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 RBC Europe Limited.

Date of Purchase

23 March 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

281,456

Weighted average price paid (p)

102.59

Highest price paid (p)

104.80

Lowest price paid (p)

101.90

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 29,672,625 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 720,924,137. 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 23 March 2023 is 720,924,137. 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: 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

206,491

102.48

BATE

30,572

102.76

CHIX

24,794

102.95

TRQX

19,599

102.95

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Venue

08:16:13

12

104.80

BATE

08:16:13

11

104.80

XLON

08:16:13

34

104.80

TRQX

08:16:13

11

104.80

CHIX

08:16:14

50

104.50

XLON

08:16:14

50

104.50

TRQX

08:16:14

50

104.50

CHIX

08:16:14

51

104.50

BATE

08:16:30

45

104.40

CHIX

08:16:30

46

104.40

BATE

08:16:30

45

104.40

XLON

08:16:30

45

104.40

TRQX

08:16:30

15

104.40

XLON

08:30:22

110

103.90

TRQX

08:30:22

110

103.90

XLON

08:30:22

110

103.90

BATE

08:30:22

110

103.90

CHIX

08:47:34

154

104.50

BATE

08:47:34

153

104.50

XLON

08:47:35

154

104.30

CHIX

08:47:35

1,836

104.30

XLON

08:47:36

746

104.40

XLON

08:47:36

180

104.40

XLON

08:47:38

666

104.50

XLON

08:47:38

260

104.50

XLON

08:51:31

209

104.20

BATE

08:51:31

718

104.20

BATE

08:51:31

926

104.20

CHIX

08:51:31

926

104.20

TRQX

08:52:08

630

104.00

BATE

08:56:57

773

104.00

CHIX

08:56:57

727

104.00

XLON

08:56:57

210

104.00

CHIX

08:56:57

600

104.00

XLON

08:56:57

605

104.00

BATE

08:56:57

252

104.00

CHIX

08:56:57

1,235

104.00

TRQX

08:56:57

612

104.00

XLON

09:03:18

107

104.00

CHIX

09:03:18

604

104.00

TRQX

09:03:18

933

104.00

XLON

09:03:18

328

104.00

TRQX

09:03:18

108

104.00

BATE

09:03:18

326

104.00

CHIX

09:03:50

181

104.20

BATE

09:03:52

181

104.20

XLON

09:03:55

420

104.20

BATE

09:03:55

181

104.30

CHIX

09:24:36

424

104.00

BATE

09:24:36

424

104.00

CHIX

09:24:36

424

104.00

TRQX

09:24:36

424

104.00

XLON

09:24:36

149

104.00

CHIX

09:26:10

367

103.80

XLON

09:26:10

367

103.80

BATE

09:26:10

367

103.80

CHIX

09:26:10

367

103.80

TRQX

09:26:10

128

103.80

CHIX

09:31:47

323

103.60

CHIX

09:31:47

323

103.60

BATE

09:31:47

323

103.60

XLON

09:31:47

322

103.60

TRQX

09:31:47

1,661

103.60

CHIX

09:34:25

243

103.80

XLON

09:54:20

398

103.90

XLON

09:54:21

28

103.90

XLON

10:14:54

107

103.50

BATE

10:14:54

543

103.50

BATE

10:14:54

650

103.50

CHIX

10:14:54

650

103.50

XLON

10:14:54

649

103.50

TRQX

10:15:01

168

103.40

TRQX

10:15:01

745

