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	5 September 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	504,581
Weighted average price paid (p)	149.68
Highest price paid (p)	150.90
Lowest price paid (p)	147.20

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 72,509,063 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 678,185,952. 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 5 September 2023 is 678,185,952. 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 Liberum Capital 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	149.80	314,372
BATE	149.72	109,410
CHIX	149.15	55,080
TRQX	149.18	25,719

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:02:23	1,591	149.20	XLON
08:02:23	670	149.30	XLON
08:02:23	1,071	149.30	XLON
08:06:02	1,316	148.80	CHIX
08:06:02	1374	149.00	BATE
08:10:08	931	147.70	XLON
08:10:08	600	147.70	XLON
08:17:00	2002	149.00	CHIX
08:18:40	1,359	148.90	TRQX
08:19:30	4,138	148.80	XLON
08:19:30	3,207	148.90	XLON
08:21:02	14	149.20	BATE
08:21:02	1267	149.20	BATE
08:21:05	1874	148.90	XLON
08:21:05	1268	148.90	CHIX
08:25:15	1,167	148.00	CHIX
08:26:10	1,830	148.20	XLON
08:40:10	788	148.00	XLON
08:40:10	1,200	148.00	XLON
08:40:10	167	148.00	XLON
08:40:10	418	148.20	XLON
08:40:10	1,495	148.20	XLON
08:40:10	2,861	148.20	XLON
08:40:10	1,153	148.20	TRQX
08:40:10	79	148.00	XLON
08:40:10	24	148.20	TRQX
08:40:14	955	147.80	CHIX
08:40:14	371	147.80	CHIX
08:41:10	414	147.60	XLON
08:41:10	1,200	147.60	XLON
08:42:00	76	147.70	BATE
08:42:00	1,200	147.70	BATE
08:42:30	996	147.70	XLON
08:42:30	600	147.70	XLON
08:46:23	683	147.70	XLON
08:46:23	1,200	147.70	XLON
08:52:22	1,369	148.00	TRQX
08:52:35	988	147.80	CHIX
08:52:35	339	147.80	CHIX
09:12:47	1,275	147.60	CHIX
09:12:47	1,600	147.60	XLON
09:12:47	216	147.60	XLON
09:12:47	1,724	147.60	XLON
09:16:48	948	147.20	CHIX
09:17:51	437	147.20	CHIX
09:22:00	591	147.50	BATE
09:22:00	1,106	147.50	BATE
09:22:00	2,057	147.50	BATE
09:22:00	1,507	147.50	BATE
09:30:05	584	147.30	TRQX
09:30:05	840	147.30	TRQX
09:40:04	873	147.60	XLON
09:40:04	1,482	147.60	XLON
09:40:04	447	147.60	XLON
09:40:04	2,566	147.60	XLON
09:56:54	537	147.60	CHIX
09:56:54	635	147.60	CHIX
09:56:58	2	147.60	CHIX
09:56:58	1,200	147.60	CHIX
10:26:31	1,250	147.60	TRQX
10:26:31	1,213	147.60	CHIX
10:31:20	1,053	149.30	XLON
10:31:20	303	149.30	XLON
10:31:20	2,955	149.30	XLON
10:31:20	5,348	149.30	BATE
10:31:20	1,174	149.30	BATE
10:31:20	2,318	149.30	BATE
10:31:20	1,365	149.30	CHIX
10:31:20	3,878	149.50	XLON
10:31:20	2,106	149.20	BATE
10:31:20	2,824	149.30	XLON
10:31:20	1,854	149.30	XLON
10:31:20	587	149.40	XLON
10:31:20	1,455	149.50	XLON
10:31:20	1,122	149.50	XLON
10:31:20	467	149.50	XLON
10:31:20	62	149.50	XLON
10:31:20	2,619	149.30	BATE
10:32:24	761	149.20	TRQX
10:32:24	635	149.20	TRQX
10:43:20	648	149.40	CHIX
10:43:20	600	149.40	CHIX
10:44:37	194	149.40	XLON
10:44:37	1,047	149.40	XLON
10:44:37	1,200	149.40	XLON
10:44:37	600	149.40	XLON
10:44:37	600	149.40	XLON
10:44:37	1,288	149.40	XLON
