FirstGroup plcLSE: FGP

FirstGroup Plc - Transaction in Own Shares

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Summary by 6ix AI

FirstGroup plc, through RBC Europe Limited, bought its own ordinary shares of 5 pence each on each day from October 19 to October 23, 2026. The purchases were made under the share buyback programme announced on June 18, 2026.

Key details

  • October 19, 2026: 214,858 shares at a weighted average price of 202.5888 pence (range 200.8000 to 203.6000 pence). October 20, 2026: 242,758 shares at a weighted average of 207.3281 pence (range 203.0000 to 209.4000 pence).
  • October 21, 2026: 237,824 shares at a weighted average of 210.4463 pence (range 208.0000 to 211.6000 pence). October 22, 2026: 214,268 shares at a weighted average of 212.4540 pence (range 210.4000 to 213.4000 pence).
  • October 23, 2026: 220,220 shares at a weighted average of 213.4356 pence (range 212.0000 to 214.8000 pence).
  • After these purchases, FirstGroup holds 38,072,928 ordinary shares in treasury (shares the company owns itself). As at October 23, 2026, it had 532,622,087 ordinary shares in issue and the same number of voting rights, excluding treasury shares.

What’s still pending

  • FirstGroup initially intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury but may cancel them in due course.

6ix AI wrote this summary from the release below and checked it against the release.

                          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 18 June 2026, it has
purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each ("Ordinary
Shares") through RBC Europe Limited.

+--------+---------------+-------------+----------+----------------------+
|Date of |Number of      |Weighted     |Lowest    |Highest price paid (p)|
|Purchase|Ordinary Shares|average price|price paid|                      |
|        |Purchased      |paid (p)     |(p)       |                      |
+--------+---------------+-------------+----------+----------------------+
|19      |214,858        |202.5888     |200.8000  |203.6000              |
|October |               |             |          |                      |
|2026    |               |             |          |                      |
+--------+---------------+-------------+----------+----------------------+
|20      |242,758        |207.3281     |203.0000  |209.4000              |
|October |               |             |          |                      |
|2026    |               |             |          |                      |
+--------+---------------+-------------+----------+----------------------+
|21      |237,824        |210.4463     |208.0000  |211.6000              |
|October |               |             |          |                      |
|2026    |               |             |          |                      |
+--------+---------------+-------------+----------+----------------------+
|22      |214,268        |212.4540     |210.4000  |213.4000              |
|October |               |             |          |                      |
|2026    |               |             |          |                      |
+--------+---------------+-------------+----------+----------------------+
|23      |220,220        |213.4356     |212.0000  |214.8000              |
|October |               |             |          |                      |
|2026    |               |             |          |                      |
+--------+---------------+-------------+----------+----------------------+

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 38,072,928 Ordinary Shares in
treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as
treasury shares is 532,622,087. 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
23 October 2026 is 532,622,087. 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

[email protected]

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: 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 attached to this
announcement.


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https://mb.cision.com/Public/22369/4414648/85cc543da61f7f4c.pdf 2026 10 23b - FGP Buyback Fills 19 10 - 23 10



                          

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