Transfer of shares held in treasury

18 August 2014 FirstGroup plc Transfer of shares held in treasury FirstGroup plc (the "Company") announces that on 18 August 2014 it transferredto participants in the Company's employee SAYE scheme 312 ordinary shares forthe early exercise of options under the SAYE 2012 scheme at a price of 117.339pence per share. The shares were all formerly held as treasury shares. Following the above transfer of shares out of treasury, the Company holds atotal of 157,947 of its ordinary shares in treasury. The total number ofordinary shares in issue excluding treasury shares is 1,204,768,809.