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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

07 March 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

357,329

Weighted average price paid (p)

106.40

Highest price paid (p)

107.80

Lowest price paid (p)

105.60

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 23,663,715 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 726,894,989. 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 7 March 2023 is 726,894,989. 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

221,979

106.35

BATE

53,386

106.50

CHIX

38,466

106.51

TRQX

43,498

106.44

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Venue

08:01:33

150

106.50

XLON

08:01:36

435

107.60

XLON

08:01:36

548

107.60

XLON

08:01:37

435

107.50

XLON

08:01:37

548

107.50

XLON

08:01:44

984

107.80

CHIX

08:02:48

983

107.20

XLON

08:04:16

983

106.70

XLON

08:04:16

983

106.70

TRQX

08:04:16

984

106.70

BATE

08:04:16

984

106.70

CHIX

08:07:39

983

107.40

XLON

08:08:32

983

106.50

TRQX

08:08:32

984

106.50

CHIX

08:08:32

730

106.50

XLON

08:08:32

984

106.50

BATE

08:08:32

136

106.50

XLON

08:11:55

3,729

106.45

TRQX

08:11:55

2,003

106.45

TRQX

08:17:16

5,676

106.50

BATE

08:17:19

983

106.70

XLON

08:18:30

983

106.30

TRQX

08:18:30

14

106.30

CHIX

08:18:30

984

106.30

BATE

08:18:30

970

106.30

CHIX

08:19:00

62

106.20

BATE

08:19:00

983

106.20

TRQX

08:19:00

62

106.20

XLON

08:19:00

62

106.20

CHIX

08:19:00

922

106.20

BATE

08:19:00

921

106.20

XLON

08:19:00

922

106.20

CHIX

08:19:01

1045

106.00

TRQX

08:19:01

1046

106.00

BATE

08:19:01

921

106.00

XLON

08:19:01

922

106.00

CHIX

08:19:59

983

105.70

TRQX

08:19:59

984

105.70

CHIX

08:19:59

984

105.70

BATE

08:19:59

983

105.70

XLON

08:21:28

983

106.30

TRQX

08:21:28

983

106.30

XLON

08:21:28

984

106.30

CHIX

08:21:28

984

106.30

BATE

08:22:45

983

106.20

TRQX

08:22:45

984

106.20

CHIX

08:22:45

983

106.20

XLON

08:22:45

984

106.20

BATE

08:23:19

549

106.60

XLON

08:23:19

434

106.60

XLON

08:23:19

342

106.10

TRQX

08:23:19

561

106.10

BATE

08:23:19

727

106.10

CHIX

08:28:08

40

106.10

CHIX

08:28:35

70

106.10

CHIX

08:28:48

34

106.10

CHIX

08:29:14

40

106.10

CHIX

08:29:40

68

106.10

CHIX

08:30:20

38

106.10

CHIX

08:30:47

48

106.10

CHIX

08:31:09

42

106.10

CHIX

08:31:57

64

106.10

CHIX

08:31:57

983

106.10

TRQX

08:31:57

984

106.10

BATE

08:31:57

983

106.10

XLON

08:31:57

540

106.10

CHIX

08:34:27

367

106.00

BATE

08:38:07

983

106.20

TRQX

08:38:07

983

106.20

XLON

08:50:00

12

106.30

BATE

08:50:46

18

106.30

BATE

08:51:22

11

106.30

BATE

08:52:09

22

106.30

BATE

08:52:41

20

106.30

