLON
10:06:51	242	172.00	BATE
10:06:51	1,139	172.30	BATE
10:08:15	1,183	173.10	TRQX
10:08:53	1016	172.40	XLON
10:16:49	626	172.50	CHIX
10:16:49	331	172.50	XLON
10:16:49	26	172.50	CHIX
10:16:49	958	172.50	XLON
10:16:49	484	172.50	CHIX
10:16:49	15	172.50	XLON
10:16:49	430	172.50	XLON
10:22:49	333	172.50	XLON
10:24:31	474	172.50	XLON
10:29:43	1827	173.00	XLON
10:31:47	672	172.80	XLON
10:31:47	716	172.80	XLON
10:31:47	270	172.80	XLON
10:34:38	500	173.00	CHIX
10:34:38	575	173.00	CHIX
10:37:49	607	173.00	XLON
10:37:49	500	173.00	XLON
10:37:49	368	173.00	XLON
10:45:38	316	172.70	XLON
10:45:38	1,225	172.70	XLON
10:48:36	158	172.30	BATE
10:51:33	474	172.30	BATE
10:51:33	500	172.30	BATE
10:51:34	2	172.30	BATE
10:51:51	59	172.30	BATE
10:53:38	1,035	172.20	CHIX
10:55:39	1,168	172.20	XLON
10:55:39	579	172.20	XLON
11:01:29	410	172.10	XLON
11:04:49	316	172.20	XLON
11:04:49	1191	172.20	XLON
11:06:15	1,114	172.20	TRQX
11:11:54	500	172.10	XLON
11:11:54	500	172.10	XLON
11:11:54	500	172.10	XLON
11:11:54	13	172.10	XLON
11:12:51	1,066	172.70	BATE
11:17:06	1110	172.50	CHIX
11:19:51	281	172.40	XLON
11:19:51	1221	172.40	XLON
11:29:51	500	172.40	XLON
11:29:51	709	172.40	XLON
11:29:51	500	172.40	XLON
11:37:49	1,084	172.80	CHIX
11:37:51	1000	172.70	BATE
11:37:51	284	172.70	BATE
11:39:50	379	172.50	XLON
11:47:15	500	172.50	XLON
11:47:15	555	172.50	XLON
11:47:50	1,135	172.40	XLON
11:47:50	478	172.40	XLON
11:56:44	1,213	172.40	CHIX
12:01:50	317	172.50	XLON
12:01:50	1,432	172.50	XLON
12:02:15	546	172.70	TRQX
12:02:15	690	172.70	TRQX
12:10:02	166	172.50	XLON
12:10:02	346	172.50	XLON
12:10:02	1,000	172.50	XLON
12:10:02	18	172.50	XLON
12:16:51	613	172.10	XLON
12:19:08	676	172.20	XLON
12:19:08	767	172.20	XLON
12:24:44	1,035	172.00	CHIX
12:27:00	484	171.80	XLON
12:29:01	317	171.80	XLON
12:29:01	672	171.80	XLON
12:29:01	150	171.80	XLON
12:35:01	1071	172.20	XLON
12:35:01	560	172.20	XLON
12:43:51	101	172.10	CHIX
12:43:52	1173	172.10	CHIX
12:45:01	1,567	172.00	XLON
12:54:02	672	171.80	XLON
12:54:02	184	171.80	XLON
12:54:02	627	171.80	XLON
12:54:22	1,061	171.90	TRQX
13:00:47	668	172.00	XLON
13:00:54	684	172.00	XLON
13:00:54	173	172.00	XLON
13:06:05	144	172.10	CHIX
13:07:31	230	172.10	CHIX
13:07:31	492	172.10	CHIX
13:07:31	362	172.10	CHIX
13:07:31	500	172.10	XLON
13:07:31	500	172.10	XLON
13:07:31	500	172.10	XLON
13:07:31	2	172.10	XLON
13:11:58	500	172.40	XLON
13:11:58	500	172.40	XLON
13:11:58	438	172.40	XLON
13:13:22	227	172.20	BATE
13:24:01	472	172.20	XLON
13:24:01	500	172.20	BATE
13:24:01	354	172.20	BATE
13:24:01	1,164	172.20	XLON
13:24:01	81	172.20	XLON
13:24:01	624	172.20	XLON
13:24:01	1,046	172.20	XLON
13:24:01	47	172.10	CHIX
13:25:11	316	172.10	CHIX
13:25:11	681	172.10	CHIX
13:25:41	281	172.10	CHIX
13:31:51	103	172.10	XLON
13:33:48	22	172.20	XLON
13:39:22	500	172.40	TRQX
13:39:22	500	172.40	TRQX
13:39:22	129	172.40	TRQX
