Transfer of shares held in treasury

18 August 2008

                                FirstGroup plc                                 

                      Transfer of shares held in treasury                      

FirstGroup plc ("the Company") announces that on 18 August 2008 it transferred
to participants in the Company's employee SAYE scheme 1,101 ordinary shares
(702 ordinary shares for the early exercise of shares under the SAYE2006 scheme
at a price of 325 pence per share and 399 ordinary shares for the early
exercise of shares under the SAYE2006B scheme 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 286,970 of its ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of
ordinary shares in issue excluding treasury shares is 481,780,200.