BATE

08:52:46

12

106.30

BATE

08:55:37

14

106.30

BATE

08:56:28

8

106.30

BATE

08:56:56

12

106.30

BATE

08:57:14

8

106.30

BATE

08:58:07

59

106.80

BATE

08:58:07

1,818

106.80

BATE

08:58:43

4

106.70

CHIX

09:00:42

6

106.70

TRQX

09:01:10

8

106.70

CHIX

09:01:30

4

106.80

TRQX

09:03:01

10

106.80

CHIX

09:03:56

12

106.80

CHIX

09:04:45

6

106.80

CHIX

09:05:15

8

106.80

CHIX

09:05:35

6

106.80

CHIX

09:06:49

12

106.80

CHIX

09:07:08

13

106.80

CHIX

09:10:19

10

106.80

CHIX

09:11:09

10

106.80

CHIX

09:11:30

6

106.80

CHIX

09:12:26

235

106.80

TRQX

09:12:26

6

106.80

CHIX

09:12:26

1,066

106.80

TRQX

09:12:26

1,311

106.80

XLON

09:12:26

599

106.80

CHIX

09:12:26

602

106.80

CHIX

09:12:26

10

106.80

BATE

09:12:26

547

106.80

BATE

09:12:26

1,041

106.80

BATE

09:20:16

4

106.70

TRQX

09:20:34

6

106.70

TRQX

09:20:58

7

106.70

TRQX

09:24:25

2

106.90

TRQX

09:25:05

16

106.90

TRQX

09:25:33

10

106.90

TRQX

09:25:50

6

106.90

TRQX

09:26:11

8

106.90

TRQX

09:26:23

6

106.90

TRQX

09:26:55

8

106.90

TRQX

09:28:01

12

106.90

TRQX

09:28:23

8

106.90

TRQX

09:28:47

10

106.90

TRQX

09:29:52

10

106.90

TRQX

09:31:27

10

106.90

TRQX

09:32:37

10

106.90

TRQX

09:32:51

6

106.90

TRQX

09:33:16

8

106.90

TRQX

09:33:48

10

106.90

TRQX

09:34:42

12

106.90

TRQX

09:35:28

6

106.90

TRQX

09:36:09

14

106.90

TRQX

09:36:35

14

106.90

TRQX

09:39:15

4

106.90

TRQX

09:40:24

12

106.90

TRQX

09:40:42

6

106.90

TRQX

09:41:18

12

106.90

TRQX

09:42:16

8

106.90

TRQX

09:42:51

12

107.00

TRQX

09:43:16

8

107.00

TRQX

09:43:58

10

107.00

TRQX

09:45:09

14

107.00

TRQX

09:45:44

12

107.00

TRQX

09:47:03

14

107.00

TRQX

09:49:41

6

107.00

TRQX

09:50:19

14

107.00

TRQX

09:50:19

1,031

107.00

TRQX

09:50:19

1,367

107.00

XLON

09:51:49

14

106.90

CHIX

09:54:22

8

106.90

CHIX

09:55:36

10

106.90

TRQX

09:55:50

2

106.90

TRQX

09:56:23

8

106.90

TRQX

09:57:25

8

106.90

CHIX

09:57:58

8

106.90

CHIX

09:59:04

8

106.90

CHIX

09:59:04

479

106.90

BATE

09:59:38

2

106.90

CHIX

10:00:19

2

106.90

CHIX

10:00:49

10

106.90

CHIX

10:02:03

10

106.90

CHIX

10:02:50

16

106.90

CHIX

10:03:21

10

106.90

CHIX

10:04:14

10

106.90

CHIX

10:15:40

984

107.30

BATE

10:15:40

376

107.20

XLON

10:15:40

441

107.20

XLON

10:15:40

166

107.20

XLON

10:15:42

51

107.30

CHIX

10:15:42

933

107.30

CHIX

10:15:42

984

107.00

BATE

10:15:42

78

107.00

XLON

10:15:42

905

107.00

XLON

10:15:46

48

107.20

TRQX

10:15:46

1,573

107.20

TRQX

10:18:15

573

106.90

TRQX

10:18:15

379

106.90

CHIX

10:18:15

984

106.90

BATE

10:18:15

226

106.90

TRQX

10:18:15

983

106.90

XLON

10:18:15

274

