Treasury Shares and Directors'/PDMRs shareholding

16 November 2006

                                FirstGroup plc                                 

    Transfer of shares held in treasury and Directors'/PDMRs' Shareholding     

FirstGroup plc ("the Company") announces that on 15 November 2006 it
transferred to the Trustees of the FirstGroup Employee Benefit Trust (the
"EBT") 1,200,000 ordinary shares. The shares were all formerly held as treasury
shares. The highest price paid was 406.8991 pence per share and the lowest
price paid was 407 pence per share, the price reflecting the original price
paid for the shares when they were formerly purchased by the Company and
transferred into treasury.

FirstGroup plc shares held by the EBT are used to satisfy awards made to
participants in the Company's Performance Share Plan, Executive Share Option
Scheme and Executive Annual Bonus Plan.

Following the above transfer of shares out of treasury, the Company holds a
total of 4,349,140 of its ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of
ordinary shares in issue excluding treasury shares is 394,402,181.

The transaction took place at 395 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5RP.

The following executive directors and PDMRs of the Company are potential
beneficiaries of the EBT and are deemed to be interested in those shares for
the purposes of section 324 of the Companies Act 1985 and Disclosure Rule
3.1.2.

Executive Directors                    PDMRs                                   
                                                                               
Sidney Barrie                          Rachael Borthwick                       
                                                                               
Dean Finch                             Everton Bryan                           
                                                                               
David Leeder                           Nicholas Chevis                         
                                                                               
Moir Lockhead                          Andrew Haines                           
                                                                               
                                       Eileen Malcolmson                       
                                                                               
                                       Stephen McPhail                         
                                                                               
                                       Paul Moore                              
                                                                               
                                       Michael Murray                          
                                                                               
                                       Carey Paster                            
                                                                               
                                       Louise Ruppel                           
                                                                               
                                       Nicola Shaw