13:43:41	3,566	172.50	XLON
13:43:41	1,068	172.50	XLON
13:43:41	448	172.30	CHIX
13:43:41	448	172.30	CHIX
13:43:41	381	172.30	CHIX
13:43:42	1,663	172.20	XLON
13:43:42	118	172.20	BATE
13:43:42	500	172.20	BATE
13:43:42	500	172.20	BATE
13:43:42	6	172.20	BATE
13:49:02	672	172.00	XLON
13:49:03	650	172.00	XLON
13:49:06	173	172.00	XLON
13:50:42	1,052	172.00	BATE
13:56:07	473	171.80	XLON
13:56:07	1275	171.80	XLON
14:00:21	267	171.60	XLON
14:00:21	379	171.60	XLON
14:00:21	442	171.60	XLON
14:00:31	442	171.60	XLON
14:02:07	201	171.60	XLON
14:02:41	1,286	172.00	BATE
14:02:41	720	172.00	BATE
14:02:41	500	172.00	BATE
14:05:41	497	171.80	XLON
14:05:46	593	171.90	CHIX
14:05:46	517	171.90	CHIX
14:05:49	429	171.80	XLON
14:05:49	500	171.80	XLON
14:06:49	70	171.80	XLON
14:10:22	1,160	172.20	TRQX
14:10:49	500	172.10	XLON
14:10:49	1,259	172.10	XLON
14:14:49	762	172.10	XLON
14:14:49	500	172.10	XLON
14:14:49	251	172.10	XLON
14:18:25	160	172.10	CHIX
14:18:25	509	172.10	CHIX
14:18:26	500	172.10	CHIX
14:18:49	501	172.10	XLON
14:18:49	500	172.10	XLON
14:18:49	689	172.10	XLON
14:30:18	1,204	172.10	CHIX
14:31:21	753	171.80	XLON
14:31:21	336	171.80	XLON
14:33:19	522	172.20	TRQX
14:33:19	500	172.20	XLON
14:33:19	500	172.20	XLON
14:33:19	908	172.20	XLON
14:33:19	455	172.20	TRQX
14:33:19	3,888	172.20	XLON
14:33:19	155	172.20	TRQX
14:33:19	500	172.20	XLON
14:33:19	45	172.20	XLON
14:33:52	348	172.10	CHIX
14:33:52	840	172.10	CHIX
14:35:19	1,000	172.00	XLON
14:35:19	464	172.00	XLON
14:38:19	1524	172.20	XLON
14:40:21	508	172.20	CHIX
14:40:21	428	172.20	CHIX
14:41:18	1,494	172.20	XLON
14:41:18	173	172.20	CHIX
14:41:20	714	172.50	BATE
14:41:20	387	172.50	BATE
14:41:20	497	172.50	BATE
14:41:20	579	172.50	BATE
14:45:18	257	172.30	XLON
14:45:18	1,256	172.30	XLON
14:46:15	630	172.00	CHIX
14:50:15	418	172.40	XLON
14:50:15	1,097	172.40	XLON
14:51:18	272	172.30	BATE
14:51:18	1	172.30	BATE
14:51:18	604	172.30	BATE
14:51:42	414	172.30	XLON
14:52:19	500	172.40	TRQX
14:52:19	215	172.40	TRQX
14:52:19	420	172.40	TRQX
14:52:19	73	172.40	TRQX
14:52:19	274	172.30	XLON
14:52:19	157	172.30	BATE
14:52:19	1,094	172.30	XLON
14:52:20	179	172.40	CHIX
14:52:21	589	172.40	CHIX
14:52:21	175	172.40	CHIX
14:52:21	277	172.40	CHIX
14:56:38	592	172.40	XLON
14:56:38	974	172.40	XLON
14:59:38	1497	172.50	XLON
14:59:39	316	172.40	CHIX
14:59:41	817	172.40	CHIX
15:01:38	1,428	172.40	XLON
15:04:56	1,056	172.30	BATE
15:06:44	506	172.20	XLON
15:07:42	317	172.20	XLON
15:07:42	379	172.20	XLON
15:08:02	527	172.20	XLON
15:09:42	95	172.20	CHIX
15:09:42	500	172.20	CHIX
15:09:42	328	172.20	XLON
15:09:42	189	172.20	CHIX
15:09:42	78	172.20	CHIX
15:09:42	500	172.20	XLON
15:09:42	948	172.20	XLON
15:09:42	194	172.20	CHIX
15:14:43	137	172.20	TRQX
15:15:42	316	172.20	CHIX
15:16:21	616	172.20	CHIX
15:16:21	321	172.20	CHIX
15:16:21	500	172.20	XLON
15:16:21	179	172.20	XLON
15:16:21	1,071	172.20	XLON
