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	01 February 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	294,741
Weighted average price paid (p)	170.24
Highest price paid (p)	171.30
Lowest price paid (p)	168.70

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 102,560,946 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 648,134,069. 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 01 February 2024 is 648,134,069. 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	170.20	188,349
BATE	170.32	45,939
CHIX	170.25	44,347
TRQX	170.39	16,106

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:00:48	1103	170.60	CHIX
08:01:22	1720	169.60	XLON
08:02:18	4,086	169.80	XLON
08:02:27	500	169.60	XLON
08:02:27	330	169.60	XLON
08:02:27	364	169.60	XLON
08:02:27	363	169.60	XLON
08:03:54	1,566	169.20	XLON
08:04:00	1184	169.20	TRQX
08:04:17	1,338	168.70	XLON
08:04:17	583	169.10	CHIX
08:04:17	572	169.10	CHIX
08:05:43	1221	169.10	BATE
08:10:08	126	169.70	XLON
08:10:08	1,200	169.70	XLON
08:10:08	400	169.70	XLON
08:10:08	1,524	169.70	XLON
08:10:08	400	169.70	XLON
08:10:08	400	169.70	XLON
08:10:08	95	169.70	XLON
08:10:58	1,212	169.70	CHIX
08:22:03	1,259	170.50	XLON
08:22:03	159	170.50	XLON
08:22:03	400	170.50	XLON
08:22:20	1,148	170.40	CHIX
08:22:20	1,256	170.60	BATE
08:22:20	954	171.20	BATE
08:22:20	56	171.20	BATE
08:22:20	159	171.20	BATE
08:22:24	682	170.20	XLON
08:22:24	800	170.20	XLON
08:28:07	453	170.40	XLON
08:28:07	1,621	170.40	XLON
08:28:07	1440	170.40	XLON
08:31:44	210	170.50	XLON
08:31:44	1,451	170.50	XLON
08:32:06	115	170.50	TRQX
08:32:14	93	170.80	BATE
08:32:14	74	170.50	TRQX
08:32:14	1166	170.80	BATE
08:32:14	1210	171.20	BATE
08:32:14	637	170.80	TRQX
08:32:14	488	170.80	TRQX
08:32:20	455	170.80	XLON
08:32:20	909	170.80	XLON
08:33:58	1498	170.80	XLON
08:36:44	335	170.90	CHIX
08:36:44	301	170.90	CHIX
08:36:44	400	170.90	CHIX
08:36:58	1159	170.80	XLON
08:36:58	479	170.80	XLON
08:46:45	2,674	171.30	XLON
08:46:45	500	171.20	XLON
08:46:50	1130	171.20	XLON
08:48:50	276	171.10	CHIX
08:48:50	400	171.10	CHIX
08:48:50	400	171.10	CHIX
08:48:50	90	171.10	CHIX
08:50:50	1,532	171.10	XLON
08:52:45	1119	171.20	BATE
08:58:29	1222	171.00	XLON
08:58:29	366	171.00	XLON
09:03:45	554	171.10	TRQX
09:03:45	616	171.10	TRQX
09:06:06	172	171.00	XLON
09:06:06	800	171.00	XLON
09:06:06	326	171.00	XLON
09:06:06	326	171.00	XLON
09:06:06	63	171.00	CHIX
09:06:06	1182	171.00	CHIX
09:06:06	17	171.10	CHIX
09:06:06	1,131	171.20	CHIX
09:06:06	110	171.10	XLON
09:06:06	400	171.10	XLON
09:06:06	400	171.10	XLON
09:06:06	630	171.10	XLON
09:06:06	568	171.10	XLON
09:06:06	1,568	171.10	XLON
09:11:09	45	171.10	XLON
09:11:09	1,291	171.10	XLON
09:11:09	1,476	171.10	BATE
09:18:09	1,533	171.20	XLON
09:21:09	1,491	171.20	XLON
09:27:09	1,571	171.10	XLON
09:37:21	1505	171.00	XLON
09:45:06	1,409	171.00	XLON
09:47:06	641	171.00	XLON
09:47:13	818	171.00	XLON
09:48:02	1238	170.90	TRQX
09:48:02	474	170.90	CHIX
