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FIRSTGROUP PLC - 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 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

10 March 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

546,481

Weighted average price paid (p)

107.98

Highest price paid (p)

108.80

Lowest price paid (p)

107.10

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 25,042,166. Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 725,516,538. 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 10 March 2023 is 725,516,538. 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

336,009

108.00

BATE

70,252

107.98

CHIX

67,042

107.92

TRQX

73,178

107.93

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Venue

09:14:07

37

107.60

XLON

09:14:07

37

107.60

XLON

09:14:07

785

107.60

XLON

09:14:07

39

107.60

XLON

09:14:07

106

107.60

XLON

09:14:07

46

107.40

CHIX

09:14:07

680

107.40

CHIX

09:14:07

48

107.30

BATE

09:20:15

1599

107.60

TRQX

09:20:15

107

107.60

TRQX

09:22:41

1

107.60

TRQX

09:22:41

1

107.60

TRQX

09:22:41

989

107.60

TRQX

09:30:15

900

107.60

TRQX

09:30:15

927

107.60

CHIX

09:33:58

589

107.50

BATE

09:33:58

984

107.50

CHIX

09:33:58

984

107.50

XLON

09:33:58

983

107.50

TRQX

09:33:58

395

107.50

BATE

09:33:58

1,272

107.45

TRQX

09:33:58

1,268

107.45

BATE

09:33:58

1,311

107.45

CHIX

09:34:38

447

107.40

BATE

09:34:38

127

107.40

XLON

09:34:38

983

107.40

TRQX

09:34:38

984

107.40

CHIX

09:34:38

857

107.40

XLON

09:34:38

537

107.40

BATE

09:34:38

555

107.20

CHIX

09:43:16

13

107.90

CHIX

09:43:50

971

107.90

CHIX

09:43:50

984

107.90

BATE

09:43:50

983

107.90

TRQX

09:43:50

984

107.90

XLON

09:43:50

984

107.90

CHIX

09:43:50

984

107.90

BATE

09:47:34

12

107.80

CHIX

09:47:58

33

107.80

BATE

09:48:15

21

107.80

TRQX

09:48:38

34

107.80

CHIX

09:56:25

47

107.80

CHIX

09:59:42

18

107.80

CHIX

10:03:34

983

107.90

TRQX

10:03:34

984

107.90

XLON

10:03:34

919

107.90

CHIX

10:03:34

569

107.90

BATE

10:03:34

415

107.90

BATE

10:03:55

983

107.70

TRQX

10:03:55

984

107.70

XLON

10:03:55

984

107.70

BATE

10:03:55

403

107.70

CHIX

10:03:55

416

107.70

CHIX

10:03:55

165

107.70

CHIX

10:03:55

952

107.50

TRQX

10:03:55

597

107.50

XLON

10:03:55

387

107.50

XLON

10:03:55

31

107.50

TRQX

10:04:32

983

107.30

TRQX

10:04:32

984

107.30

XLON

10:04:32

6

107.30

CHIX

10:04:32

984

107.30

BATE

10:04:32

978

107.30

CHIX

10:06:59

2

107.30

TRQX

10:07:11

16

107.30

TRQX

10:07:49

32

107.30

CHIX

10:08:11

28

107.30

CHIX

10:13:09

965

107.40

TRQX

10:13:09

984

107.40

XLON

10:13:09

924

107.40

CHIX

10:13:09

984

107.40

BATE

10:13:10

636

107.20

TRQX

10:14:51

46

107.30

CHIX

10:14:51

377

107.30

TRQX

10:14:51

1014

107.30

XLON

10:24:50

984

107.50

XLON

10:31:08

983

107.50

TRQX

10:31:08

984

107.50

XLON

10:31:08

34

107.50

CHIX

10:31:08

984

107.50

BATE

10:31:08

950

107.50

CHIX

10:32:08

6

107.30

CHIX

10:41:48

984

107.50

XLON

10:41:48

983

107.50

TRQX

