FirstGroup PLC has announced the purchase of 261,327 of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each through RBC Europe Limited as part of its share buyback program. The weighted average price paid for the shares was 161.90 pence, with the highest price paid at 163.50 pence and the lowest at 160.40 pence. Following this purchase, the company now holds 103,927,090 Ordinary Shares in treasury, with the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding treasury shares being 646,767,925. The company 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 08 February 2024, is 646,767,925. 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.

The company has provided detailed transaction information, including the breakdown of individual trades made by RBC Europe Limited on behalf of FirstGroup as part of the Programme. The transactions were carried out on various platforms, with different volumes and prices.

For further information, the company has provided contact details for its Head of Investor Relations, Company Secretary, as well as contacts at Brunswick PR, Liberum Capital Limited, and RBC Europe Limited.

The company's LEI is 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93, and the ISIN is GB0003452173. The transaction falls under the classification of 2.4. Acquisition or disposal of the issuer's own shares, and the intermediary involved is RBC Europe Limited with the intermediary code ROYCGB22. The transactions were conducted in the GMT timezone and the currency used was GBp.

This announcement is made in accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation).