16th Sep 2009 17:35
16 September 2009
FirstGroup plc FirstGroup plc - Transactions in Own Shares
FirstGroup plc (the "Company") announces that on 16 September 2009 it purchased from J.P. Morgan Cazenove Limited 130,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 435.7077 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 191,450 ordinary shares in treasury, and has 481,875,720 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Contacts:
Eileen Malcolmson, Legal Adviser and Assistant Company Secretary
Tel: 01224 652626
Stuart Bugg, Corporate Communications Manager
Tel: 020 7291 0514
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