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

26 April 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

443,864

Weighted average price paid (p)

112.32

Highest price paid (p)

113.30

Lowest price paid (p)

110.30

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 37,457,363 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 713,172,716. 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 26 April 2023 is 713,172,716. 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

112.28

284,311

BATE

102,711

112.46

CHIX

39,670

112.16

TRQX

17,172

112.51

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Venue

08:00:26

3001

111.9

BATE

08:03:15

1108

111.1

XLON

08:03:15

1137

111.1

XLON

08:03:33

959

111.1

XLON

08:03:33

1919

111.1

XLON

08:03:37

2950

110.3

CHIX

08:06:13

13

111.3

XLON

08:06:13

2250

111.3

XLON

08:12:13

2163

111.4

XLON

08:12:13

514

111.4

XLON

08:40:54

2567

110.9

XLON

08:40:54

2354

110.9

XLON

08:40:54

2089

110.8

CHIX

08:40:54

800

110.8

CHIX

08:41:20

3058

111.3

BATE

08:44:49

1924

111.4

BATE

08:44:49

845

111.4

BATE

08:45:54

961

111.5

XLON

08:45:54

1456

111.5

XLON

08:45:56

2367

111.6

XLON

08:46:49

2764

111.6

BATE

08:49:56

2243

111.4

XLON

08:58:56

1213

111.5

XLON

08:58:56

1242

111.5

XLON

08:59:50

1832

111.9

BATE

08:59:50

858

111.9

BATE

09:06:56

206

111.5

XLON

09:06:56

1709

111.5

XLON

09:06:56

515

111.5

XLON

09:14:16

1717

111.6

TRQX

09:14:16

854

111.6

TRQX

09:14:57

2213

111.6

XLON

09:15:40

279

111.6

BATE

09:15:40

2368

111.6

BATE

09:24:21

7946

111.4

XLON

09:24:21

169

111.4

XLON

09:24:21

2932

111.4

CHIX

09:25:10

2794

111.6

BATE

10:03:22

3540

111.5

XLON

10:03:23

4042

111.5

XLON

10:03:24

2506

111.5

XLON

10:05:25

2606

111.6

XLON

10:05:25

3775

111.6

XLON

10:05:25

1993

111.6

XLON

10:05:25

5052

111.6

XLON

10:06:21

602

111.5

CHIX

10:06:21

2371

111.5

CHIX

10:33:13

726

111.5

XLON

10:33:13

800

111.5

XLON

10:33:13

140

111.5

XLON

10:33:13

817

111.5

XLON

10:34:48

2002

112

BATE

10:34:48

1074

112

BATE

10:34:48

1478

111.8

BATE

10:34:48

1600

111.8

BATE

10:35:13

987

111.8

XLON

10:35:13

1600

111.8

XLON

10:37:29

3162

111.8

XLON

10:37:29

10071

111.8

XLON

10:37:29

6328

111.8

XLON

10:37:29

2351

111.6

XLON

10:37:44

288

111.8

XLON

10:37:45

2157

111.8

XLON

10:38:29

2707

112.3

BATE

10:39:30

2294

112.2

XLON

10:46:51

1395

112.3

XLON

10:46:51

800

112.3

XLON

10:51:46

2543

112.2

XLON

10:51:46

2958

112.3

CHIX

10:54:36

1606

112.8

BATE

10:54:36

735

112.8

BATE

10:54:36

627

112.8

BATE

10:54:36

2575

112.8

BATE

10:54:36

72

112.6

BATE

10:54:36

2263

112.5

XLON

10:59:36

2647

112.5

XLON

11:08:37

2197

112.5

XLON

11:11:37

2617

112.5

XLON

11:20:38

1788

112.4

XLON

11:20:38

674

112.4

XLON