09:48:02	641	170.90	CHIX
09:54:13	759	170.80	XLON
09:54:13	730	170.80	XLON
10:01:13	225	170.80	XLON
10:01:13	1200	170.80	XLON
10:01:13	1,148	170.60	CHIX
10:08:13	1,522	170.60	XLON
10:14:09	44	170.60	BATE
10:14:09	400	170.60	BATE
10:14:09	400	170.60	BATE
10:14:09	400	170.60	BATE
10:14:09	844	170.60	BATE
10:14:09	220	170.60	BATE
10:18:33	2	170.60	XLON
10:18:33	117	170.60	XLON
10:20:03	1	170.60	CHIX
10:22:59	1162	170.60	XLON
10:22:59	1010	170.60	XLON
10:22:59	417	170.60	XLON
10:22:59	1,196	170.60	CHIX
10:22:59	311	170.60	XLON
10:22:59	80	170.60	CHIX
10:24:20	1,576	170.50	XLON
10:24:20	15	170.50	XLON
10:33:08	47	170.10	XLON
10:37:29	314	170.10	XLON
10:40:19	1,279	170.10	CHIX
10:40:19	563	170.10	XLON
10:40:19	424	170.10	XLON
11:08:09	1	169.70	CHIX
11:18:16	937	169.70	CHIX
11:18:16	153	169.70	CHIX
11:18:16	61	169.70	CHIX
11:18:16	1,548	169.70	XLON
11:18:17	1,639	169.60	XLON
11:18:17	29	169.60	XLON
11:18:20	400	169.80	BATE
11:18:20	628	169.80	BATE
11:18:20	216	169.80	BATE
11:18:20	159	169.80	XLON
11:18:20	1,259	169.80	XLON
11:24:22	4,414	170.30	XLON
11:24:22	253	170.30	XLON
11:25:22	156	170.30	XLON
11:25:22	800	170.30	XLON
11:25:22	514	170.30	XLON
11:25:22	1196	170.20	CHIX
11:29:22	1495	170.00	XLON
11:47:22	1,220	170.10	CHIX
11:48:53	1,667	170.10	XLON
11:48:53	200	170.10	XLON
11:50:00	2,000	170.50	TRQX
11:50:00	117	170.50	TRQX
11:50:00	5,537	170.60	XLON
11:50:00	400	170.60	XLON
11:50:00	1731	170.60	BATE
11:50:00	159	170.60	BATE
11:50:00	1,215	170.50	XLON
11:58:21	1,144	170.50	XLON
11:58:21	415	170.50	XLON
12:03:21	1,166	170.50	XLON
12:03:21	400	170.50	XLON
12:10:20	358	170.50	CHIX
12:10:20	800	170.50	CHIX
12:13:44	1,464	170.30	XLON
12:13:44	343	170.20	BATE
12:13:44	436	170.20	BATE
12:26:16	207	170.40	XLON
12:26:16	109	170.40	XLON
12:26:16	800	170.40	XLON
12:26:16	272	170.40	XLON
12:36:16	216	170.50	XLON
12:36:16	482	170.60	BATE
12:36:16	800	170.60	BATE
12:36:16	400	170.60	XLON
12:36:16	1,132	170.60	BATE
12:36:16	963	170.60	XLON
12:36:25	757	170.60	CHIX
12:36:25	329	170.60	XLON
12:36:25	299	170.60	CHIX
12:36:25	175	170.60	CHIX
12:41:00	371	170.80	TRQX
12:41:00	800	170.80	TRQX
12:45:14	20	170.60	XLON
12:45:15	20	170.60	XLON
12:45:15	40	170.60	XLON
12:45:15	1,363	170.60	XLON
12:45:15	20	170.60	XLON
12:48:15	270	170.60	XLON
12:48:15	779	170.60	XLON
12:48:15	400	170.60	XLON
12:53:55	100	170.60	BATE
13:02:47	1,223	170.60	XLON
13:02:47	269	170.60	XLON
13:02:47	1,560	170.60	XLON
13:02:47	132	170.60	CHIX
13:02:47	229	170.60	BATE
13:02:47	342	170.60	BATE
13:02:47	1,140	170.60	CHIX
13:02:47	747	170.60	BATE
13:08:47	467	170.30	XLON
13:08:47	800	170.30	XLON
13:08:47	400	170.30	XLON
13:16:42	869	170.10	CHIX
13:16:42	1,355	170.10	XLON
13:16:42	211	170.10	CHIX
13:16:42	1,619	170.00	XLON
13:20:03	400	170.00	BATE
13:20:03	468	170.00	BATE
13:20:03	47	170.00	BATE
13:20:03	359	170.00	BATE
13:22:26	1,571	170.00	XLON
13:22:26	179	170.00	BATE
13:26:26	400	170.00	XLON
13:26:26	400	170.00	XLON
