Purchase of Own Securities

5 September 2002

                                FirstGroup plc                                 

              Buyback of 100,000 ordinary shares for cancellation              

FirstGroup plc announces that on 5 September 2002 it purchased for cancellation
100,000 ordinary shares of 5p each at an average price of 240p per share.

Since FirstGroup plc started to buyback its ordinary shares on 7 June 2002 it
has repurchased for cancellation a total of 1,975,000 ordinary shares leaving
417,855,947ordinary shares in issue.