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 RBC Europe Limited.

Date of Purchase	20 October 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	393,000
Weighted average price paid (p)	146.90
Highest price paid (p)	147.70
Lowest price paid (p)	145.40

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 85,490,698 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 665,204,317. 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 20 October 2023 is 665,204,317. 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: RBC Europe Limited

Intermediary Code: ROYCGB22

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	146.89	281,949
BATE	146.89	31,963
CHIX	146.90	38,648
TRQX	146.93	38,833
Sigma-X	147.00	1,607

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

8:17:46	289	145.40	XLON
8:17:49	206	146.30	XLON
8:17:51	242	146.70	XLON
8:17:51	196	146.80	XLON
8:17:51	242	146.80	XLON
8:18:30	112	145.70	CHIX
8:22:18	301	146.70	XLON
8:22:18	242	146.70	XLON
8:25:27	629	146.40	CHIX
8:25:27	629	146.40	XLON
8:25:27	628	146.40	TRQX
8:25:27	581	146.40	BATE
8:25:27	416	146.40	XLON
8:25:55	213	146.20	XLON
8:25:59	226	146.20	XLON
8:25:59	66	146.20	CHIX
8:25:59	1	146.40	CHIX
8:25:59	147	146.40	CHIX
8:32:56	176	146.50	CHIX
8:32:58	45	146.50	CHIX
8:32:58	85	146.60	XLON
8:34:26	179	146.80	XLON
8:34:27	70	146.80	CHIX
8:34:29	359	146.80	XLON
8:34:29	63	146.80	XLON
8:34:30	28	146.80	CHIX
8:35:55	163	146.80	XLON
8:35:56	163	146.80	CHIX
8:35:58	65	146.80	XLON
8:36:02	66	146.80	CHIX
8:36:05	28	146.80	CHIX
8:36:05	26	147.30	XLON
8:36:46	98	146.70	CHIX
8:36:46	97	146.70	XLON
8:36:46	98	146.70	BATE
8:36:46	97	146.70	TRQX
8:41:54	92	146.80	XLON
8:41:55	37	146.80	XLON
8:46:33	73	146.30	CHIX
8:46:33	73	146.30	BATE
8:46:33	31	146.30	TRQX
8:46:33	41	146.30	TRQX
8:46:33	73	146.30	XLON
8:52:22	328	146.70	CHIX
8:52:26	328	146.70	TRQX
8:52:29	132	146.70	CHIX
8:53:05	16	147.00	XLON
8:53:08	7	147.00	XLON
8:53:51	58	146.90	XLON
8:53:51	199	146.90	XLON
8:53:51	65	147.00	CHIX
8:58:20	50	147.20	XLON
8:58:20	129	147.30	CHIX
9:00:00	257	146.80	BATE
9:00:00	72	146.80	XLON
9:00:00	12	146.80	CHIX
9:00:00	50	146.80	TRQX
9:02:54	162	146.90	BATE
9:04:52	151	147.10	XLON
9:04:56	61	147.10	XLON
9:05:52	143	147.30	XLON
9:05:52	20	147.30	XLON
9:08:52	54	147.70	XLON
9:08:53	53	147.70	XLON
9:08:54	48	147.70	CHIX
9:08:54	480	147.00	BATE
9:08:54	228	147.00	TRQX
9:08:54	230	147.00	BATE
9:08:54	22	147.00	XLON
9:08:54	21	147.10	XLON
9:08:54	103	147.70	CHIX
9:08:55	130	147.40	XLON
9:08:55	242	147.40	XLON
9:09:01	373	147.00	CHIX
9:09:01	373	147.00	BATE
9:09:01	149	147.00	XLON
9:09:01	372	147.00	TRQX
9:16:26	2	146.90	TRQX
9:16:26	728	146.90	TRQX
9:16:44	18	146.90	XLON
9:16:44	19	146.90	CHIX
9:16:44	19	146.90	BATE
9:16:44	292	146.90	TRQX
9:16:44	8	146.90	TRQX
9:23:52	102	147.10	XLON
9:25:21	41	147.10	XLON
9:25:23	57	147.10	XLON
9:25:26	55	147.10	CHIX
9:25:26	76	147.10	CHIX
9:25:27	22	147.10	XLON
9:25:29	53	147.10	CHIX
9:25:32	17	147.10	XLON
9:25:35	21	147.10	CHIX
9:25:37	9	147.10	XLON
9:25:41	8	147.10	CHIX
9:25:42	7	147.10	XLON
9:25:43	4	147.10	XLON
9:25:44	3	147.10	XLON
9:25:47	3	147.10	CHIX