13:26:26	383	170.00	XLON
13:26:26	178	170.00	XLON
13:29:22	276	169.80	XLON
13:29:22	800	169.80	XLON
13:29:22	400	169.80	XLON
13:29:22	65	169.80	XLON
13:29:22	1,046	170.00	BATE
13:32:48	1,228	169.70	CHIX
13:33:26	497	169.70	XLON
13:33:26	696	169.70	XLON
13:35:02	264	169.70	XLON
13:38:48	323	170.20	BATE
13:38:48	800	170.20	BATE
13:39:19	1464	170.00	XLON
13:42:19	223	170.00	XLON
13:42:19	756	170.00	XLON
13:42:19	651	170.00	XLON
13:48:12	1,538	170.10	XLON
13:51:28	1462	170.10	XLON
13:55:32	21	170.00	CHIX
13:55:32	1,136	170.00	CHIX
14:01:15	531	170.20	BATE
14:01:15	305	170.20	BATE
14:01:15	400	170.20	BATE
14:04:12	400	170.30	XLON
14:04:12	218	170.30	XLON
14:04:12	400	170.30	XLON
14:04:12	398	170.40	XLON
14:04:12	406	170.40	XLON
14:04:12	400	170.40	XLON
14:04:12	800	170.40	XLON
14:04:12	380	170.40	XLON
14:04:12	1569	170.40	XLON
14:08:12	1,410	170.10	XLON
14:13:12	194	170.30	CHIX
14:18:41	604	170.40	XLON
14:18:41	1,393	170.40	XLON
14:18:41	97	170.40	CHIX
14:18:41	1,122	170.30	BATE
14:18:41	319	170.40	CHIX
14:18:41	1,455	170.40	CHIX
14:18:41	1,208	170.30	BATE
14:21:05	798	170.30	XLON
14:21:05	400	170.30	XLON
14:21:05	328	170.30	XLON
14:27:41	691	170.40	CHIX
14:27:41	453	170.40	CHIX
14:27:41	304	170.30	TRQX
14:27:41	1,610	170.30	XLON
14:27:41	732	170.30	TRQX
14:32:41	1,479	170.30	XLON
14:33:20	400	170.30	CHIX
14:33:20	321	170.30	CHIX
14:33:21	257	170.30	CHIX
14:34:14	311	170.30	CHIX
14:38:33	1,366	170.10	XLON
14:42:41	882	170.30	BATE
14:42:41	273	170.30	BATE
14:44:49	1,200	170.30	CHIX
14:44:49	400	170.30	CHIX
14:44:49	49	170.30	CHIX
14:46:02	400	170.40	XLON
14:46:02	959	170.40	XLON
14:46:02	477	170.40	XLON
14:47:02	221	170.40	XLON
14:47:02	209	170.40	XLON
14:47:02	648	170.40	XLON
14:47:07	276	170.40	XLON
14:48:50	1,162	170.40	CHIX
14:49:04	10	170.40	CHIX
14:52:07	800	170.40	XLON
14:52:07	823	170.40	XLON
14:55:06	1,541	170.10	XLON
14:57:06	1,091	170.10	CHIX
14:57:06	1,092	170.00	BATE
14:59:06	800	170.00	XLON
14:59:06	678	170.00	XLON
14:59:41	119	169.90	TRQX
14:59:41	957	169.90	TRQX
15:02:00	904	169.90	XLON
15:02:00	60	169.90	XLON
15:02:00	629	169.90	XLON
15:04:06	44	170.00	BATE
15:04:06	264	170.00	BATE
15:04:06	907	170.00	BATE
15:04:06	309	170.00	BATE
15:04:06	1,327	170.00	BATE
15:04:41	1,124	169.90	CHIX
15:05:22	187	170.00	XLON
15:05:22	819	170.00	XLON
15:06:13	520	170.00	XLON
15:07:10	1360	170.30	BATE
15:07:12	445	170.20	BATE
15:07:20	1,152	170.20	XLON
15:08:11	644	170.60	BATE
15:08:11	627	170.60	BATE
15:08:11	12	170.60	BATE
15:12:10	4	170.40	XLON
15:12:10	1,579	170.40	XLON
15:12:10	1,592	170.40	XLON
15:12:11	1110	170.40	CHIX
15:13:10	1,035	170.40	BATE
15:16:49	457	170.50	XLON
15:16:49	997	170.50	XLON
15:19:48	231	170.40	XLON
15:20:48	400	170.50	XLON
15:20:48	1,101	170.50	XLON
15:21:44	325	170.40	CHIX
15:21:44	144	170.40	CHIX
15:21:44	578	170.40	CHIX
15:25:48	400	170.50	XLON
15:25:48	400	170.50	XLON
15:25:48	801	170.50	XLON
15:27:55	590	170.80	TRQX
