Purchase of Own Securities

28 June 2002

                                FirstGroup plc                                 

              Buyback of 130,000 ordinary shares for cancellation              

FirstGroup plc announces that on 26 June 2002 it purchased for cancellation
130,000 ordinary shares of 5p each at an average price of 258.6p per share.

Since FirstGroup plc started to buyback its ordinary shares on 7 June 2002 it
has repurchased for cancellation a total of 550,000 ordinary shares leaving
419,280,947ordinary shares in issue.