10:41:48

984

107.50

CHIX

10:41:48

984

107.50

BATE

10:41:48

984

107.50

XLON

10:41:48

185

107.50

TRQX

10:46:42

20

107.10

CHIX

10:47:23

227

107.10

XLON

10:47:27

58

107.10

BATE

10:47:49

28

107.10

TRQX

10:48:27

50

107.10

CHIX

10:48:57

14

107.10

TRQX

10:49:03

226

107.10

XLON

10:49:20

30

107.10

TRQX

10:49:35

20

107.10

BATE

10:50:17

914

107.10

CHIX

10:50:17

393

107.10

XLON

10:50:17

138

107.10

XLON

11:06:34

984

107.30

XLON

11:06:34

56

107.30

CHIX

11:06:34

983

107.30

TRQX

11:06:34

984

107.30

BATE

11:06:34

928

107.30

CHIX

11:17:00

3

107.60

TRQX

11:17:00

3

107.60

CHIX

11:17:00

8

107.60

TRQX

11:17:00

52

107.60

BATE

11:17:15

2

107.60

CHIX

11:17:15

28

107.60

BATE

11:17:18

1,012

107.90

XLON

11:17:18

963

107.80

TRQX

11:18:27

12

107.90

CHIX

11:18:28

3

107.90

CHIX

11:19:21

2,578

108.00

TRQX

11:19:21

1,011

108.00

TRQX

11:19:21

1,299

108.00

BATE

11:19:21

2,413

108.00

CHIX

11:19:21

947

108.00

BATE

11:19:21

578

108.00

CHIX

11:19:21

9

108.00

BATE

11:19:21

363

108.00

CHIX

11:19:21

3,371

108.00

TRQX

11:19:22

380

108.10

XLON

11:19:22

622

108.10

XLON

11:19:22

17

108.10

XLON

11:19:45

881

107.90

XLON

11:19:45

451

107.90

CHIX

11:19:45

949

107.90

BATE

11:19:56

1,209

107.90

XLON

11:21:01

2

107.90

CHIX

11:21:31

983

107.90

TRQX

11:21:31

984

107.90

XLON

11:21:31

982

107.90

CHIX

11:21:31

984

107.90

BATE

11:21:58

218

107.80

XLON

11:35:11

983

108.00

TRQX

11:35:11

984

108.00

XLON

11:35:11

984

108.00

BATE

11:35:11

984

108.00

CHIX

11:36:18

983

108.00

TRQX

11:36:18

984

108.00

XLON

11:36:18

984

108.00

BATE

11:36:18

984

108.00

CHIX

11:53:03

984

108.10

BATE

11:53:03

273

108.10

CHIX

11:53:03

983

108.10

TRQX

11:53:03

984

108.10

XLON

11:53:03

711

108.10

CHIX

11:55:19

847

108.10

XLON

11:55:19

553

108.10

TRQX

11:55:19

567

108.10

TRQX

11:55:19

1,120

108.10

BATE

11:55:19

848

108.10

CHIX

11:58:24

74

107.90

CHIX

11:58:24

983

107.90

TRQX

11:58:24

984

107.90

BATE

11:58:24

984

107.90

XLON

11:58:24

910

107.90

CHIX

11:58:27

947

107.80

CHIX

11:59:01

40

107.80

BATE

11:59:47

78

107.80

TRQX

12:00:46

942

107.80

TRQX

12:00:46

34

107.80

BATE

12:00:46

947

107.80

XLON

12:00:46

947

107.80

BATE

12:04:26

62

107.80

BATE

12:05:03

22

107.80

CHIX

12:05:42

60

107.80

TRQX

12:06:48

394

107.80

TRQX

12:06:48

964

107.80

XLON

12:06:48

549

107.80

TRQX

12:06:48

982

107.80

CHIX

12:06:48

851

107.80

BATE

12:06:48

51

107.80

BATE

12:07:24

61

107.60

CHIX

12:07:41

89

107.60

CHIX

12:08:34

178

107.60

CHIX

12:10:22

62

107.60

CHIX

12:14:41

20

108.00

CHIX

12:18:52

6

108.40

CHIX

12:19:16

62

108.40

CHIX

12:20:01

16

108.40

CHIX

12:20:29

16

108.40

CHIX

12:20:56

14

108.40

CHIX

12:21:41

14

108.40

CHIX

12:22:14

62

108.40

CHIX

12:25:11

61

108.40

CHIX

12:45:57

1,025

108.80

TRQX

12:45:57

61

108.80

BATE

12:45:57

1,026

108.80

XLON

12:45:57

281

108.80

CHIX

12:45:57

881

108.80

BATE

13:00:46

1,242

108.70

TRQX

