Transaction in Own Shares

6 August 2004

                                FirstGroup plc                                 

              Buyback of 250,000 ordinary shares for cancellation              

FirstGroup plc announces that on 6 August 2004 it purchased for cancellation
250,000 ordinary shares of 5p each at an average price of 286.00p per share.

There are now 399,551,321 ordinary shares in issue.