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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

27 February 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

372,606

Weighted average price paid (p)

105.49

Highest price paid (p)

106.40

Lowest price paid (p)

102.20

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 20,952,026 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 729,606,678. 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 27 February 2023 is 729,606,678. 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

196,155

105.56

BATE

54,992

105.57

CHIX

60,737

105.44

TRQX

60,722

105.25

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Venue

08:06:00

99

102.20

XLON

08:09:00

100

102.40

CHIX

08:09:01

65

102.40

CHIX

08:09:01

148

102.40

TRQX

08:09:01

1,002

102.40

TRQX

08:09:02

1,291

102.30

XLON

08:30:00

817

102.80

XLON

08:30:00

559

102.80

XLON

08:41:00

107

102.80

XLON

08:41:00

1,085

102.80

XLON

08:47:21

1,116

102.80

XLON

08:47:21

295

102.90

XLON

08:52:01

1,006

103.00

XLON

08:52:01

1,255

103.10

XLON

08:52:01

435

103.10

XLON

08:52:05

640

103.40

XLON

08:52:05

433

103.40

XLON

08:52:05

1,470

103.60

TRQX

08:52:05

1,255

103.60

TRQX

08:52:05

1,676

103.60

XLON

08:52:05

6,797

103.70

XLON

08:59:34

398

103.70

XLON

08:59:34

737

103.70

XLON

09:02:50

690

103.70

CHIX

09:02:50

602

103.70

CHIX

09:02:50

1,292

103.70

BATE

09:02:51

1,467

103.80

CHIX

09:02:51

1,329

104.00

XLON

09:02:51

985

104.10

TRQX

09:02:51

376

104.10

TRQX

09:02:51

244

104.10

TRQX

09:02:51

2,115

104.10

TRQX

09:22:13

695

104.10

BATE

09:22:13

944

104.30

XLON

09:22:19

371

104.30

CHIX

09:22:19

29

104.40

CHIX

09:22:19

262

104.40

CHIX

09:22:19

1,038

104.40

CHIX

09:22:19

1,329

104.50

XLON

09:22:19

687

104.50

XLON

09:22:19

581

104.50

XLON

09:22:22

349

104.60

TRQX

09:22:22

980

104.60

TRQX

09:22:22

426

104.60

XLON

09:22:22

460

104.60

XLON

09:23:21

886

104.40

BATE

09:23:21

886

104.40

CHIX

09:23:21

1,329

104.40

TRQX

09:23:21

1,798

104.30

CHIX

09:23:21

1,108

104.30

XLON

09:23:21

1,107

104.30

TRQX

09:53:13

236

105.30

BATE

09:53:13

997

105.30

CHIX

09:53:13

828

105.30

TRQX

09:53:13

761

105.30

BATE

09:53:13

168

105.30

TRQX

09:53:13

997

105.30

XLON

09:53:13

1,093

105.25

BATE

09:53:14

473

105.40

XLON

09:53:14

524

105.40

XLON

09:54:06

217

105.10

CHIX

09:56:31

997

105.20

BATE

09:56:31

780

105.20

CHIX

09:56:31

996

105.20

TRQX

10:16:02

111

105.90

CHIX

10:16:02

755

105.90

BATE

10:16:02

777

105.90

CHIX

10:16:02

138

105.90

TRQX

10:16:02

134

105.90

BATE

10:16:02

967

105.90

TRQX

10:16:02

1,105

105.90

XLON

10:27:36

224

105.80

BATE

10:27:36

174

105.80

CHIX

10:27:36

2,072

105.80

XLON

10:27:36

415

105.80

BATE

10:27:36

464

105.80