103.40

TRQX

10:15:01

48

103.40

BATE

10:15:01

48

103.40

CHIX

10:15:01

47

103.40

XLON

10:18:52

102

103.50

XLON

10:18:56

102

103.50

CHIX

10:18:59

36

103.50

XLON

10:19:02

36

103.50

CHIX

10:19:05

12

103.50

XLON

10:19:08

13

103.50

CHIX

10:19:11

4

103.50

XLON

10:19:14

5

103.50

CHIX

10:19:17

1

103.50

XLON

10:24:25

1

103.20

BATE

10:24:25

102

103.20

BATE

10:24:25

2

103.20

CHIX

10:24:25

101

103.20

TRQX

10:24:25

36

103.20

XLON

10:30:47

298

103.00

BATE

10:30:47

25

103.00

BATE

10:30:47

323

103.00

CHIX

10:30:47

323

103.00

TRQX

10:30:47

323

103.00

XLON

10:30:56

252

103.00

CHIX

10:30:56

310

103.10

XLON

10:33:21

231

102.90

CHIX

10:40:02

193

103.10

XLON

10:40:02

194

103.20

CHIX

10:44:51

226

103.50

BATE

10:44:53

225

103.50

XLON

11:03:50

247

103.80

XLON

11:03:51

169

103.90

XLON

11:03:51

1,463

104.00

XLON

11:03:51

241

104.00

XLON

11:03:51

667

104.00

XLON

11:03:51

656

104.00

XLON

11:04:30

169

103.70

TRQX

11:04:30

1,588

103.70

XLON

11:04:30

170

103.70

BATE

11:04:30

170

103.70

CHIX

11:04:30

556

103.70

XLON

11:59:01

1

103.30

BATE

12:02:21

328

103.30

CHIX

12:02:21

327

103.30

TRQX

12:02:21

328

103.30

XLON

12:02:21

327

103.30

BATE

12:02:26

490

103.40

XLON

12:15:25

512

103.30

CHIX

12:15:25

491

103.30

BATE

12:15:25

176

103.30

XLON

12:15:25

490

103.30

TRQX

12:17:01

174

103.60

XLON

12:17:02

236

103.60

XLON

12:43:44

143

103.40

BATE

12:43:44

216

103.60

XLON

12:43:45

154

103.60

CHIX

12:43:48

125

103.60

XLON

12:43:51

79

103.60

XLON

12:43:54

73

103.60

BATE

12:43:57

66

103.60

CHIX

12:44:00

44

103.60

XLON

12:44:03

27

103.60

XLON

12:44:06

26

103.60

BATE

12:44:09

23

103.60

CHIX

12:44:12

15

103.60

XLON

12:44:15

10

103.60

XLON

12:44:18

9

103.60

BATE

12:44:21

8

103.60

CHIX

12:44:24

5

103.60

XLON

12:44:25

4

103.60

XLON

12:44:27

3

103.60

BATE

12:44:28

3

103.60

CHIX

12:44:30

2

103.60

XLON

12:44:31

1

103.60

BATE

13:00:21

1

103.50

CHIX

13:06:43

129

103.50

BATE

13:06:43

174

103.50

TRQX

13:06:43

1

103.50

XLON

13:06:46

120

103.30

CHIX

13:06:46

225

103.30

BATE

13:06:46

225

103.30

XLON

13:06:46

105

103.30

CHIX

13:06:46

175

103.30

TRQX

13:10:55

122

103.30

CHIX

13:14:12

103

103.30

XLON

13:14:15

103

103.50

CHIX

13:14:15

52

103.30

BATE

13:14:18

86

103.50

XLON

13:14:21

179

103.50

BATE

13:14:24

51

103.50

BATE

13:14:27

62

103.50

BATE

13:14:30

36

103.50

CHIX

13:14:33

30

103.50

XLON

13:14:35

103

103.50

TRQX

13:14:36

22

103.50

BATE

13:14:39

36

103.50

TRQX

13:14:42

18

103.50

BATE

13:14:45

13

103.50

CHIX

13:14:48

12

103.50

TRQX

13:14:51

10

103.50

XLON

13:14:54

