Purchase of Own Securities

FirstGroup PLC
11 December 2001



11 December 2001



                                FirstGroup plc

             Buyback of 100,000 ordinary shares for cancellation

FirstGroup announces that on 11 December 2001 it purchased for cancellation
100,000 ordinary shares of 5p each at a price of 265p per share.

Since First Group started to buyback its ordinary shares on 16 November 2001
it has repurchased for cancellation a total of 900,000 ordinary shares leaving
420,230,947 ordinary shares in issue.