CHIX

10:27:36

638

105.80

TRQX

10:29:00

1,795

106.00

XLON

10:29:00

1,794

106.00

TRQX

10:33:39

902

105.70

CHIX

10:33:39

1,329

105.70

BATE

10:33:39

1,329

105.70

TRQX

10:33:39

1,329

105.70

XLON

10:33:40

240

105.60

XLON

10:33:40

128

105.60

TRQX

10:33:40

646

105.60

XLON

10:33:40

869

105.60

CHIX

10:33:40

758

105.60

TRQX

10:33:40

17

105.60

CHIX

10:34:49

802

105.50

CHIX

10:34:49

997

105.50

BATE

10:34:49

195

105.50

CHIX

10:34:49

997

105.50

XLON

10:34:49

996

105.50

TRQX

10:44:57

170

105.40

BATE

10:44:57

730

105.40

BATE

10:44:57

899

105.40

CHIX

10:44:57

1,094

105.40

XLON

10:44:57

1,094

105.40

TRQX

10:50:02

476

105.30

BATE

10:50:02

597

105.30

XLON

10:50:02

475

105.30

TRQX

10:50:02

521

105.30

BATE

10:50:02

400

105.30

XLON

10:50:02

997

105.30

CHIX

10:50:02

521

105.30

TRQX

10:54:02

690

105.30

BATE

10:54:02

1,918

105.30

CHIX

10:54:02

690

105.30

XLON

10:54:02

689

105.30

TRQX

10:54:02

1,099

105.20

XLON

10:54:02

1,099

105.20

TRQX

10:56:02

739

105.30

CHIX

10:56:02

34

105.30

CHIX

10:56:02

224

105.30

CHIX

10:56:02

997

105.30

XLON

10:56:02

738

105.30

BATE

10:56:02

996

105.30

TRQX

10:56:02

259

105.30

BATE

10:56:02

1,109

105.30

XLON

10:56:02

200

105.30

TRQX

11:05:41

515

105.50

TRQX

11:05:41

473

105.50

TRQX

11:05:41

8

105.50

TRQX

11:05:41

997

105.50

XLON

11:05:41

997

105.50

BATE

11:05:41

997

105.50

CHIX

11:05:49

997

105.50

CHIX

11:07:03

989

105.50

BATE

11:07:03

8

105.50

BATE

11:07:03

240

105.50

XLON

11:07:03

996

105.50

TRQX

11:07:03

757

105.50

XLON

11:09:25

1,102

105.50

CHIX

11:10:02

744

105.50

XLON

11:13:18

744

105.50

TRQX

11:13:18

652

105.50

CHIX

11:13:18

745

105.50

BATE

11:13:18

1,846

105.50

XLON

11:13:18

5

105.40

XLON

11:13:18

188

105.40

XLON

11:17:49

275

105.50

TRQX

11:17:49

503

105.50

TRQX

11:17:49

1,653

105.50

XLON

11:17:49

778

105.50

CHIX

11:17:49

778

105.50

BATE

11:17:50

1,653

105.40

XLON

11:17:50

778

105.40

BATE

11:17:50

778

105.40

CHIX

11:17:50

778

105.40

TRQX

11:21:26

617

105.10

XLON

11:21:26

233

105.10

CHIX

11:21:26

997

105.10

BATE

11:21:26

764

105.10

CHIX

11:21:26

380

105.10

XLON

11:21:26

996

105.10

TRQX

11:22:56

127

105.00

XLON

11:44:21

791

105.00

CHIX

11:44:21

792

105.00

BATE

11:44:21

664

105.00

XLON

11:44:21

1,613

105.00

TRQX

11:44:22

997

104.80

CHIX

11:44:22

997

104.80

XLON

11:44:22

996

104.80

TRQX

12:24:52

996

105.00

TRQX

12:24:52

997

105.00

XLON

12:24:52

997

105.00

CHIX

12:24:52

997

105.00

BATE

12:36:16

997

104.90

CHIX

12:36:16

997

104.90

BATE

12:36:16

996

104.90

TRQX

12:36:16

997

104.90

XLON

12:36:16

996

104.70

TRQX

12:36:16

997

104.70

XLON

12:52:41

965

104.60

CHIX

12:52:41

997

104.60

BATE

12:52:41

32