8

103.50

BATE

13:14:57

7

103.50

BATE

13:15:00

4

103.50

CHIX

13:15:03

4

103.50

XLON

13:15:06

4

103.50

TRQX

13:15:08

3

103.50

BATE

13:15:12

2

103.50

CHIX

13:15:15

2

103.50

BATE

13:15:18

1

103.50

BATE

13:15:19

1

103.50

BATE

13:16:20

35

103.30

CHIX

13:17:58

196

103.30

BATE

13:17:58

35

103.30

BATE

13:17:58

34

103.30

TRQX

13:17:58

35

103.30

XLON

13:17:58

338

103.30

CHIX

13:17:58

87

103.30

CHIX

13:19:20

58

103.30

CHIX

13:19:20

57

103.40

XLON

13:21:53

264

103.20

XLON

13:21:53

235

103.40

XLON

13:21:57

126

103.40

XLON

13:22:00

83

103.40

XLON

13:22:03

27

103.40

BATE

13:22:03

31

103.40

BATE

13:22:04

133

103.40

CHIX

13:22:06

44

103.40

XLON

13:22:09

47

103.40

CHIX

13:22:12

29

103.40

XLON

13:22:13

20

103.40

BATE

13:22:15

16

103.40

CHIX

13:22:18

15

103.40

XLON

13:22:20

11

103.40

XLON

13:22:24

7

103.40

BATE

13:22:27

5

103.40

XLON

13:22:29

5

103.40

CHIX

13:22:30

4

103.40

XLON

13:22:33

3

103.40

BATE

13:22:34

2

103.40

XLON

13:23:44

1

103.20

BATE

13:23:44

2

103.20

CHIX

13:23:44

1

103.20

XLON

13:23:44

57

103.20

TRQX

13:23:44

1,262

103.20

XLON

13:23:56

221

103.00

BATE

13:23:56

221

103.00

CHIX

13:23:56

220

103.00

XLON

13:23:56

220

103.00

TRQX

13:23:56

77

103.00

XLON

13:34:32

201

102.90

BATE

13:34:32

201

102.90

CHIX

13:34:32

146

102.90

TRQX

13:34:32

54

102.90

TRQX

13:34:32

200

102.90

XLON

13:36:05

201

102.70

CHIX

13:36:05

92

102.70

CHIX

13:36:05

293

102.70

BATE

13:36:05

292

102.70

TRQX

13:36:05

293

102.70

XLON

13:39:41

147

102.70

XLON

13:39:41

148

102.70

CHIX

13:39:44

91

102.60

BATE

13:39:44

99

102.60

XLON

13:39:44

99

102.60

TRQX

13:39:44

100

102.60

CHIX

13:39:44

9

102.60

BATE

14:24:21

469

102.40

CHIX

14:24:21

545

102.40

BATE

14:24:21

544

102.40

TRQX

14:24:21

545

102.40

XLON

14:24:21

76

102.40

CHIX

14:24:21

165

102.40

BATE

14:33:44

191

102.20

CHIX

14:33:44

504

102.20

TRQX

14:33:44

769

102.20

BATE

14:33:44

415

102.20

CHIX

14:33:44

769

102.20

XLON

14:33:44

265

102.20

TRQX

14:33:44

124

102.20

CHIX

14:33:44

39

102.20

CHIX

14:33:47

926

102.00

XLON

14:33:47

926

102.00

TRQX

14:33:47

926

102.00

CHIX

14:33:47

927

102.00

BATE

14:33:47

926

101.90

XLON

14:40:01

168

102.10

CHIX

14:45:24

1,147

102.30

BATE

14:45:24

43

102.40

CHIX

14:45:24

637

102.40

BATE

14:45:24

251

102.40

CHIX

14:57:03

873

102.70

XLON

14:57:04

660

102.80

XLON

14:57:04

677

102.80

XLON

14:57:04

41

102.80

CHIX

14:57:04

676

102.80

CHIX

14:57:04

790

102.90

XLON

15:02:44

264

102.70

CHIX

15:02:44

791

102.70

BATE

15:02:44

359

102.70

CHIX

15:02:44

790

102.70

TRQX

15:02:44