11:22:48

675

112.2

XLON

11:22:48

800

112.2

XLON

11:22:48

800

112.2

XLON

11:22:52

2584

112.2

XLON

11:23:12

2883

112.1

TRQX

11:30:52

265

112.3

BATE

11:30:52

800

112.3

BATE

11:30:52

800

112.3

BATE

11:30:52

800

112.3

BATE

11:30:52

800

112.3

BATE

11:30:52

1032

112.3

BATE

11:30:52

2384

112.3

BATE

11:35:11

2150

112.5

XLON

11:35:11

829

112.5

XLON

11:35:11

795

112.5

XLON

11:36:03

2440

112.5

XLON

11:37:02

596

112.4

BATE

11:37:02

800

112.4

BATE

11:37:02

1535

112.4

BATE

11:42:03

2573

112.5

XLON

11:46:30

977

112.5

XLON

11:46:30

1600

112.5

XLON

11:49:59

800

112.3

XLON

11:49:59

1443

112.3

CHIX

11:49:59

1603

112.3

CHIX

11:50:59

1316

112.3

XLON

11:51:29

280

112.3

XLON

11:53:29

684

112

XLON

11:53:29

1513

112.1

XLON

11:53:29

865

112.1

XLON

11:53:59

35

112

XLON

11:53:59

1877

112

XLON

11:55:29

1777

111.9

XLON

11:55:29

800

111.9

XLON

11:56:30

1686

111.9

BATE

11:56:30

800

111.9

BATE

12:09:29

2411

111.5

XLON

12:16:30

246

111.9

BATE

12:16:30

2504

111.9

BATE

12:16:30

1028

111.8

BATE

12:19:29

2462

111.9

XLON

12:30:29

826

111.9

XLON

12:30:29

1763

111.9

XLON

12:40:20

1140

112

TRQX

12:40:20

2500

112

XLON

12:40:29

1738

112

TRQX

12:40:30

2245

112.3

BATE

12:40:30

712

112.3

BATE

12:40:32

2725

112

BATE

12:46:22

2373

111.9

XLON

12:50:59

786

111.8

CHIX

12:50:59

82

111.8

CHIX

12:50:59

1783

111.8

CHIX

12:55:22

2407

111.8

XLON

13:03:54

1528

111.7

XLON

13:07:53

2534

111.8

XLON

13:15:53

2195

111.8

XLON

13:21:10

2689

111.8

XLON

13:27:23

1757

111.9

XLON

13:33:25

1225

111.9

CHIX

13:33:34

1395

111.9

CHIX

13:33:34

692

111.9

XLON

13:33:34

420

111.9

CHIX

13:33:34

2295

111.9

XLON

13:43:32

2595

112.2

XLON

13:43:32

643

112.3

BATE

13:43:32

1519

112.3

BATE

13:43:32

542

112.3

BATE

13:56:30

6588

112.6

XLON

13:58:43

2561

112.6

XLON

14:06:16

2681

112.7

XLON

14:06:53

2678

112.6

XLON

14:13:29

24

112.7

TRQX

14:13:29

23

112.7

TRQX

14:13:29

1820

112.7

TRQX

14:13:30

248

112.7

TRQX

14:14:48

448

112.7

TRQX

14:15:40

1240

112.7

BATE

14:15:40

1535

112.7

BATE

14:15:40

2440

112.7

XLON

14:15:40

267

112.7

TRQX

14:15:40

433

112.7

XLON

14:17:46

844

112.7

XLON

14:17:46

1286

112.7

XLON

14:20:02

998

112.7

CHIX

14:20:11

39

112.7

CHIX

14:20:14

401

112.7

XLON

14:20:14

623

112.7

CHIX

14:20:14

1369

112.7

CHIX

14:29:49

2628

112.9

XLON

14:30:41

1076

112.9

BATE

14:30:41

375

112.9

BATE

14:30:41

821

112.9

BATE

14:30:41

800

112.9

BATE

14:37:16

3451

112.9

XLON

14:37:16

873

112.9

XLON

14:37:16

754

112.9

XLON

14:39:21

502

112.9

XLON

14:39:21

2112

112.9

XLON

14:43:07

2427

113.1

XLON

14:43:07

13

113.1

XLON

14:43:07

3074

113.1

CHIX

14:43:41

2805

113.2

BATE

14:45:07

2324

113.2