104.60

CHIX

12:52:41

997

104.60

XLON

12:52:41

996

104.60

TRQX

13:08:10

305

104.50

XLON

13:08:10

692

104.50

XLON

13:08:10

996

104.50

TRQX

13:08:10

997

104.50

BATE

13:08:10

997

104.50

CHIX

13:14:37

13

104.90

BATE

13:50:44

228

105.20

CHIX

13:50:44

974

105.20

TRQX

13:50:44

766

105.30

XLON

13:50:45

42

105.40

CHIX

13:50:45

997

105.60

XLON

13:50:46

3,869

105.60

XLON

13:50:47

1,161

105.60

CHIX

13:50:47

169

105.70

BATE

13:50:47

828

105.70

BATE

13:50:47

71

105.70

CHIX

13:54:11

314

105.40

BATE

13:54:11

683

105.40

BATE

13:54:11

997

105.40

CHIX

13:54:11

997

105.40

XLON

13:54:11

996

105.40

TRQX

13:54:12

1,725

105.70

BATE

13:54:12

201

105.70

BATE

13:56:08

447

105.40

CHIX

13:56:08

1,329

105.40

TRQX

13:56:08

1,329

105.40

XLON

13:56:08

741

105.40

CHIX

13:56:08

517

105.40

BATE

13:56:08

300

105.40

XLON

13:56:08

372

105.40

XLON

13:57:09

381

105.40

BATE

14:10:02

294

105.30

CHIX

14:10:02

816

105.30

XLON

14:10:02

681

105.30

TRQX

14:10:02

997

105.30

BATE

14:10:02

181

105.30

XLON

14:10:02

703

105.30

CHIX

14:10:02

315

105.30

TRQX

14:15:54

215

105.40

BATE

14:15:54

553

105.40

BATE

14:15:54

406

105.40

CHIX

14:15:54

191

105.40

CHIX

14:15:54

1,428

105.40

BATE

14:15:54

597

105.40

TRQX

14:15:54

597

105.40

XLON

14:15:55

997

105.50

CHIX

14:15:55

105

105.50

TRQX

14:15:56

362

105.50

XLON

14:15:56

323

105.50

TRQX

14:15:56

635

105.50

XLON

14:15:56

568

105.50

TRQX

14:15:56

390

105.50

BATE

14:15:56

607

105.50

BATE

14:20:50

1,670

105.40

CHIX

14:20:50

773

105.40

BATE

14:20:50

772

105.40

XLON

14:20:50

772

105.40

TRQX

14:22:45

1

105.30

CHIX

14:29:02

1,102

105.30

CHIX

14:35:02

166

105.50

CHIX

14:39:56

2,357

106.05

BATE

14:39:56

1,448

106.20

CHIX

14:39:56

426

106.20

BATE

14:39:56

1,448

106.20

BATE

14:39:56

426

106.20

CHIX

14:39:56

141

106.20

BATE

14:39:56

40

106.20

CHIX

14:39:56

430

106.20

XLON

14:39:56

491

106.20

XLON

14:39:56

997

106.30

XLON

14:39:58

936

106.30

CHIX

14:39:58

483

106.30

CHIX

14:39:58

477

106.40

XLON

14:39:58

909

106.40

XLON

14:39:58

368

106.40

XLON

14:40:18

997

106.10

CHIX

14:40:18

997

106.10

BATE

14:40:18

118

106.10

XLON

14:40:18

833

106.10

XLON

14:40:18

517

106.10

TRQX

14:40:18

479

106.10

TRQX

14:41:02

997

106.00

XLON

14:41:02

996

106.00

TRQX

14:41:02

997

106.00

CHIX

14:41:02

997

106.00

BATE

14:54:02

239

106.10

CHIX

14:55:02

698

106.10

CHIX

14:55:03

997

106.10

BATE

14:55:03

60

106.10

CHIX

14:55:03

284

106.10

XLON

14:55:03

901

106.10

TRQX

14:55:03

95

106.10

TRQX

14:55:03

713

106.10

XLON

14:55:03

1,650

106.10

XLON

15:02:02

997

106.00

XLON

15:02:02

997

106.00

BATE

15:02:02

996

106.00

TRQX

15:02:02

997

106.00

CHIX

15:11:04

986