106.90

CHIX

10:18:15

184

106.90

TRQX

10:18:15

331

106.90

CHIX

10:19:23

10

106.80

BATE

10:19:38

6

106.80

BATE

10:19:50

6

106.80

BATE

10:20:05

4

106.80

BATE

10:20:16

6

106.80

BATE

10:20:54

14

106.80

BATE

10:21:12

8

106.80

BATE

10:21:58

18

106.80

BATE

10:22:13

6

106.80

BATE

10:22:50

14

106.80

BATE

10:23:23

12

106.80

BATE

10:23:52

12

106.80

BATE

10:24:14

8

106.80

BATE

10:24:33

8

106.80

BATE

10:24:33

913

106.80

BATE

10:24:33

430

106.80

XLON

10:24:48

891

106.80

BATE

10:26:18

555

106.80

CHIX

10:26:19

472

106.80

BATE

10:32:11

16

106.70

CHIX

10:32:38

8

106.70

BATE

10:32:49

2

106.70

TRQX

10:32:50

6

106.70

TRQX

10:46:47

6

106.80

TRQX

10:47:12

10

106.80

TRQX

10:47:12

79

106.80

TRQX

10:47:12

60

106.80

CHIX

10:47:12

47

106.80

BATE

10:47:48

16

106.80

TRQX

10:48:51

14

106.80

CHIX

10:49:08

6

106.80

CHIX

10:50:01

16

106.80

CHIX

11:06:30

872

106.90

CHIX

11:13:11

14

107.00

BATE

11:13:42

12

107.00

BATE

11:14:02

6

107.00

TRQX

11:15:09

10

107.10

BATE

11:15:46

14

107.10

BATE

11:16:20

12

107.10

BATE

11:16:41

8

107.10

BATE

11:17:08

10

107.10

BATE

11:17:37

10

107.10

TRQX

11:18:13

14

107.10

BATE

11:18:26

4

107.10

TRQX

11:19:02

14

107.10

TRQX

11:19:45

16

107.10

BATE

11:20:56

14

107.10

TRQX

11:22:26

8

107.10

BATE

11:23:15

12

107.10

TRQX

11:23:28

4

107.10

BATE

11:23:47

8

107.10

BATE

11:24:24

14

107.10

TRQX

11:24:36

4

107.10

BATE

11:25:15

14

107.10

BATE

11:25:34

8

107.10

TRQX

11:26:09

10

107.10

TRQX

11:26:10

10

107.10

BATE

11:30:12

10

107.10

TRQX

11:30:52

14

107.10

BATE

11:31:07

6

107.10

TRQX

11:31:32

10

107.10

BATE

11:32:02

10

107.10

TRQX

11:32:03

401

107.10

XLON

11:32:45

16

107.10

CHIX

11:33:02

1,067

107.10

CHIX

11:33:25

5

107.30

BATE

11:33:25

620

107.30

BATE

11:33:25

122

107.10

TRQX

11:33:25

209

107.10

XLON

11:33:25

16

107.10

CHIX

11:33:25

122

107.10

BATE

11:33:25

127

107.10

CHIX

11:42:09

16

107.10

CHIX

11:42:44

12

107.10

CHIX

11:43:26

2

107.10

CHIX

11:43:43

1

107.10

CHIX

11:43:43

28

107.10

CHIX

11:47:23

574

107.10

CHIX

11:47:23

493

107.10

CHIX

11:47:42

2

107.10

BATE

11:48:02

1,067

107.10

CHIX

11:48:04

8

107.10

BATE

11:48:08

1,300

107.10

BATE

11:48:08

373

107.10

XLON

11:48:08

624

107.10

TRQX

11:48:08

415

107.10

BATE

11:48:08

119

107.10

CHIX

11:48:08

26

107.10

BATE

11:50:03

1,223

107.00

BATE

11:50:03

1,154

107.00

BATE

12:16:42

148

107.00

CHIX

12:16:42

836

107.00

CHIX

12:17:41

8

107.00

TRQX

12:17:41

2

107.00

BATE

12:17:41

8

107.00

BATE

12:17:41

983

107.00

XLON

12:19:41

26

106.90

CHIX

12:23:33

2

106.80

CHIX

12:23:54

