Transfer of shares held in treasury

FIRSTGROUP PLC - Transfer of shares held in treasury

PR Newswire

London, February 28

FirstGroup plc (the "Company") announces that on 28 February 2013 ittransferred to participants in the Company's employee SAYE scheme 11 ordinaryshares for the early exercise of options under the SAYE 2012 scheme at a priceof 143.92 pence per share. The shares were all formerly held as treasuryshares.

Following the above transfer of shares out of treasury, the Company holds atotal of 160,779 of its ordinary shares in treasury. The total number ofordinary shares in issue excluding treasury shares is 481,906,391.