9:25:50	1	147.10	XLON
9:26:54	2	147.10	CHIX
9:26:56	57	147.10	XLON
9:26:59	1	147.10	CHIX
9:32:56	132	147.10	BATE
9:32:59	102	147.10	TRQX
9:33:01	60	147.10	CHIX
9:33:02	41	147.10	TRQX
9:33:05	24	147.10	CHIX
9:33:06	23	147.10	XLON
9:33:08	38	147.10	BATE
9:33:08	15	147.10	BATE
9:33:11	10	147.10	CHIX
9:33:14	9	147.10	XLON
9:33:17	4	147.10	CHIX
9:33:19	4	147.10	XLON
9:33:20	1	147.10	CHIX
9:34:25	2	147.10	XLON
9:34:26	13	147.10	CHIX
9:34:26	584	146.90	TRQX
9:36:40	192	146.70	TRQX
9:36:40	428	146.70	BATE
9:36:40	510	146.70	CHIX
9:36:40	82	146.70	BATE
9:36:40	318	146.70	TRQX
9:36:40	510	146.70	XLON
10:03:39	510	146.40	BATE
10:03:39	510	146.40	CHIX
10:03:39	510	146.40	TRQX
10:03:39	510	146.40	XLON
10:04:04	680	147.30	BATE
10:04:04	680	147.30	CHIX
10:04:04	680	147.30	XLON
10:05:13	680	147.40	BATE
10:05:13	680	147.40	XLON
10:05:13	680	147.40	TRQX
10:05:13	662	147.40	TRQX
10:05:13	680	147.30	CHIX
10:05:13	680	147.30	BATE
10:05:13	680	147.30	XLON
10:05:13	1,176	147.30	TRQX
10:07:03	127	147.10	TRQX
10:07:03	700	147.10	TRQX
10:07:03	1,400	147.10	TRQX
10:07:03	700	147.10	TRQX
10:07:03	700	147.10	TRQX
10:07:03	680	147.10	CHIX
10:07:03	680	147.10	BATE
10:07:03	1,400	147.10	TRQX
10:07:03	638	147.10	XLON
10:07:03	42	147.10	XLON
10:07:04	369	147.00	XLON
10:07:04	56	147.00	XLON
10:07:04	28	147.00	XLON
10:07:04	453	147.00	TRQX
10:07:04	454	147.00	BATE
10:07:12	180	146.90	CHIX
10:07:12	510	146.90	BATE
10:07:12	330	146.90	CHIX
10:07:12	510	146.90	XLON
10:07:12	510	146.90	TRQX
10:37:07	168	146.80	TRQX
10:37:07	510	146.80	CHIX
10:37:07	510	146.80	BATE
10:37:07	342	146.80	TRQX
10:37:07	510	146.80	XLON
10:51:29	956	147.10	BATE
10:55:18	510	146.90	XLON
10:55:18	510	146.90	BATE
10:55:18	510	146.90	CHIX
10:55:18	510	146.90	TRQX
11:11:59	119	146.70	TRQX
11:11:59	510	146.70	BATE
11:11:59	510	146.70	XLON
11:11:59	391	146.70	TRQX
11:11:59	510	146.70	CHIX
11:11:59	175	146.80	BATE
11:30:30	901	146.70	CHIX
11:30:30	380	146.70	BATE
11:30:30	299	146.70	TRQX
11:30:30	380	146.70	XLON
11:30:30	80	146.70	TRQX
11:30:51	420	146.60	BATE
11:30:51	600	146.60	CHIX
11:30:51	420	146.60	XLON
12:02:11	300	146.90	CHIX
12:02:11	510	146.90	BATE
12:02:11	210	146.90	CHIX
12:02:11	600	146.90	TRQX
12:02:12	175	147.00	XLON
12:02:12	101	147.00	XLON
12:02:12	562	147.00	XLON
12:03:02	132	146.80	CHIX
12:03:02	208	146.80	CHIX
12:03:02	340	146.80	BATE
12:03:02	340	146.80	XLON
12:03:02	1,020	146.80	TRQX
12:24:02	1,006	147.15	BATE
12:24:02	984	147.15	TRQX
12:24:02	1,017	147.15	CHIX
12:24:58	727	147.30	TRQX
12:34:23	247	147.45	CHIX
12:38:36	75	147.20	CHIX
12:38:36	40	147.20	CHIX
12:38:36	340	147.20	BATE
12:38:36	322	147.20	TRQX
12:38:36	225	147.20	CHIX
12:38:36	698	147.20	TRQX
12:38:36	340	147.20	XLON
12:38:36	1,220	147.20	TRQX
12:38:36	1247	147.20	BATE
12:38:36	1,260	147.20	CHIX
12:38:36	848	147.20	BATE
12:51:02	52	147.00	XLON
12:51:02	66	147.00	BATE
12:51:02	66	147.00	TRQX
12:51:02	334	147.00	CHIX
12:51:02	198	147.00	XLON
12:51:02	268	147.00	TRQX
12:51:02	268	147.00	BATE
12:51:02	788	147.00	XLON
12:51:04	670	146.90	BATE
12:51:04	165	146.90	CHIX
12:51:04	165	146.90	TRQX
12:51:04	386	146.90	BATE
12:51:04	328	146.90	XLON