15:16:21	1,121	172.20	TRQX
15:19:22	465	172.10	XLON
15:19:22	994	172.10	XLON
15:21:22	194	172.10	XLON
15:21:22	500	172.10	XLON
15:21:34	73	172.50	BATE
15:21:34	714	172.50	BATE
15:21:34	392	172.50	BATE
15:21:34	1,228	172.30	BATE
15:21:34	1,500	172.20	XLON
15:21:34	281	172.20	XLON
15:23:34	1,516	172.00	XLON
15:24:34	131	172.00	CHIX
15:24:35	299	172.00	CHIX
15:25:17	699	172.00	CHIX
15:26:28	1696	171.80	XLON
15:28:36	716	171.70	BATE
15:28:36	482	171.80	BATE
15:29:32	361	171.50	XLON
15:30:32	996	171.50	XLON
15:31:32	160	171.50	XLON
15:31:32	422	171.50	XLON
15:31:32	1066	171.50	XLON
15:31:32	22	171.50	XLON
15:31:48	91	171.40	BATE
15:32:48	638	171.50	BATE
15:32:48	485	171.80	BATE
15:32:48	1,288	171.70	BATE
15:33:20	500	171.50	XLON
15:33:20	126	171.50	XLON
15:33:20	123	171.50	XLON
15:33:20	262	171.50	XLON
15:33:20	527	171.50	XLON
15:35:19	1,460	171.50	XLON
15:36:13	1,000	171.60	CHIX
15:36:13	237	171.60	CHIX
15:37:13	1000	171.60	XLON
15:37:13	566	171.60	XLON
15:44:13	1,223	171.70	CHIX
15:44:13	1,174	171.90	TRQX
15:46:05	1,000	171.60	XLON
15:46:05	500	171.60	XLON
15:46:05	188	171.60	XLON
15:46:05	604	171.60	XLON
15:46:52	409	171.60	XLON
15:46:52	737	171.60	XLON
15:46:52	1,631	171.60	XLON
15:46:52	981	171.60	XLON
15:46:52	467	171.60	XLON
15:46:53	160	171.60	XLON
15:51:42	171	171.40	XLON
15:51:42	386	171.40	XLON
15:51:42	500	171.40	XLON
15:51:42	327	171.40	XLON
15:51:42	329	171.40	XLON
15:51:42	1,502	171.40	XLON
15:53:42	186	171.40	BATE
15:53:42	1,000	171.40	BATE
15:53:42	714	171.40	BATE
15:53:42	514	171.40	BATE
15:54:38	500	171.40	XLON
15:54:38	500	171.40	XLON
15:54:39	479	171.40	XLON
15:56:54	133	171.50	CHIX
15:56:54	500	171.50	CHIX
15:56:54	330	171.50	CHIX
15:57:11	370	171.50	XLON
15:57:11	1078	171.50	XLON
15:57:36	6	171.50	CHIX
15:57:42	99	171.50	CHIX
16:00:11	639	171.50	XLON
16:00:11	500	171.50	XLON
16:00:11	329	171.50	XLON
16:06:22	167	171.30	TRQX
16:07:02	253	171.30	TRQX
16:07:02	262	171.30	TRQX
16:09:34	1,566	171.20	XLON
16:09:34	1,526	171.20	XLON
16:09:34	516	171.20	XLON
16:09:34	991	171.20	XLON
16:09:34	120	171.20	CHIX
16:09:34	20	171.20	CHIX
16:09:34	827	171.20	CHIX
16:09:34	198	171.20	CHIX
16:09:35	329	171.20	CHIX
16:11:34	1771	171.10	XLON
16:13:57	26	171.10	CHIX
16:13:57	15	171.10	CHIX
16:14:57	140	171.20	BATE
16:14:57	967	171.20	BATE
16:14:57	500	171.20	CHIX
16:14:57	500	171.20	CHIX
16:14:57	74	171.20	CHIX
16:16:11	219	171.20	XLON
16:16:21	1,116	171.20	XLON
16:16:21	847	171.20	XLON
16:16:22	694	171.30	TRQX
16:23:25	317	171.20	XLON
16:25:25	10	171.40	CHIX
16:25:25	438	171.40	CHIX
16:25:25	382	171.40	CHIX
16:25:25	62	171.40	CHIX
16:25:25	105	171.40	XLON
16:25:25	6555	171.40	XLON
16:28:40	1,381	171.40	XLON
16:28:40	500	171.40	XLON
16:28:40	319	171.40	XLON
16:28:40	500	171.40	XLON
16:28:43	293	171.40	XLON
16:28:58	473	171.40	XLON

 

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