FIRSTGROUP PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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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 16 December 2022, it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”) through Liberum Capital Limited.

Date of Purchase

27 April 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

328,541

Weighted average price paid (p)

112.13

Highest price paid (p)

113.80

Lowest price paid (p)

110.70

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 37,785,904 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 712,844,175. 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 27 April 2023 is 712,844,175. 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
corporate.comms@firstgroup.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354

Contacts at Brunswick PR:

Andrew Porter / Simone Selzer
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959

Contacts at Liberum Capital Limited:

Nicholas How / John Fishley / William Hall
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3100 2000

Contacts at RBC Europe Limited:

James Agnew / Jonathan Hardy / Jack Wood
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7653 4000

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

112.11

232,831

BATE

112.18

37,678

CHIX

112.21

40,823

TRQX

112.07

17,209

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Venue

08:00:04

2375

113

BATE

08:00:08

593

113

BATE

08:02:03

1265

113.2

XLON

08:02:03

1338

113.2

XLON

08:03:25

2583

113

XLON

08:03:33

1875

112.8

XLON

08:03:33

800

112.8

XLON

08:13:00

2485

113.5

CHIX

08:13:00

2731

113.8

CHIX

08:14:31

2552

113.4

XLON

08:14:31

2987

113.4

XLON

08:17:31

2652

113.4

XLON

08:22:31

2461

112.9

XLON

08:31:31

2476

112.8

XLON

08:47:15

2483

113.2

XLON

08:47:15

6113

113.3

XLON

08:47:15

4096

113.3

XLON

08:47:15

611

113

BATE

08:47:17

2567

113.1

BATE

08:47:17

154

113

BATE

08:47:17

1476

113

BATE

08:47:17

765

113

BATE

08:48:48

2993

113

TRQX

08:59:27

659

112.6

CHIX

08:59:27

2406

112.6

CHIX

08:59:27

2237

112.6

XLON

09:23:12

928

112.2

XLON

09:23:12

1162

112.2

XLON

09:23:12

3200

112.2

XLON

09:23:12

1600

112.2

XLON

09:23:12

1600

112.2

XLON

09:23:12

2871

112.2

XLON

09:23:13

264

112.1

XLON

09:23:13

1600

112.1

XLON

09:23:13

800

112.1

XLON

09:25:35

306

111.9

XLON

09:38:01

2385

111.9

XLON

09:38:01

2174

111.9

XLON

09:38:01

2984

111.9

XLON

09:38:01

925

111.9

XLON

09:39:17

2747

112.4

BATE

09:48:22

2367

112.4

XLON

09:52:43

2584

112.4

XLON

09:52:43

2655

112.4

XLON

09:53:10

367

112.3

CHIX

09:58:28

1

112.3

CHIX

09:58:28

1526

112.3

CHIX

09:58:28

185

112.3

CHIX

09:58:28

533

112.3

CHIX

10:04:58

2355

112.1

XLON

10:04:58

2431

112.2

XLON

10:04:58

2295

112.2

XLON

10:27:43

2165

111.9

XLON

10:37:47

3135

112.1

XLON

10:37:47

404

112.1

XLON

10:37:47

2508

112

CHIX

10:40:30

476

111.8

XLON

11:04:13

121

112

XLON

11:06:48

471

112

XLON

11:06:48

2019

112

XLON

11:06:48

2935

112

XLON

11:06:48

800

112

XLON

11:06:48

800

112

XLON

11:06:48

419

112

XLON

11:14:48

800

112

TRQX

11:14:48

800

112

TRQX

11:14:48

919

112

TRQX

11:14:48

2612

112

XLON

11:20:59

2700

111.9

CHIX

11:21:09

2611

111.9

XLON

11:21:09

9

111.8

XLON

11:21:09

281

111.8

XLON

11:33:09

426

111.8

XLON

11:33:09

2048

111.8

XLON

11:40:17

3174

112.1

BATE

11:42:09

2452

112.2

XLON