12:51:04	163	146.90	CHIX
12:51:04	163	146.90	TRQX
12:59:33	97	147.00	CHIX
12:59:33	112	147.00	CHIX
12:59:55	124	147.00	CHIX
13:04:29	138	147.00	TRQX
13:04:29	334	147.00	BATE
13:04:29	1,040	147.00	XLON
13:04:29	195	147.00	TRQX
13:08:31	200	146.90	XLON
13:08:32	684	147.10	XLON
13:08:32	510	147.10	XLON
13:08:32	322	147.20	CHIX
13:08:32	188	147.20	CHIX
13:16:26	1014	147.05	BATE
13:16:26	992	147.05	TRQX
13:16:26	1,024	147.05	CHIX
13:23:02	510	146.90	XLON
13:23:02	510	146.90	CHIX
13:23:02	510	146.90	BATE
13:23:02	510	146.90	TRQX
13:23:02	510	146.90	BATE
13:37:02	504	146.90	CHIX
13:37:02	6	146.90	CHIX
13:37:02	510	146.90	BATE
13:37:02	510	146.90	XLON
13:37:02	510	146.90	TRQX
13:42:02	98	146.90	CHIX
13:42:02	510	147.20	CHIX
13:58:09	166	147.00	BATE
13:58:09	344	147.00	BATE
13:58:09	510	147.00	XLON
13:58:09	457	147.00	TRQX
13:58:09	53	147.00	TRQX
13:58:11	3,623	147.20	CHIX
13:58:11	676	147.20	CHIX
13:58:11	62	147.20	CHIX
14:08:52	560	147.20	XLON
14:08:52	37	147.20	TRQX
14:08:52	184	147.20	XLON
14:10:08	590	147.10	BATE
14:11:02	358	147.00	CHIX
14:12:02	358	147.00	BATE
14:12:02	967	147.00	TRQX
14:12:02	357	147.00	XLON
14:13:02	42	146.90	CHIX
14:13:02	896	146.90	CHIX
14:14:02	1,596	146.90	CHIX
14:14:02	714	146.90	CHIX
14:14:02	738	146.90	XLON
14:14:02	777	146.90	TRQX
14:14:02	103	146.90	XLON
14:14:02	64	146.90	TRQX
14:14:05	66	147.00	CHIX
14:14:05	202	147.00	CHIX
14:14:05	867	147.00	CHIX
14:14:07	258	147.00	XLON
14:14:07	44	147.00	XLON
14:26:53	700	147.10	BATE
14:26:53	399	147.10	BATE
14:26:53	301	147.10	TRQX
14:26:55	1,135	147.10	CHIX
14:26:55	302	147.10	BATE
14:26:55	5	147.10	BATE
14:26:55	741	147.10	BATE
14:26:55	500	147.10	TRQX
14:43:04	127	147.10	CHIX
14:43:04	742	147.10	CHIX
14:43:04	869	147.10	XLON
14:43:05	586	147.20	XLON
14:53:38	435	147.00	BATE
14:53:38	204	147.00	CHIX
14:53:38	88	147.00	BATE
14:53:38	230	147.00	CHIX
14:53:38	585	147.00	TRQX
14:54:02	434	147.00	CHIX
14:54:02	392	147.00	XLON
14:54:02	202	147.00	TRQX
14:54:02	194	147.00	XLON
15:06:20	375	147.00	BATE
15:06:20	420	147.20	XLON
15:06:20	110	147.20	XLON
15:06:24	616	147.20	CHIX
15:07:20	510	147.00	CHIX
15:07:20	135	147.00	BATE
15:07:20	510	147.00	XLON
15:07:20	510	147.00	TRQX
15:07:20	1429	147.00	TRQX
15:07:21	885	147.10	TRQX
15:07:23	554	147.10	XLON
15:07:23	181	147.10	XLON
15:07:23	177	147.10	XLON
15:07:23	4	147.20	XLON
15:07:23	204	147.20	XLON
15:10:22	885	146.90	TRQX
15:10:22	181	146.90	CHIX
15:10:22	204	146.90	CHIX
15:10:22	385	146.90	BATE
15:11:02	487	146.80	BATE
15:11:02	487	146.80	XLON
15:11:02	533	146.80	TRQX
15:11:02	533	146.80	CHIX
15:13:39	75	146.70	CHIX
15:13:39	435	146.70	CHIX
15:13:39	510	146.70	BATE
15:13:39	510	146.70	TRQX
15:13:39	510	146.70	XLON
15:25:21	161	146.70	XLON
15:29:02	510	146.60	CHIX
15:29:02	370	146.60	BATE
15:29:02	510	146.60	XLON
15:29:02	369	146.60	TRQX
15:29:02	140	146.60	BATE
15:29:02	141	146.60	TRQX
15:29:05	95	146.50	XLON
15:29:05	510	146.50	BATE
15:29:05	68	146.50	TRQX
15:29:05	415	146.50	XLON
15:29:05	510	146.50	CHIX
15:29:05	442	146.50	TRQX
15:47:51	386	146.70	XLON
16:00:03	510	146.60	TRQX
16:00:03	510	146.60	XLON
16:00:03	510	146.60	CHIX