XLON

14:48:07

1543

113

XLON

14:48:07

800

113

XLON

14:51:07

2420

113

XLON

14:55:07

2578

113

XLON

15:03:12

296

112.9

XLON

15:03:12

2232

112.9

XLON

15:03:12

2186

112.9

XLON

15:03:12

236

112.9

XLON

15:03:26

2797

112.8

BATE

15:06:42

2632

113

XLON

15:07:30

482

113

CHIX

15:07:30

800

113

CHIX

15:07:30

800

113

CHIX

15:07:30

800

113

CHIX

15:09:14

2641

113.1

XLON

15:09:14

15

113.1

XLON

15:09:28

449

113.2

BATE

15:09:28

620

113.2

BATE

15:09:28

262

113.2

BATE

15:09:28

1338

113.2

BATE

15:12:40

2770

113.3

TRQX

15:16:11

233

113.1

XLON

15:16:11

2400

113.1

XLON

15:16:24

1587

113.1

XLON

15:16:24

925

113.1

XLON

15:20:44

998

113

XLON

15:20:50

998

113

XLON

15:20:54

197

113

XLON

15:23:54

753

113

XLON

15:23:54

800

113

XLON

15:23:54

1140

113

XLON

15:24:28

2941

113.2

BATE

15:30:14

314

113.3

XLON

15:30:14

3200

113.3

XLON

15:34:16

733

113.2

BATE

15:34:16

2773

113.3

BATE

15:34:16

278

113.3

BATE

15:34:16

3396

113.2

BATE

15:34:16

148

113.2

BATE

15:34:16

2493

113.3

XLON

15:34:16

2212

113.3

XLON

15:34:16

3020

113.3

CHIX

15:44:02

2588

113.1

XLON

15:44:02

1556

113.1

XLON

15:44:02

2437

113.1

XLON

15:44:02

879

113.1

XLON

15:49:35

2400

113.2

BATE

15:49:35

642

113.2

BATE

15:49:35

2653

113.2

BATE

15:52:10

6531

113.3

XLON

15:54:10

1529

113.3

XLON

15:54:10

800

113.3

XLON

15:58:10

827

113.3

XLON

15:58:10

719

113.3

XLON

15:59:03

128

113.3

XLON

15:59:03

555

113.3

XLON

16:02:03

388

113.3

XLON

16:02:03

710

113.3

XLON

16:02:03

1097

113.3

XLON

16:02:18

799

113.3

CHIX

16:02:18

466

113.3

CHIX

16:02:18

1

113.3

CHIX

16:02:18

800

113.3

CHIX

16:02:18

735

113.3

CHIX

16:02:42

262

113.3

TRQX

16:02:42

1315

113.3

TRQX

16:04:51

840

113.1

XLON

16:10:57

2375

113.1

XLON

16:10:57

1601

113.1

XLON

16:11:10

322

113

BATE

16:11:20

322

113

BATE

16:12:20

2132

113.1

XLON

16:12:20

41

113.1

XLON

16:12:20

1054

113.1

BATE

16:12:20

2400

113.1

BATE

16:12:20

3454

113.1

BATE

16:13:44

1663

113.1

TRQX

16:13:56

3

112.9

XLON

16:13:56

2250

112.9

XLON

16:16:56

73

112.9

XLON

16:16:56

2604

112.9

XLON

16:18:12

1425

112.7

CHIX

16:18:56

150

112.7

XLON

16:18:56

2490

112.7

XLON

16:19:56

720

112.6

XLON

16:20:06

445

112.6

XLON

16:21:06

828

112.7

XLON

16:21:06

1

112.7

XLON

16:21:56

344

112.7

XLON

16:22:44

329

112.7

XLON

16:22:44

74

112.7

XLON

16:22:52

663

112.7

XLON

16:24:05

2389

112.7

XLON

16:24:24

47

112.7

XLON

16:25:44

675

112.7

BATE

16:25:44

963

112.7

BATE

16:25:44

1600

112.7

BATE

16:25:44

3178

112.7

BATE

16:25:52

2322

112.6

XLON

16:26:54

203

112.5

XLON

16:27:24

285

112.5

XLON

16:28:18

243

112.6

XLON

16:28:18

1600

112.6

XLON

16:28:18

800

112.6

XLON

16:28:18

310

112.5

XLON