11:52:09

653

112.2

XLON

11:52:09

800

112.2

XLON

11:52:09

800

112.2

XLON

12:08:24

2206

112.2

XLON

12:30:11

3081

112.6

CHIX

12:30:17

2944

112.9

BATE

12:30:19

2495

112.6

XLON

12:30:19

176

112.6

XLON

12:30:19

1995

112.6

XLON

12:30:19

4800

112.6

XLON

12:30:19

404

112.6

XLON

12:40:19

2520

112.6

XLON

12:41:02

1500

112.5

TRQX

12:41:02

1177

112.5

TRQX

12:46:19

2274

112.5

XLON

12:51:19

287

112.4

XLON

12:51:19

2219

112.4

XLON

13:03:19

1995

112.5

XLON

13:03:19

489

112.5

XLON

13:04:17

800

112.3

BATE

13:04:17

1616

112.3

BATE

13:04:17

238

112.3

BATE

13:10:10

940

112.5

XLON

13:10:10

1600

112.5

XLON

13:10:10

1620

112.4

CHIX

13:10:10

1

112.4

CHIX

13:13:05

1248

112.5

XLON

13:13:05

800

112.5

XLON

13:13:05

390

112.5

XLON

13:18:05

674

112.6

XLON

13:18:05

1600

112.6

XLON

13:23:05

2629

112.6

XLON

13:29:10

3073

112.5

CHIX

13:29:31

800

112.5

BATE

13:29:31

1873

112.5

BATE

13:37:04

3284

112.4

XLON

14:01:37

216

112.2

XLON

14:01:37

1883

112.2

XLON

14:01:37

1240

112.2

XLON

14:01:37

3017

112.2

XLON

14:03:16

489

112.2

XLON

14:03:27

584

112.2

XLON

14:06:02

311

112.3

TRQX

14:06:02

2400

112.3

TRQX

14:06:02

198

112.3

TRQX

14:07:24

495

112.2

XLON

14:11:40

494

112.2

XLON

14:13:13

2641

112.2

XLON

14:13:13

2515

112.2

CHIX

14:13:13

1312

112.2

XLON

14:13:18

121

112.2

XLON

14:20:19

283

112.1

XLON

14:20:19

2400

112.1

XLON

14:20:19

800

112.1

XLON

14:20:19

3466

112.1

XLON

14:34:30

2166

111.9

CHIX

14:34:45

336

111.9

CHIX

14:43:40

2560

111.8

XLON

14:51:45

282

111.7

XLON

14:51:45

800

111.7

XLON

14:51:45

800

111.7

XLON

14:51:45

1261

111.7

CHIX

14:51:45

722

111.7

CHIX

14:51:45

673

111.7

CHIX

14:51:49

15

111.7

XLON

14:51:49

494

111.7

XLON

14:51:53

1694

111.7

XLON

14:52:03

730

111.7

XLON

14:52:04

730

111.7

XLON

14:52:15

45

111.7

XLON

14:57:59

2750

111.8

XLON

14:58:04

2754

111.8

XLON

15:03:41

553

111.8

XLON

15:03:43

3058

111.8

XLON

15:13:30

1007

111.8

XLON

15:15:56

374

111.8

TRQX

15:15:56

2469

111.8

XLON

15:15:56

1808

111.8

XLON

15:20:05

2588

111.8

CHIX

15:20:05

2398

111.8

TRQX

15:20:56

2507

111.8

XLON

15:21:07

786

111.8

XLON

15:21:07

1600

111.8

XLON

15:21:07

2287

111.7

BATE

15:21:07

611

111.7

BATE

15:23:33

1657

111.6

XLON

15:23:33

800

111.6

XLON

15:23:33

340

111.6

XLON

15:23:33

1178

111.6

XLON

15:23:33

3494

111.7

XLON

15:36:51

48

111.4

XLON

15:36:51

800

111.4

XLON

15:36:51

4000

111.4

XLON

15:36:51

1571

111.4

XLON

15:36:51

16701

111.4

XLON

15:37:07

2480

111.5

BATE

15:40:58

182

111.4

CHIX

15:44:58

2468

111.5

CHIX

15:44:58

163

111.5

CHIX

15:47:07

1163

111.5

BATE

15:47:07

1795

111.5

BATE

15:55:09

129

111

XLON

15:55:09

11

111

XLON

15:55:09

766

111

XLON

15:55:09

514

111

XLON

15:55:24

1038

111

XLON

16:06:58

2687

111

CHIX

16:06:58

392

111

CHIX

16:07:10

3294

111

XLON

16:13:57

375

110.7

TRQX

16:13:57

11

110.7

TRQX

16:14:10

213

110.8

XLON

16:14:10

1600

110.8

XLON

16:14:10

800

110.8

XLON

16:17:59

118

110.7

TRQX

16:18:29

589

110.7

TRQX

16:22:39

2384

111.3

BATE

16:22:39

1425

111.3

BATE

16:22:39

2800

111.3

BATE

16:23:03

265

111.1

CHIX

16:23:03

529

111.1

CHIX

16:25:23

2653

111

XLON

16:25:23

1504

111.1

TRQX

16:25:23

742

111.1

TRQX

16:25:28

4802

111

XLON

16:25:33

4673

111

XLON