Transaction in Own Shares

28th Sep 2009 07:00

25 September 2009

FirstGroup plc FirstGroup plc - Transaction in Own Shares

FirstGroup plc ("the Company") announces that on 25 September 2009 it purchased from J.P. Morgan Cazenove Limited 450,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 438.8922 pence per share. The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.

The Company intends to hold these shares in treasury to satisfy anticipated exercises of participants' share options in the Company's Save as You Earn Scheme.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 608,196 ordinary shares in treasury and has 481,458,974 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Contacts:

Eileen Malcolmson, Legal Adviser and Assistant Company Secretary Tel: 01224 650626

Rachael Borthwick, Group Corporate Communications Director Tel: 020 7291 0508/07771 945432

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