Purchase of Own Securities

5 November 2003

                                FirstGroup plc                                 

             Buyback of 2,600,000 ordinary shares for cancellation             

FirstGroup plc announces that on 5 November 2003 it purchased for cancellation
2,600,000 ordinary shares of 5p each at an average price of 286.247p per share.

Since FirstGroup plc started to buyback its ordinary shares on 7 June 2002 it
has repurchased for cancellation a total of 10,034,626 ordinary shares. There
are now 410,796,321 ordinary shares in issue.