Purchase of Own Securities

FirstGroup PLC
28 November 2001

               28 November 2001

                                FirstGroup plc

             Buyback of 150,000 ordinary shares for cancellation

FirstGroup announces that on 28 November 2001 it purchased for cancellation
150,000 ordinary shares of 5p each at a price of 275p per share.

Since FirstGroup started to buyback its ordinary shares on 16 November 2001 it
has repurchased for cancellation a total of 600,000 ordinary shares leaving
420,530,947 ordinary shares in issue.