Purchase of Own Securities

FirstGroup PLC
30 November 2001


30 November 2001


                                FirstGroup plc

             Buyback of 150,000 ordinary shares for cancellation

FirstGroup announces that on 30 November 2001 it purchased for cancellation
150,000 ordinary shares of 5p each at a price of 269.5p per share.

Since First Group started to buyback its ordinary shares on 16 November 2001
it has repurchased for cancellation a total of 800,000 ordinary shares leaving
420,330,947 ordinary shares in issue.