10:55:33	1,334	149.20	CHIX
11:07:20	1,372	149.20	BATE
11:11:22	57	149.10	TRQX
11:11:22	1,200	149.10	TRQX
11:18:33	1,242	149.10	CHIX
11:28:37	71	148.90	CHIX
11:28:37	1,154	148.90	CHIX
11:32:34	263	148.50	XLON
11:32:34	1,261	148.50	XLON
11:32:34	263	148.50	XLON
11:51:37	748	148.70	CHIX
11:51:37	600	148.70	CHIX
11:52:22	1,200	148.70	TRQX
11:52:22	130	148.70	TRQX
11:54:08	645	148.50	XLON
12:10:05	328	148.70	CHIX
12:10:05	331	148.70	CHIX
12:10:05	529	148.70	CHIX
12:14:59	1,215	148.50	XLON
12:15:04	73	148.60	BATE
12:15:04	1,248	148.60	BATE
12:24:30	600	148.50	CHIX
12:24:30	637	148.50	CHIX
12:25:22	608	148.50	TRQX
12:25:22	600	148.50	TRQX
12:25:59	44	148.40	XLON
12:25:59	600	148.40	XLON
12:25:59	1,028	148.40	XLON
12:40:35	1,157	148.20	BATE
12:43:41	256	148.20	BATE
12:45:59	1,800	148.60	XLON
12:45:59	12	148.60	XLON
12:45:59	1,164	148.50	CHIX
12:49:54	272	148.50	XLON
12:49:56	510	148.80	XLON
12:49:56	3,600	148.80	XLON
12:51:50	537	148.70	XLON
12:51:50	600	148.70	XLON
12:51:50	600	148.70	XLON
12:53:50	4,211	149.10	XLON
12:53:50	1,200	149.10	XLON
12:53:50	600	149.10	XLON
12:53:50	1,228	149.20	BATE
12:53:50	636	149.20	BATE
12:53:50	977	149.20	XLON
12:53:50	909	149.20	XLON
12:53:50	75	149.30	BATE
12:53:50	1,111	149.30	BATE
13:01:11	76	149.40	CHIX
13:01:11	1,324	149.40	CHIX
13:02:11	711	149.30	TRQX
13:02:11	620	149.30	TRQX
13:17:11	1,362	149.50	CHIX
13:18:44	1,010	149.20	XLON
13:18:44	665	149.20	XLON
13:23:50	1,185	149.20	BATE
13:30:28	643	149.10	CHIX
13:34:11	563	149.10	CHIX
13:34:11	236	149.20	TRQX
13:34:11	600	149.20	TRQX
13:34:11	600	149.20	TRQX
13:34:11	2,471	149.30	XLON
13:34:50	184	149.30	BATE
13:34:50	1,200	149.30	BATE
13:40:11	415	149.20	CHIX
13:40:11	873	149.20	CHIX
13:43:11	1,725	149.50	XLON
13:54:19	491	149.30	CHIX
13:54:19	707	149.30	CHIX
14:01:54	2,687	149.80	BATE
14:01:54	633	149.80	BATE
14:01:54	130	149.80	BATE
14:01:54	1,421	149.80	BATE
14:01:54	1,867	149.80	BATE
14:03:11	1,610	150.00	XLON
14:03:21	1,335	149.90	TRQX
14:04:19	589	149.80	CHIX
14:04:19	659	149.80	CHIX
14:04:28	474	149.70	XLON
14:04:28	600	149.70	XLON
14:04:28	509	149.70	XLON
14:08:03	714	149.60	BATE
14:08:03	600	149.60	BATE
14:09:03	3	149.60	BATE
14:09:03	1,200	149.60	BATE
14:18:28	831	149.50	CHIX
14:18:28	586	149.50	CHIX
14:26:21	1,397	149.50	TRQX
14:28:20	154	149.50	CHIX
14:28:20	600	149.50	CHIX
14:28:20	600	149.50	CHIX
14:38:20	116	149.50	CHIX
14:38:20	1,200	149.50	CHIX
14:40:15	183	149.30	XLON
14:40:15	1,398	149.30	XLON
14:40:15	600	149.30	XLON
14:42:39	1,385	149.50	BATE
14:42:39	1,378	149.60	BATE
14:44:30	1,525	149.60	XLON
14:44:30	248	149.60	XLON
14:46:00	1,177	149.60	CHIX
14:46:01	1,374	149.50	TRQX
14:59:52	482	149.50	CHIX
14:59:52	744	149.50	CHIX
15:04:01	1,190	149.60	TRQX
15:04:01	950	149.60	CHIX
15:04:01	202	149.60	CHIX
15:12:00	600	149.70	XLON
15:12:00	600	149.70	XLON
15:12:00	488	149.70	XLON
15:12:01	1,169	149.80	CHIX
15:12:01	66	149.80	CHIX
15:13:14	1,200	149.70	XLON
15:13:14	600	149.70	XLON
15:13:14	11	149.70	XLON
