Transfer of shares held in treasury

FIRSTGROUP PLC - Transfer of shares held in treasury

PR Newswire

London, February 7

FirstGroup plc ("the Company") announces that on 7 February 2013 it transferredto participants in the Company's employee SAYE scheme 585 ordinary shares forthe exercise of options under the SAYE 2009 scheme at a price of 310 pence pershare. The shares were all formerly held as treasury shares.

Following the above transfer of shares out of treasury, the Company holds atotal of 160,790 of its ordinary shares in treasury. The total number ofordinary shares in issue excluding treasury shares is 481,906,380.