Transfer of shares held in Treasury

1st Feb 2006 14:19

1 February 2006 FirstGroup plc Transfer of shares held in treasury FirstGroup plc ("the Company") announces that on 1 February 2006 it transferredto participants in the Company's employee SAYE scheme, 2,067,527 ordinaryshares at a price of 197p per share. The shares were all formerly held astreasury shares.Following the above transfer of shares out of treasury, the Company holds atotal of 8,533,285 of its ordinary shares in treasury. The total number ofordinary shares in issue excluding treasury shares is 390,218,036.ENDFIRSTGROUP PLC

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