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FirstGroup Plc - Transaction in Own Shares

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Summary by 6ix AI

FirstGroup plc bought back its ordinary shares of 5 pence each on October 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16, 2026 through RBC Europe Limited. The purchases were made under the share buyback programme it announced on June 18, 2026.

Key details

  • Shares bought and weighted average price paid: October 12, 260,606 shares at 191.65 pence; October 13, 311,412 shares at 193.99 pence; October 14, 290,291 shares at 197.05 pence.
  • October 15, 208,125 shares at 199.99 pence; October 16, 185,721 shares at 203.22 pence.
  • After these purchases, FirstGroup holds 36,943,000 ordinary shares in treasury, meaning shares held by the company itself.
  • Ordinary shares in issue excluding treasury shares, and the total number of voting rights as at October 16, 2026, are both 533,752,015.

What’s still pending

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

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Watch FirstGroup's latest callFirstGroup (LSE:FGP) Q4 2026 Earnings Call · Replay · Jun 18
                          19 October 2026

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)       |                      |
+--------+---------------+-------------+----------+----------------------+
|12-Oct  |260,606        |191.65       |191.00    |193.40                |
|-2026   |               |             |          |                      |
+--------+---------------+-------------+----------+----------------------+
|13-Oct  |311,412        |193.99       |191.60    |194.50                |
|-2026   |               |             |          |                      |
+--------+---------------+-------------+----------+----------------------+
|14-Oct  |290,291        |197.05       |193.60    |197.90                |
|-2026   |               |             |          |                      |
+--------+---------------+-------------+----------+----------------------+
|15-Oct  |208,125        |199.99       |197.50    |201.40                |
|-2026   |               |             |          |                      |
+--------+---------------+-------------+----------+----------------------+
|16-Oct  |185,721        |203.22       |201.80    |203.80                |
|-2026   |               |             |          |                      |
+--------+---------------+-------------+----------+----------------------+

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 36,943,000 Ordinary Shares in
treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as
treasury shares is 533,752,015. 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
16 October 2026 is 533,752,015. 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

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: 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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