106.30

TRQX

15:11:04

997

106.30

BATE

15:11:04

10

106.30

TRQX

15:11:04

997

106.30

XLON

15:11:04

997

106.30

CHIX

15:15:00

320

106.20

TRQX

15:15:00

1

106.20

TRQX

15:15:00

997

106.20

XLON

15:15:00

675

106.20

TRQX

15:15:00

96

106.20

CHIX

15:15:00

24

106.20

BATE

15:15:00

901

106.20

CHIX

15:15:00

973

106.20

BATE

15:15:00

1,637

106.10

CHIX

15:21:24

2

106.20

XLON

15:21:24

237

106.20

CHIX

15:34:28

769

106.30

CHIX

15:34:28

1

106.30

CHIX

15:34:28

331

106.30

BATE

15:34:28

227

106.30

CHIX

15:34:28

996

106.30

TRQX

15:34:28

997

106.30

XLON

15:34:28

666

106.30

BATE

15:37:04

775

106.20

BATE

15:37:04

775

106.20

CHIX

15:37:04

1,663

106.20

XLON

15:37:04

774

106.20

TRQX

15:37:07

16

106.10

TRQX

15:42:10

1

106.20

TRQX

15:42:10

18

106.20

TRQX

15:43:57

1,183

106.30

TRQX

15:43:57

1,219

106.30

XLON

15:47:17

934

106.20

XLON

15:47:17

935

106.20

CHIX

15:47:17

935

106.20

BATE

15:48:51

1,329

106.00

BATE

15:48:51

1,329

106.00

CHIX

15:48:51

1,329

106.00

XLON

15:48:51

2,879

106.00

TRQX

15:48:51

886

105.90

CHIX

15:48:51

886

105.90

TRQX

15:48:51

886

105.90

XLON

15:48:53

269

105.70

BATE

15:48:53

172

105.70

XLON

15:48:58

591

105.70

BATE

15:48:58

189

105.70

CHIX

15:48:58

137

105.70

BATE

15:48:58

808

105.70

CHIX

15:48:58

996

105.70

TRQX

15:48:58

825

105.70

XLON

15:57:06

1,102

105.70

XLON

15:59:51

158

105.70

CHIX

15:59:51

225

105.70

CHIX

16:10:01

1,116

106.10

XLON

16:17:56

240

105.90

XLON

16:17:56

318

105.90

BATE

16:17:56

72

105.90

TRQX

16:17:56

145

106.00

BATE

16:17:56

674

106.00

BATE

16:17:57

418

106.10

XLON

16:17:57

535

106.10

XLON

16:17:57

850

106.10

XLON

16:17:57

312

106.10

XLON

16:17:57

392

106.20

BATE

16:17:58

78

106.20

BATE

16:17:58

749

106.20

BATE

16:21:02

965

106.10

CHIX

16:21:02

952

106.10

XLON

16:21:02

978

106.10

TRQX

16:21:02

32

106.10

CHIX

16:21:02

997

106.10

BATE

16:21:02

18

106.10

TRQX

16:21:02

45

106.10

XLON

16:23:15

959

106.00

CHIX

16:23:15

1,035

106.00

BATE

16:23:15

358

106.00

XLON

16:24:04

424

106.00

CHIX

16:24:05

643

106.00

CHIX

16:24:38

1,035

106.00

BATE

16:24:38

109

106.00

CHIX

16:24:38

141

106.00

BATE

16:24:38

586

106.00

TRQX

16:24:38

600

106.00

XLON

16:24:38

449

106.00

TRQX

16:26:02

777

105.90

BATE

16:26:35

183

105.90

TRQX

16:27:04

217

105.90

CHIX

16:29:53

179

105.90

CHIX

16:35:12

2,766

106.00

XLON

16:35:12

5,558

106.00

XLON

16:35:12

4,376

106.00

XLON

16:35:12

1,356

106.00

XLON

16:35:12

11,096

106.00

XLON

16:35:12

8,168

106.00

XLON

16:35:12

1,391

106.00

XLON

16:35:12

4,162

106.00

XLON

16:35:12

19,678

106.00

XLON

16:35:12

775

106.00

XLON

16:35:12

18,312

106.00

XLON

16:35:12

15,382

106.00

XLON

16:35:12

7,702

106.00

XLON