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

5 May 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

199,681

Weighted average price paid (p)

121.333

Highest price paid (p)

121.60

Lowest price paid (p)

120.20

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 39,165,699 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 711,464,380. 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 May 2023 is 711,464,380. 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

121.32

122,816

BATE

121.28

21,842

CHIX

121.37

38,594

TRQX

121.39

16,429

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Venue

08:03:19

2554

121.4

BATE

08:03:19

1495

121.2

XLON

08:03:19

1332

121

XLON

08:03:19

1198

121

XLON

08:03:19

900

121.2

XLON

08:03:19

235

121.2

XLON

08:06:40

2807

121.5

CHIX

08:07:15

3631

121.4

XLON

08:07:28

2475

121

BATE

08:07:28

474

121

BATE

08:10:54

3458

121.2

XLON

10:49:30

486

121.6

CHIX

11:44:19

4053

121.6

XLON

11:44:19

3006

121.6

CHIX

11:44:19

2985

121.6

BATE

11:44:19

2732

121.6

TRQX

11:44:19

2542

121.6

TRQX

11:44:19

2466

121.6

CHIX

11:44:19

2342

121.6

XLON

11:44:19

1769

121.6

CHIX

11:44:19

919

121.6

CHIX

11:44:19

900

121.6

XLON

11:44:19

214

121.6

TRQX

11:44:19

206

121.6

XLON

12:06:45

22712

121.5

XLON

12:06:45

21814

121.6

XLON

12:06:45

4178

121.4

XLON

12:06:45

2657

121.4

TRQX

12:06:45

1800

121.4

XLON

12:06:45

1608

121.6

BATE

12:06:45

1461

121.6

BATE

12:06:45

829

121.6

BATE

12:07:16

3001

121.2

CHIX

12:07:16

1800

121.2

CHIX

12:07:16

1140

121.2

CHIX

12:07:16

900

121.2

CHIX

12:07:16

900

121.2

CHIX

12:07:16

288

121.2

CHIX

12:07:48

1750

121.1

BATE

12:07:48

953

121.2

BATE

12:12:03

3045

121.2

XLON

12:12:03

2374

121.2

XLON

12:21:56

4

121.2

CHIX

12:24:10

2711

121.3

CHIX

13:10:10

1817

120.8

CHIX

13:10:10

900

120.8

CHIX

13:10:10

200

120.8

CHIX

13:17:03

1800

120.9

XLON

13:17:03

535

120.9

XLON

13:42:37

952

120.7

TRQX

13:42:37

900

120.7

TRQX

13:42:37

456

120.7

TRQX

13:42:37

226

120.7

TRQX

13:45:20

782

120.2

BATE

13:47:10

3162

120.4

XLON

13:47:10

116

120.6

XLON

13:47:11

3801

120.6

XLON

13:48:14

2386

120.9

XLON

13:48:16

2197

120.9

XLON

13:48:17

2211

120.9

XLON

13:49:10

900

121

CHIX

13:49:10

900

121

CHIX

13:49:10

758

121

CHIX

13:49:10

106

121

CHIX

14:00:13

747

120.7

BATE

14:08:33

1853

120.7

BATE

14:11:17

1800

121

XLON

14:11:17

900

121

XLON

14:11:17

900

121

XLON

14:11:17

900

121

XLON

14:11:17

900

121

XLON

14:11:17

233

121

XLON

14:14:58

2340

121.2

XLON

14:32:20

4260

121.3

XLON

14:32:20

2868

121.6

CHIX

14:32:20

3

121.3

XLON

14:43:37

2914

121.4

TRQX

14:48:05

7395

121.3

XLON

14:48:20

2714

121.3

CHIX

14:48:20

1429

121.3

XLON

14:54:08

1749

121.3

XLON

14:54:08

1555

121.3

XLON

14:54:08

1215

121.3

XLON

14:54:08

245

121.3

XLON

15:07:20

1800

121.5

XLON

15:07:20

585

121.5

XLON

15:07:20

251

121.5

XLON

15:57:15

3371

121.6

BATE

15:57:15

2714

121.6

CHIX

15:57:15

2520

121.6

CHIX

15:57:15

2403

121.6

TRQX

15:57:15

2371

121.6

XLON

15:57:15

414

121.6

TRQX

15:57:15

104

121.6

XLON

15:57:15

19

121.6

TRQX