13:00:46

62

108.70

CHIX

13:00:46

152

108.70

XLON

13:00:46

479

108.70

BATE

13:00:46

444

108.70

TRQX

13:00:46

543

108.70

CHIX

13:00:46

597

108.70

XLON

13:00:46

271

108.70

BATE

13:00:46

145

108.70

CHIX

13:00:46

1,400

108.60

BATE

13:00:46

535

108.60

BATE

13:03:44

62

108.50

BATE

13:04:46

983

108.50

TRQX

13:04:46

984

108.50

XLON

13:04:46

984

108.50

CHIX

13:04:46

922

108.50

BATE

13:09:46

953

108.40

CHIX

13:09:46

953

108.40

BATE

13:09:46

639

108.40

XLON

13:09:46

198

108.40

TRQX

13:09:46

793

108.40

TRQX

13:09:46

221

108.40

XLON

13:09:46

23

108.40

TRQX

13:09:46

155

108.40

XLON

13:11:12

1014

108.40

TRQX

13:11:12

629

108.40

XLON

13:11:12

953

108.40

BATE

13:11:12

953

108.40

CHIX

13:11:12

386

108.40

XLON

13:11:12

810

108.30

TRQX

13:11:12

483

108.30

TRQX

13:11:12

350

108.30

TRQX

13:11:47

984

108.30

XLON

13:11:47

984

108.30

BATE

13:11:47

984

108.30

CHIX

13:11:47

983

108.30

TRQX

13:12:21

983

108.20

TRQX

13:12:21

984

108.20

XLON

13:12:21

393

108.20

CHIX

13:12:21

984

108.20

BATE

13:12:21

591

108.20

CHIX

13:12:26

393

108.10

BATE

13:12:26

984

108.10

CHIX

13:12:26

984

108.10

XLON

13:12:26

983

108.10

TRQX

13:12:26

591

108.10

BATE

13:15:34

759

108.10

TRQX

13:15:34

1,181

108.10

CHIX

13:15:34

1,180

108.10

XLON

13:15:34

787

108.10

BATE

13:15:34

28

108.10

TRQX

13:18:34

62

108.00

CHIX

13:21:32

62

108.00

CHIX

13:24:30

62

108.00

CHIX

13:27:28

61

108.00

CHIX

13:27:32

113

108.00

BATE

13:27:34

552

108.00

BATE

13:27:34

848

108.00

CHIX

13:27:34

382

108.00

CHIX

13:27:34

463

108.00

CHIX

13:27:34

312

108.00

XLON

13:27:34

665

108.00

TRQX

13:27:34

353

108.00

XLON

13:29:50

984

107.80

CHIX

13:29:50

984

107.80

BATE

13:29:50

983

107.80

TRQX

13:29:50

984

107.80

XLON

13:29:50

984

107.70

CHIX

13:29:50

984

107.70

BATE

13:32:16

984

108.30

BATE

13:33:30

983

108.20

TRQX

13:33:30

984

108.20

XLON

13:33:30

984

108.20

CHIX

13:33:30

984

108.20

BATE

13:37:11

984

108.30

XLON

13:37:11

983

108.30

TRQX

13:37:11

984

108.30

BATE

13:37:11

984

108.30

CHIX

13:39:02

190

108.30

CHIX

13:39:02

925

108.30

XLON

13:39:02

416

108.30

CHIX

13:39:02

984

108.30

BATE

13:39:44

251

108.10

CHIX

13:39:56

156

108.10

CHIX

13:48:25

325

108.20

CHIX

13:57:07

984

108.20

XLON

13:57:07

983

108.20

TRQX

13:57:07

984

108.20

BATE

13:57:07

659

108.20

CHIX

13:59:11

83

107.80

TRQX

13:59:11

984

107.80

XLON

13:59:11

984

107.80

BATE

13:59:11

984

107.80

CHIX

13:59:11

900

107.80

TRQX

14:07:01

782

107.90

XLON

14:10:20

1038

107.75

BATE

14:11:02

984

108.00

XLON

14:11:02

927

107.90

XLON

14:12:23

955

108.00

XLON

14:13:08

837

108.00

XLON

14:13:59

873

108.00

XLON

14:15:08

1,026

108.00

XLON

14:16:23

952

108.00

XLON

14:17:56

993

108.00

XLON

14:18:55

222

107.70

BATE

14:19:20

311

107.70

BATE

14:19:20

597

107.70

TRQX

14:19:20

984

107.70

CHIX

14:19:20

414

107.70

XLON

14:19:20

451

107.70

BATE

14:19:20

386

107.70