1,501

102.70

XLON

15:28:51

926

102.60

XLON

15:28:51

926

102.60

TRQX

15:28:51

927

102.60

BATE

15:28:51

926

102.60

CHIX

15:44:00

566

102.50

CHIX

15:44:00

415

102.50

TRQX

15:44:00

844

102.50

XLON

15:44:00

416

102.50

BATE

15:44:00

360

102.50

CHIX

15:44:00

511

102.50

TRQX

15:44:00

82

102.50

XLON

15:44:00

511

102.50

BATE

15:46:07

926

102.40

XLON

15:46:07

316

102.40

BATE

15:46:07

926

102.40

CHIX

15:46:07

926

102.40

TRQX

15:46:07

611

102.40

BATE

16:10:07

15

102.30

TRQX

16:10:07

15

102.30

CHIX

16:10:07

69

102.30

BATE

16:11:00

858

102.30

BATE

16:11:00

731

102.30

TRQX

16:11:00

1

102.30

XLON

16:11:00

911

102.30

CHIX

16:11:00

925

102.30

XLON

16:11:00

180

102.30

TRQX

16:12:22

165

102.30

XLON

16:14:32

507

102.30

XLON

16:14:32

1,688

102.30

BATE

16:14:56

636

102.30

XLON

16:14:56

382

102.30

XLON

16:15:00

382

102.30

CHIX

16:15:21

357

102.30

BATE

16:16:30

8,000

102.40

XLON

16:16:30

5,644

102.40

XLON

16:16:31

754

102.40

XLON

16:16:31

636

102.50

BATE

16:16:31

291

102.50

BATE

16:16:31

2,891

102.40

XLON

16:16:34

1,784

102.40

XLON

16:16:34

2,738

102.50

XLON

16:16:34

926

102.30

XLON

16:16:35

2,523

102.50

XLON

16:16:38

883

102.50

XLON

16:17:16

673

102.40

XLON

16:17:18

88

102.40

BATE

16:17:18

926

102.40

CHIX

16:17:18

839

102.40

BATE

16:17:18

253

102.40

XLON

16:17:18

926

102.40

TRQX

16:17:20

178

102.30

CHIX

16:17:20

926

102.30

TRQX

16:17:20

748

102.30

CHIX

16:17:20

926

102.30

XLON

16:17:20

927

102.30

BATE

16:17:20

1,342

102.40

XLON

16:17:31

926

102.40

XLON

16:18:56

636

102.10

BATE

16:18:56

291

102.10

BATE

16:21:27

521

102.10

XLON

16:26:35

453

102.10

XLON

16:29:20

423

102.40

CHIX

16:29:20

503

102.40

CHIX

16:29:20

2,305

102.40

XLON

16:29:20

2,381

102.40

CHIX

16:29:20

422

102.50

BATE

16:29:20

3,200

102.50

BATE

16:29:20

1,196

102.50

BATE

16:29:20

2,293

102.50

BATE

16:29:20

1,200

102.40

TRQX

16:29:20

991

102.40

TRQX

16:29:40

172

102.20

BATE

16:35:15

4,437

102.30

XLON

16:35:15

4,117

102.30

XLON

16:35:15

14,020

102.30

XLON

16:35:15

2,575

102.30

XLON

16:35:15

2,768

102.30

XLON

16:35:15

2,777

102.30

XLON

16:35:15

2,687

102.30

XLON

16:35:15

2,565

102.30

XLON

16:35:15

5,465

102.30

XLON

16:35:15

2,314

102.30

XLON

16:35:15

261

102.30

XLON

16:35:15

111

102.30

XLON

16:35:15

9,759

102.30

XLON

16:35:15

401

102.30

XLON

16:35:15

299

102.30

XLON

16:35:15

50,000

102.30

XLON

16:35:15

1,196

102.30

XLON

16:35:15

134

102.30

XLON

16:35:15

7,415

102.30

XLON

16:35:15

682

102.30

XLON

16:35:15

14,911

102.30

XLON

16:35:15

8,598

102.30

XLON

16:35:15

363

102.30

XLON