Purchase of Own Securities

FirstGroup PLC
12 December 2001


12 December 2001


                                FirstGroup plc


             Buyback of 100,000 ordinary shares for cancellation

FirstGroup announces that on 12 December 2001 it purchased for cancellation
100,000 ordinary shares of 5p each at a price of 264p per share.

Since FirstGroup started to buyback its ordinary shares on 16 November 2001 it
has repurchased for cancellation a total of 1,000,000 ordinary shares leaving
420,130,947 ordinary shares in issue.