TRQX

14:19:20

192

107.70

XLON

14:19:20

82

107.70

XLON

14:19:53

277

107.60

CHIX

14:26:11

282

107.90

XLON

14:26:11

607

107.90

XLON

14:27:05

2,114

108.00

XLON

14:27:05

904

107.90

BATE

14:29:26

865

108.10

XLON

14:30:05

1,049

108.10

XLON

14:30:56

965

108.10

XLON

14:31:41

937

108.10

XLON

14:32:26

992

108.10

XLON

14:33:08

2391

108.30

XLON

14:33:08

971

108.10

XLON

14:34:32

607

108.10

BATE

14:34:32

330

108.10

CHIX

14:34:32

2,368

108.10

XLON

14:34:32

607

108.10

TRQX

14:34:32

23

108.10

XLON

14:37:32

1,050

108.00

BATE

14:38:14

1,020

108.20

XLON

14:38:47

1,001

108.20

XLON

14:39:20

667

108.20

XLON

14:39:20

344

108.20

XLON

14:39:50

925

108.20

XLON

14:40:21

932

108.20

XLON

14:40:50

166

108.20

XLON

14:40:50

768

108.20

XLON

14:41:20

934

108.20

BATE

14:41:36

62

107.80

BATE

14:41:51

935

108.20

XLON

14:42:17

841

108.20

CHIX

14:42:50

1

108.30

CHIX

14:42:50

983

108.30

CHIX

14:42:50

185

108.20

CHIX

14:42:50

166

108.20

XLON

14:42:50

146

108.20

TRQX

14:42:50

238

108.20

BATE

14:42:50

96

108.20

XLON

14:42:50

96

108.20

CHIX

14:42:50

96

108.20

TRQX

14:43:03

922

108.00

BATE

14:43:03

983

108.00

TRQX

14:43:03

399

108.00

XLON

14:43:03

585

108.00

XLON

14:44:33

983

107.90

TRQX

14:44:33

62

107.90

BATE

14:44:33

984

107.90

CHIX

14:44:33

984

107.90

XLON

14:44:33

922

107.90

BATE

14:47:31

953

107.80

XLON

14:47:31

1,014

107.80

TRQX

14:47:31

953

107.80

BATE

14:47:31

1,015

107.80

CHIX

14:50:41

818

107.90

XLON

14:51:33

984

108.10

XLON

14:51:33

166

108.00

XLON

14:51:33

916

108.00

XLON

14:53:05

978

108.20

XLON

14:53:53

983

107.90

TRQX

14:53:53

984

107.90

CHIX

14:53:53

984

107.90

BATE

14:53:56

332

108.10

XLON

14:53:56

652

108.10

XLON

14:57:13

332

108.10

XLON

14:57:13

669

108.10

XLON

14:57:57

894

108.10

XLON

14:57:57

7

108.10

XLON

14:58:42

984

108.20

CHIX

14:58:42

984

108.20

BATE

14:58:42

932

108.10

XLON

14:58:42

23

108.10

XLON

14:58:43

933

108.20

XLON

14:58:43

984

108.10

CHIX

14:58:43

439

108.10

XLON

14:58:43

134

108.10

TRQX

14:58:43

545

108.10

XLON

15:02:41

2,002

108.20

BATE

15:02:41

20

108.20

BATE

15:02:50

1,311

108.10

TRQX

15:02:50

1,312

108.10

XLON

15:02:50

1,312

108.10

CHIX

15:03:03

385

108.00

BATE

15:03:03

1,802

108.00

TRQX

15:03:03

874

108.00

XLON

15:03:03

874

108.00

TRQX

15:03:03

490

108.00

BATE

15:04:02

840

107.90

CHIX

15:04:02

746

107.90

TRQX

15:04:02

272

107.90

XLON

15:04:02

857

107.90

CHIX

15:04:02

474

107.90

XLON

15:04:02

746

107.90

BATE

15:06:00

272

107.80

CHIX

15:14:13

62

107.80

BATE

15:16:47

783

107.80

XLON

15:16:47

1,586

107.80

TRQX

15:16:47

721

107.80

BATE

15:16:47

511

107.80

CHIX

15:17:11

1,351

107.70

TRQX

15:17:11

1,352

107.70

XLON

15:18:21

281

107.70

CHIX

15:18:21

861

107.70

BATE

15:21:22

1,114

107.90

BATE

15:21:37

444

107.60

CHIX

15:25:02

1019

107.75

BATE

15:25:45

852

107.90

CHIX

15:26:04

62

107.70

BATE

15:26:05

257

107.90

TRQX