8

106.80

BATE

12:24:29

12

106.80

TRQX

12:24:48

8

106.80

CHIX

12:25:15

10

106.80

BATE

12:25:51

12

106.80

CHIX

12:26:15

10

106.80

TRQX

12:26:48

12

106.80

BATE

12:27:36

16

106.80

CHIX

12:27:52

6

106.80

TRQX

12:28:40

18

106.80

TRQX

12:28:40

983

106.80

XLON

12:28:40

914

106.80

TRQX

12:28:40

946

106.80

CHIX

12:28:40

954

106.80

BATE

12:28:40

2,011

106.80

XLON

12:40:22

984

106.70

CHIX

12:52:03

983

106.70

XLON

12:52:03

983

106.70

TRQX

12:52:03

984

106.70

BATE

12:52:05

983

106.60

XLON

12:52:05

984

106.60

CHIX

13:08:54

16

106.40

CHIX

13:09:20

16

106.40

TRQX

13:09:55

100

106.40

BATE

13:10:32

6

106.40

CHIX

13:10:57

16

106.40

TRQX

13:11:15

8

106.40

TRQX

13:11:36

14

106.40

TRQX

13:12:32

12

106.40

TRQX

13:26:27

455

106.50

BATE

13:52:36

314

106.50

BATE

13:54:21

24

106.60

TRQX

13:54:21

398

106.60

XLON

13:54:21

512

106.60

CHIX

13:54:22

585

106.60

XLON

13:54:22

715

106.60

TRQX

13:54:22

244

106.60

TRQX

13:54:22

472

106.60

CHIX

13:54:22

470

106.60

BATE

13:54:22

200

106.60

BATE

13:54:22

1,833

106.60

XLON

13:54:35

333

106.50

XLON

14:06:01

2

106.60

CHIX

14:06:29

26

106.60

CHIX

14:06:46

16

106.60

CHIX

14:07:15

28

106.60

CHIX

14:07:43

26

106.60

CHIX

14:08:02

16

106.60

CHIX

14:08:24

20

106.60

CHIX

14:08:50

24

106.60

CHIX

14:09:22

30

106.60

CHIX

14:09:39

16

106.60

CHIX

14:09:59

18

106.60

CHIX

14:10:23

24

106.60

CHIX

14:10:26

316

106.60

CHIX

14:10:26

984

106.60

BATE

14:10:46

219

106.60

TRQX

14:10:46

20

106.60

CHIX

14:10:46

402

106.60

CHIX

14:18:00

764

106.70

TRQX

14:18:00

177

106.70

BATE

14:18:00

523

106.70

XLON

14:18:00

460

106.70

XLON

14:18:00

1,376

106.70

BATE

14:18:00

212

106.70

BATE

14:34:40

218

106.70

CHIX

14:34:40

1,024

106.70

BATE

14:34:40

551

106.70

CHIX

14:36:33

545

106.70

TRQX

14:36:33

206

106.70

XLON

14:36:33

590

106.70

CHIX

14:36:33

438

106.70

TRQX

14:36:33

777

106.70

XLON

14:36:33

394

106.70

CHIX

14:36:33

984

106.70

BATE

14:47:27

41

106.70

TRQX

15:00:00

1,738

106.70

TRQX

15:00:00

718

106.70

XLON

15:00:00

719

106.70

BATE

15:00:00

718

106.70

CHIX

15:00:00

453

106.60

TRQX

15:00:00

673

106.60

TRQX

15:00:00

653

106.60

TRQX

15:01:15

199

106.40

TRQX

15:01:15

245

106.40

BATE

15:01:15

821

106.40

CHIX

15:01:15

261

106.40

XLON

15:01:15

784

106.40

TRQX

15:01:15

140

106.40

BATE

15:01:15

115

106.40

CHIX

15:01:15

722

106.40

XLON

15:01:15

599

106.40

BATE

15:01:15

48

106.40

CHIX

15:01:15

2,310

106.40

TRQX

15:06:56

4

106.30

TRQX

15:06:56

644

106.30

CHIX

15:06:56

984

106.30

BATE

15:06:56

979

106.30

TRQX

15:06:56

4

106.30

