Transfer of shares held in treasury

12th Aug 2008 07:00

11 August 2008 FirstGroup plc Transfer of shares held in treasury

FirstGroup plc ("the Company") announces that on 11 August 2008 it transferred to participants in the Company's employee SAYE scheme 1,809 ordinary shares (1,419 ordinary shares for the maturity of the SAYE2004 scheme at a price of 267 pence per share and 390 ordinary shares for the early exercise of shares under the SAYE2006 scheme at a price of 325 pence per share). The shares were all formerly held as treasury shares.

Following the above transfer of shares out of treasury, the Company holds a total of 288,071 of its ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of ordinary shares in issue excluding treasury shares is 481,779,099.

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