15:26:05

1,429

107.90

TRQX

15:26:05

1,203

107.90

TRQX

15:29:48

626

107.90

XLON

15:29:48

333

107.90

XLON

15:29:48

21

107.90

XLON

15:33:07

1,394

108.20

XLON

15:33:07

1,053

108.10

XLON

15:33:07

800

108.10

XLON

15:33:07

736

108.10

XLON

15:33:07

9

108.00

XLON

15:34:58

62

107.90

CHIX

15:34:58

632

107.90

BATE

15:34:58

632

107.90

XLON

15:34:58

639

107.90

TRQX

15:34:58

681

107.90

CHIX

15:34:58

679

107.90

XLON

15:34:58

687

107.90

TRQX

15:34:58

533

107.90

BATE

15:34:58

294

107.90

CHIX

15:34:58

147

107.90

BATE

15:34:58

275

107.90

CHIX

15:34:58

976

107.85

BATE

15:57:17

46

108.20

TRQX

15:57:17

716

108.20

TRQX

15:57:17

1

108.20

CHIX

15:57:17

715

108.20

CHIX

15:57:17

642

108.15

BATE

15:57:57

21

108.10

XLON

15:57:57

643

108.10

CHIX

15:57:57

39

108.10

TRQX

15:57:57

13

108.10

BATE

15:57:57

621

108.10

XLON

15:57:57

1,968

108.10

TRQX

15:57:57

630

108.10

BATE

15:57:58

853

108.10

BATE

16:06:30

984

108.20

XLON

16:06:30

984

108.20

CHIX

16:06:30

983

108.20

TRQX

16:06:30

567

108.20

BATE

16:06:30

417

108.20

BATE

16:13:31

62

108.00

CHIX

16:13:31

22

108.00

TRQX

16:13:31

45

108.00

CHIX

16:22:25

62

108.00

CHIX

16:22:37

815

108.00

CHIX

16:23:31

546

108.00

BATE

16:24:27

178

108.00

BATE

16:25:21

984

108.00

XLON

16:25:21

961

108.00

TRQX

16:25:21

260

108.00

BATE

16:25:21

908

108.00

CHIX

16:25:21

822

108.00

CHIX

16:25:23

62

107.90

BATE

16:29:10

933

107.90

BATE

16:29:41

984

108.20

BATE

16:29:41

5

108.10

CHIX

16:29:41

1,126

108.10

CHIX

16:29:41

1,400

108.00

BATE

16:29:55

984

108.10

XLON

16:29:55

983

108.10

TRQX

16:29:55

984

108.10

CHIX

16:29:55

1,216

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

42,492

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

6,394

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

16,976

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

27,000

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

291

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

1,111

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

3,434

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

4,169

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

7,252

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

16,883

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

3,110

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

6,842

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

35

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

35,897

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

47

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

1,183

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

3,240

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

17,134

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

1,943

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

18,781

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

5,474

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

2,500

108.00

XLON

16:35:01

12,277

108.00

XLON