Transfer of shares held in treasury

12 November 2007

                                FirstGroup plc                                 

                      Transfer of shares held in treasury                      

FirstGroup plc ("the Company") announces that on 12 November 2007 it
transferred to participants in the Company's employee SAYE scheme for the early
exercise of options 2,256 ordinary shares (1,307 ordinary shares at a price of
267 pence per share, 617 ordinary shares at a price of 325 pence per share and
332 ordinary shares at a price of 444 pence per share). The shares were all
formerly held as treasury shares.

Following the above transfer of shares out of treasury, the Company holds a
total of 3,261,677 of its ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of
ordinary shares in issue excluding treasury shares is 435,017,121.