Company Announcements

 

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 10 June 2025, it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") through Panmure Liberum Limited.

 

 __________________________________________________
|Date of Purchase                   |12 August 2025|
|___________________________________|______________|
|Number of ordinary shares purchased|14,379        |
|___________________________________|______________|
|Weighted average price paid (p)    |230.00        |
|___________________________________|______________|
|Highest price paid (p)             |230.00        |
|___________________________________|______________|
|Lowest price paid (p)              |230.00        |
|___________________________________|______________|

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 181,103,965 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 569,591,050. FirstGroup initially intends to hold the purchased shares as treasury shares but may cancel them in due course.

 

The total number of voting rights in FirstGroup, excluding treasury shares as at 12 August 2025 is 569,591,050. 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 FirstGroupMarianna Bowes, Head of Investor Relations

David Blizzard, Company Secretary

companysecretariat@firstgroup.co.uk

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354

Transaction details

Issuer name: FirstGroup PLC

LEI: 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93

ISIN: GB0003452173

Classification: 2.4. Acquisition or disposal of the issuer's own shares

Intermediary name: Panmure Liberum Limited

Intermediary Code: PMURGB3L

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 Panmure Liberum Limited on behalf of FirstGroup as part of the Programme is detailed below:

Aggregate information:  

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|Platform|Daily weighted average price of|Daily total volume (in number of|
|        |shares acquired (GBp)          |shares)                         |
|________|_______________________________|________________________________|
|XLON    |230.00                         |5,460                           |
|________|_______________________________|________________________________|
|BATE    |230.00                         |4,194                           |
|________|_______________________________|________________________________|
|CHIX    |230.00                         |3,139                           |
|________|_______________________________|________________________________|
|TRQX    |230.00                         |1,586                           |
|________|_______________________________|________________________________|

 

Individual Transactions

 

 _______________________________________________________
|Transaction Time|Volume|Price|Platform|Transaction Ref |
|________________|______|_____|________|________________|
|11:29:29.359    |589   |230  |BATE    |00041440701TRLO0|
|________________|______|_____|________|________________|
|12:11:29.417    |519   |230  |XLON    |00041441770TRLO0|
|________________|______|_____|________|________________|
|12:11:33.123    |150   |230  |XLON    |00041441774TRLO0|
|________________|______|_____|________|________________|
|13:08:27.161    |32    |230  |XLON    |00041444527TRLO0|
|________________|______|_____|________|________________|
|13:08:27.161    |840   |230  |XLON    |00041444526TRLO0|
|________________|______|_____|________|________________|
|13:09:01.035    |60    |230  |XLON    |00041444540TRLO0|
|________________|______|_____|________|________________|
|13:09:01.035    |183   |230  |XLON    |00041444539TRLO0|
|________________|______|_____|________|________________|
|13:09:32.105    |684   |230  |BATE    |00041444544TRLO0|
|________________|______|_____|________|________________|
|13:09:32.106    |16    |230  |BATE    |00041444545TRLO0|
|________________|______|_____|________|________________|
|13:09:34.161    |57    |230  |XLON    |00041444547TRLO0|
|________________|______|_____|________|________________|
|13:09:34.161    |176   |230  |XLON    |00041444546TRLO0|
|________________|______|_____|________|________________|
|13:27:30.570    |2297  |230  |XLON    |00041444946TRLO0|
|________________|______|_____|________|________________|
|13:27:30.570    |933   |230  |TRQX    |00041444945TRLO0|
|________________|______|_____|________|________________|
|13:27:30.570    |2905  |230  |BATE    |00041444944TRLO0|
|________________|______|_____|________|________________|
|13:27:30.570    |2272  |230  |CHIX    |00041444943TRLO0|
|________________|______|_____|________|________________|
|13:27:30.585    |653   |230  |TRQX    |00041444947TRLO0|
|________________|______|_____|________|________________|
|13:27:33.870    |1146  |230  |XLON    |00041444950TRLO0|
|________________|______|_____|________|________________|
|13:27:33.874    |867   |230  |CHIX    |00041444951TRLO0|
|________________|______|_____|________|________________|