Transaction in Own Shares

27 May 2009

                                FirstGroup plc                                 

                  FirstGroup plc - Transactions in Own Shares                  

FirstGroup plc (the "Company") announces that on 27 May 2009 it purchased from
J.P. Morgan Cazenove Limited 100,000 ordinary shares at an average price of
370.2471 pence per share. The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.

The Company intends to hold these shares in treasury to satisfy anticipated
exercises of participants' share options in the Company's Save as You Earn
Scheme.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 237,253 ordinary shares in
treasury, and has 481,829,917 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury
shares).

Contacts:

Rachael Borthwick, Group Corporate Communications Director

Tel: [phone]

Eileen Malcolmson, Legal Adviser and Assistant Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]