Purchase of Own Securities

6 December 2002

                                FirstGroup plc                                 

              Buyback of 26,000 ordinary shares for cancellation               

FirstGroup plc announces that on 6 December 2002 it purchased for cancellation
26,000 ordinary shares of 5p each at an average price of 223.5p per share.

Since FirstGroup plc started to buyback its ordinary shares on 7 June 2002 it
has repurchased for cancellation a total of 3,420,569 ordinary shares. There
are now 417,410,378ordinary shares in issue.