Purchase of Own Securities

FirstGroup PLC
19 November 2001


19 November 2001


                                FirstGroup plc

              Buyback of 25,000 ordinary shares for cancellation

FirstGroup announces that on 19 November 2001 it purchased for cancellation
25,000 ordinary shares of 5p each at a price of 295p per share.

Since FirstGroup started to buy back its ordinary shares on 16 November 2001,
it has repurchased for cancellation a total of 250,000 ordinary shares leaving
420,880,947 ordinary shares in issue.