15:17:14	330	149.70	XLON
15:17:14	1,200	149.70	XLON
15:19:01	600	149.70	CHIX
15:19:01	600	149.70	CHIX
15:19:04	63	149.70	CHIX
15:19:39	615	149.80	BATE
15:19:39	950	149.80	BATE
15:19:39	309	149.80	BATE
15:19:39	1,200	149.80	BATE
15:19:39	170	149.80	BATE
15:19:54	2,411	150.10	BATE
15:19:55	635	150.20	BATE
15:19:55	1,305	150.40	BATE
15:19:55	1,376	150.20	BATE
15:19:55	982	150.20	XLON
15:22:22	21	150.70	TRQX
15:22:22	88	150.70	TRQX
15:22:25	1,062	150.70	TRQX
15:22:52	3,865	150.50	XLON
15:22:52	1,544	150.50	XLON
15:22:52	1,834	150.50	XLON
15:22:52	3,380	150.50	XLON
15:22:52	1,672	150.50	XLON
15:22:52	1,662	150.50	XLON
15:22:52	4,383	150.50	XLON
15:22:52	1,819	150.50	XLON
15:22:52	8,654	150.50	XLON
15:22:52	2,606	150.50	XLON
15:22:52	1,976	150.50	XLON
15:22:52	2,071	150.50	XLON
15:22:52	2,185	150.40	XLON
15:22:52	1,244	150.20	CHIX
15:23:52	357	150.10	XLON
15:23:52	428	150.10	XLON
15:23:52	1,000	150.10	XLON
15:23:52	1,926	150.10	XLON
15:23:52	374	150.40	BATE
15:23:52	946	150.40	BATE
15:24:17	6,324	150.10	XLON
15:24:17	2,181	150.10	XLON
15:24:19	304	150.10	BATE
15:24:19	947	150.10	BATE
15:24:51	566	149.90	BATE
15:24:51	1,062	149.90	BATE
15:24:51	949	149.90	BATE
15:24:51	631	149.80	BATE
15:24:51	1,872	149.80	XLON
15:24:51	1,357	149.80	BATE
15:24:51	120	149.80	BATE
15:24:51	1,763	149.80	XLON
15:30:51	1,417	150.00	XLON
15:32:09	544	150.00	CHIX
15:32:09	691	150.00	CHIX
15:32:09	99	150.00	XLON
15:32:09	196	150.00	XLON
15:32:09	73	150.00	XLON
15:32:09	197	150.00	XLON
15:32:09	600	150.00	XLON
15:32:09	1,528	150.00	XLON
15:32:55	1,404	149.80	XLON
15:32:55	849	149.80	XLON
15:33:04	2,435	149.80	XLON
15:33:27	2,353	149.60	XLON
15:33:54	2,349	149.70	XLON
15:33:54	2,416	149.80	BATE
15:33:54	2,566	149.80	BATE
15:34:29	2,271	149.90	XLON
15:34:29	2,075	149.90	XLON
15:35:30	2,994	149.90	XLON
15:35:30	9,387	149.90	XLON
15:35:30	2,725	149.90	XLON
15:35:30	850	149.90	XLON
15:35:30	2,871	149.90	XLON
15:35:50	1,279	149.80	TRQX
15:35:57	3,349	149.70	XLON
15:36:01	2,316	149.70	XLON
15:36:05	11	149.90	XLON
15:36:05	3,798	150.20	BATE
15:36:05	1,265	150.20	BATE
15:36:05	2,125	150.20	BATE
15:36:05	1,173	150.20	BATE
15:36:05	3,000	150.10	XLON
15:36:05	4,800	150.10	XLON
15:36:05	196	150.10	XLON
15:36:05	8	150.10	XLON
15:36:09	600	150.30	XLON
15:36:09	600	150.30	XLON
15:36:09	264	150.30	XLON
15:36:09	404	150.30	XLON
15:36:15	1,743	150.30	XLON
15:36:34	4,106	150.30	XLON
15:36:34	4,800	150.30	XLON
15:36:34	600	150.30	XLON
15:36:34	1,200	150.30	XLON
15:36:34	1,800	150.30	XLON
15:36:34	600	150.30	XLON
15:36:34	289	150.30	XLON
15:36:34	185	150.30	XLON
15:36:34	271	150.30	XLON
15:36:34	601	150.30	XLON
15:36:34	1,426	150.30	XLON
15:36:34	3,249	150.30	XLON
15:36:35	1,445	150.30	XLON
15:36:35	78	150.30	XLON
15:36:48	1,817	150.30	XLON
15:36:48	1,767	150.30	XLON
15:36:55	1,872	150.00	XLON
15:36:55	1,800	150.00	XLON
15:36:55	44	150.00	XLON
15:36:58	1,751	149.90	XLON
15:36:58	496	149.90	XLON
15:37:03	1,200	150.40	XLON
15:37:03	3,045	150.40	XLON
15:37:03	1,800	150.40	XLON