15:27:55	1,474	170.80	TRQX
15:27:55	1,471	171.10	TRQX
15:30:04	74	170.60	CHIX
15:30:04	864	170.60	CHIX
15:30:04	282	170.60	CHIX
15:30:04	400	170.60	XLON
15:30:04	313	170.60	XLON
15:30:04	1,153	170.60	XLON
15:30:04	470	170.60	XLON
15:30:04	613	170.60	XLON
15:31:10	905	170.60	BATE
15:31:10	198	170.60	BATE
15:31:11	62	170.60	BATE
15:31:18	644	170.60	BATE
15:31:18	159	170.60	BATE
15:31:18	312	170.60	BATE
15:32:15	400	170.50	XLON
15:32:15	991	170.50	XLON
15:35:00	926	170.30	XLON
15:35:28	569	170.30	XLON
15:35:28	393	170.30	BATE
15:35:28	400	170.30	BATE
15:35:28	383	170.30	BATE
15:39:22	23	170.40	XLON
15:39:22	400	170.40	XLON
15:39:22	984	170.40	XLON
15:39:25	314	170.40	CHIX
15:39:25	400	170.40	CHIX
15:39:25	400	170.40	CHIX
15:39:25	86	170.40	CHIX
15:45:10	202	170.30	XLON
15:47:49	105	170.40	XLON
15:47:56	1,742	170.40	XLON
15:47:56	400	170.40	XLON
15:47:56	113	170.40	XLON
15:47:56	318	170.30	BATE
15:47:56	898	170.30	BATE
15:48:56	1,274	170.30	CHIX
15:49:03	1,013	170.20	XLON
15:49:04	329	170.20	XLON
15:52:08	1,401	170.10	XLON
15:52:30	1063	169.90	BATE
15:55:18	732	169.80	XLON
15:55:18	619	169.80	XLON
15:57:06	1,350	169.90	XLON
15:57:06	981	169.90	BATE
15:57:06	334	169.90	BATE
15:57:06	1,258	169.90	BATE
15:57:06	224	169.90	BATE
15:57:06	646	169.90	BATE
15:57:06	338	169.90	BATE
15:58:55	1,067	169.80	XLON
15:58:55	400	169.80	TRQX
15:58:55	378	169.80	XLON
15:58:55	175	169.80	XLON
15:59:05	720	169.80	XLON
15:59:05	672	169.80	XLON
15:59:05	400	169.80	TRQX
15:59:05	241	169.80	TRQX
15:59:12	400	169.80	CHIX
15:59:12	254	169.80	CHIX
15:59:12	400	169.80	CHIX
15:59:32	63	169.80	CHIX
16:02:05	400	169.80	XLON
16:02:05	1	169.80	XLON
16:02:05	976	169.80	XLON
16:04:08	544	169.70	XLON
16:04:08	828	169.70	XLON
16:04:08	48	169.70	XLON
16:04:20	68	169.70	XLON
16:04:20	116	169.70	XLON
16:06:20	829	169.60	XLON
16:06:20	400	169.60	XLON
16:06:20	49	169.60	XLON
16:06:20	189	169.60	XLON
16:06:20	87	169.60	XLON
16:10:20	240	169.50	XLON
16:10:41	400	169.50	XLON
16:10:41	994	169.50	XLON
16:10:47	629	169.40	CHIX
16:10:47	352	169.40	CHIX
16:10:47	181	169.40	CHIX
16:14:11	37	169.20	XLON
16:14:11	5,105	169.20	XLON
16:15:11	372	168.90	XLON
16:15:11	300	168.90	XLON
16:15:21	224	168.90	XLON
16:15:21	400	168.90	XLON
16:15:21	122	168.90	XLON
16:15:56	329	169.00	CHIX
16:15:56	834	169.00	CHIX
16:17:44	364	168.80	TRQX
16:17:44	400	168.80	TRQX
16:17:44	460	168.80	TRQX
16:20:28	2,691	168.90	XLON
16:22:21	400	168.80	BATE
16:22:21	400	168.80	BATE
16:22:21	400	168.80	BATE
16:22:51	9	168.80	BATE
16:23:34	856	168.90	XLON
16:23:34	159	168.90	XLON
16:23:34	1,348	168.90	XLON
16:24:31	5	168.80	BATE
16:26:31	37	168.80	BATE
16:29:18	157	168.80	CHIX
16:29:27	160	168.80	CHIX
16:29:36	477	168.80	CHIX
16:29:51	416	168.70	XLON
16:29:51	1072	168.70	XLON
16:29:51	1,207	168.70	XLON
16:29:51	1,793	168.70	XLON
16:29:52	457	168.70	XLON
16:29:52	226	168.70	XLON
16:29:56	103	168.70	XLON

 

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