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1 September 2009
FirstGroup plc
Transfer of shares held in treasury
FirstGroup plc (the "Company") announces that on 1 September 2009 it
transferred to participants in the Company's employee SAYE scheme 14,868
ordinary shares 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 89,884 of its ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of
ordinary shares in issue excluding treasury shares is 481,977,286.
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