15:37:03	600	150.40	XLON
15:37:03	600	150.40	XLON
15:37:03	32	150.40	XLON
15:37:15	3,372	150.20	BATE
15:37:18	1,102	150.20	BATE
15:37:18	98	150.20	BATE
15:37:18	1,295	150.20	BATE
15:37:18	3,048	150.20	BATE
15:37:27	1,800	150.30	XLON
15:37:27	560	150.30	XLON
15:37:48	947	150.20	BATE
15:37:48	469	150.20	BATE
15:37:49	1,200	150.30	XLON
15:37:49	600	150.30	XLON
15:37:49	1,379	150.30	XLON
15:37:49	7	150.30	XLON
15:37:56	11,454	150.30	XLON
15:37:56	2,466	150.30	XLON
15:37:56	3,000	150.20	BATE
15:37:56	879	150.20	BATE
15:37:56	600	150.20	BATE
15:37:56	2,417	150.20	BATE
15:37:56	1,200	150.20	BATE
15:37:56	203	150.20	BATE
15:38:56	600	150.20	XLON
15:38:56	1,252	150.20	XLON
15:40:30	600	150.20	CHIX
15:40:32	580	150.20	CHIX
15:41:49	600	150.00	XLON
15:41:49	600	150.00	XLON
15:41:49	549	150.00	XLON
15:43:03	600	150.10	BATE
15:43:03	136	150.10	BATE
15:43:03	600	150.10	BATE
15:43:30	600	150.20	XLON
15:43:30	600	150.20	XLON
15:43:30	580	150.20	XLON
15:43:43	948	150.10	BATE
15:43:43	1,056	150.10	BATE
15:43:43	137	150.10	BATE
15:43:43	1,385	150.10	BATE
15:45:08	1,407	150.40	BATE
15:46:08	946	150.50	BATE
15:46:08	489	150.50	BATE
15:46:08	1,684	150.40	XLON
15:46:43	567	150.00	XLON
15:46:46	900	150.00	XLON
15:46:48	351	150.00	XLON
15:46:52	1,498	150.60	BATE
15:47:04	1,336	150.00	CHIX
15:47:14	2,300	150.60	BATE
15:47:14	29	150.60	BATE
15:49:23	1,583	150.30	XLON
15:50:14	1,295	150.40	BATE
15:51:27	1,806	150.40	XLON
15:53:27	1,836	150.50	XLON
15:54:58	1,257	150.40	XLON
15:54:58	551	150.40	XLON
15:54:58	1,382	150.40	TRQX
15:57:44	1,312	150.50	CHIX
15:57:58	1,200	150.50	XLON
15:57:58	407	150.50	XLON
15:59:15	1,581	150.40	XLON
15:59:15	1,423	150.40	BATE
16:02:15	1,757	150.50	XLON
16:04:15	1,689	150.40	XLON
16:05:15	600	150.40	CHIX
16:05:15	731	150.40	CHIX
16:06:15	1,235	150.40	XLON
16:06:15	311	150.40	XLON
16:08:15	209	150.40	XLON
16:08:17	309	150.40	XLON
16:08:17	1,330	150.40	XLON
16:09:49	1,278	150.20	BATE
16:09:54	1,693	150.20	XLON
16:11:53	655	150.20	CHIX
16:11:53	714	150.20	CHIX
16:11:54	600	150.30	XLON
16:11:54	1,036	150.30	XLON
16:11:54	158	150.30	XLON
16:12:54	600	150.30	XLON
16:12:54	600	150.30	XLON
16:12:54	358	150.30	XLON
16:12:58	770	150.20	TRQX
16:13:44	311	150.20	TRQX
16:15:54	1,200	150.40	XLON
16:15:54	600	150.40	XLON
16:15:54	1,506	150.40	XLON
16:17:20	1,893	150.40	XLON
16:17:40	1,124	150.40	CHIX
16:17:40	83	150.40	CHIX
16:17:58	130	150.20	TRQX
16:18:49	1,183	150.60	BATE
16:18:49	1,690	150.90	XLON
16:20:49	1,996	150.40	XLON
16:21:49	1,535	150.40	XLON
16:22:49	1,200	150.40	XLON
16:22:49	697	150.40	XLON
16:23:58	843	150.70	TRQX
16:24:58	600	150.40	XLON
16:24:58	600	150.40	XLON
16:24:59	600	150.40	XLON
16:24:59	304	150.40	XLON
16:25:43	394	150.20	CHIX
16:25:59	133	150.30	XLON
16:25:59	1,554	150.30	XLON
16:27:01	600	150.30	XLON
16:27:01	600	150.30	XLON
16:27:01	433	150.30	XLON
16:28:32	626	150.50	CHIX
16:28:32	1,695	150.50	XLON
16:28:32	184	150.50	XLON
16:29:02	771	150.50	XLON

 

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