Transaction in Own Shares

20 May 2004

                                FirstGroup plc                                 

              Buyback of 100,000 ordinary shares for cancellation              

FirstGroup plc announces that on 20 May 2004 it purchased for cancellation
100,000 ordinary shares of 5p each at an average price of 277.00p per share.

There are now 402,621,321 ordinary shares in issue.