XLON

15:06:56

4

106.30

CHIX

15:06:56

979

106.30

XLON

15:06:56

336

106.30

CHIX

15:07:09

1

106.20

TRQX

15:07:09

9

106.20

CHIX

15:07:09

1

106.20

BATE

15:07:09

1

106.20

CHIX

15:09:42

983

106.00

XLON

15:12:57

200

106.00

CHIX

15:26:19

984

106.20

BATE

15:26:19

983

106.20

TRQX

15:26:19

784

106.20

CHIX

15:26:19

28

106.20

TRQX

15:26:19

29

106.20

BATE

15:26:19

21

106.20

CHIX

15:26:19

14

106.20

TRQX

15:26:19

2863

106.20

BATE

15:26:20

983

106.30

XLON

15:29:23

70

106.10

CHIX

15:29:35

70

106.10

CHIX

15:29:58

95

106.10

CHIX

15:30:10

58

106.10

CHIX

15:30:56

71

106.10

CHIX

15:37:21

984

106.30

BATE

15:37:21

983

106.30

TRQX

15:37:21

620

106.30

CHIX

15:37:22

983

106.40

XLON

15:38:25

120

106.30

CHIX

15:38:58

120

106.30

BATE

15:39:07

983

106.30

TRQX

15:39:07

47

106.30

CHIX

15:39:07

864

106.30

BATE

15:39:07

817

106.30

CHIX

15:39:09

10

106.40

XLON

15:40:02

140

106.10

CHIX

15:40:22

140

106.10

BATE

15:40:44

160

106.10

TRQX

15:41:06

160

106.10

CHIX

15:41:51

823

106.10

TRQX

15:41:51

120

106.10

BATE

15:41:51

983

106.10

XLON

15:41:51

684

106.10

CHIX

15:41:51

724

106.10

BATE

15:44:28

774

106.00

TRQX

15:44:28

257

106.00

XLON

15:44:28

489

106.00

TRQX

15:44:28

719

106.00

XLON

15:44:28

286

106.00

XLON

15:44:28

1

106.00

XLON

16:03:12

255

106.10

CHIX

16:07:51

1091

106.10

BATE

16:07:51

836

106.10

CHIX

16:07:51

876

106.10

XLON

16:07:51

876

106.10

TRQX

16:07:51

1091

106.10

CHIX

16:07:51

35

106.10

BATE

16:07:51

383

106.10

BATE

16:07:51

673

106.10

BATE

16:18:02

867

106.00

XLON

16:21:02

83

106.00

TRQX

16:21:02

984

106.00

CHIX

16:21:02

116

106.00

XLON

16:21:02

984

106.00

BATE

16:21:30

843

105.90

XLON

16:21:30

983

105.90

TRQX

16:21:30

984

105.90

CHIX

16:21:30

984

105.90

BATE

16:21:30

140

105.90

XLON

16:22:12

983

105.80

XLON

16:22:12

317

105.80

TRQX

16:22:12

984

105.80

BATE

16:22:12

666

105.80

TRQX

16:22:12

699

105.80

CHIX

16:22:12

285

105.80

CHIX

16:26:11

377

105.60

BATE

16:29:35

285

105.70

TRQX

16:29:56

6

105.70

CHIX

16:35:08

841

106.30

XLON

16:35:08

4,620

106.30

XLON

16:35:08

14,771

106.30

XLON

16:35:08

4,494

106.30

XLON

16:35:08

43,169

106.30

XLON

16:35:08

20,352

106.30

XLON

16:35:08

3,313

106.30

XLON

16:35:08

3,175

106.30

XLON

16:35:08

3,199

106.30

XLON

16:35:08

4,012

106.30

XLON

16:35:08

3,719

106.30

XLON

16:35:08

1,685

106.30

XLON

16:35:08

1,018

106.30

XLON

16:35:08

9

106.30

XLON

16:35:08

6,875

106.30

XLON

16:35:08

8,478

106.30

XLON

16:35:08

42,442

106.30

XLON

16:35:08

578

106.30

XLON

16:35:08

7,687

106.30

XLON

16:35:08

3,014

106.30

XLON