Transaction in Own Shares

22 June 2004

                                FirstGroup plc                                 

              Buyback of 500,000 ordinary shares for cancellation              

FirstGroup plc announces that on 22 June 2004 it purchased for cancellation
500,000 ordinary shares of 5p each at an average price of 282.00p per share.

There are now 401,821,321 ordinary shares in issue.