16:00:03	510	146.60	BATE
16:00:04	732	146.90	XLON
16:00:04	471	147.00	BATE
16:00:04	39	147.10	BATE
16:00:05	6	147.00	XLON
16:00:06	510	147.00	BATE
16:00:06	510	147.00	TRQX
16:00:06	2,217	147.00	XLON
16:01:20	680	146.90	XLON
16:01:20	680	146.90	TRQX
16:01:21	454	147.20	BATE
16:02:23	2	147.00	CHIX
16:02:23	182	147.00	CHIX
16:02:23	383	147.00	CHIX
16:02:23	453	147.00	XLON
16:02:23	566	147.00	TRQX
16:02:23	1,607	147.00	Sigma-X
16:02:34	227	146.90	XLON
16:02:34	383	146.90	CHIX
16:02:34	131	146.90	XLON
16:05:04	275	146.90	BATE
16:05:04	127	146.90	CHIX
16:05:04	235	146.90	BATE
16:05:04	510	146.90	TRQX
16:05:04	152	146.90	XLON
16:05:05	118	146.80	XLON
16:05:05	60	146.80	XLON
16:05:05	675	146.80	XLON
16:05:16	380	146.80	BATE
16:05:16	666	146.80	TRQX
16:05:16	667	146.80	CHIX
16:05:16	287	146.80	BATE
16:05:16	40	146.80	XLON
16:07:25	497	146.70	CHIX
16:07:25	60	146.70	TRQX
16:07:25	497	146.70	XLON
16:07:25	463	146.70	TRQX
16:07:25	523	146.70	BATE
16:11:41	960	146.60	XLON
16:11:41	360	146.60	CHIX
16:11:41	34	146.60	BATE
16:11:41	5	146.60	BATE
16:12:53	333	146.60	XLON
16:12:53	248	146.60	TRQX
16:14:24	510	146.40	CHIX
16:14:45	510	146.20	XLON
16:14:45	510	146.20	CHIX
16:15:38	510	146.00	CHIX
16:15:38	370	146.00	BATE
16:15:38	510	146.00	XLON
16:15:38	510	146.00	TRQX
16:16:31	96	145.90	XLON
16:19:15	353	145.90	XLON
16:21:28	393	145.80	BATE
16:21:39	117	145.80	BATE
16:22:44	510	145.80	CHIX
16:25:44	510	145.90	BATE
16:25:49	128	145.90	CHIX
16:26:19	107	145.90	CHIX
16:26:27	510	145.90	TRQX
16:27:42	628	145.90	BATE
16:27:42	338	145.90	TRQX
16:35:28	11211	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	3,235	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	18222	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	15,853	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	309	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	10,523	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	36,599	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	13,548	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	2,925	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	5,252	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	10,171	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	9,991	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	2	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	7,723	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	18106	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	597	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	6,488	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	172	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	11,430	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	2,749	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	5,948	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	7,579	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	121	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	187	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	7,756	146.90	XLON
16:35:28	36,837	146.90	XLON

 

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