TIDMFGP
9 November 2009
FirstGroup plc
Transfer of shares held in treasury
FirstGroup plc (the "Company") announces that on 9 November 2009 it transferred
to participants in the Company's employee SAYE scheme 43,437 ordinary shares
(43,400 ordinary shares for the maturity of the SAYE 2006 scheme each at a
price of 325 pence per share and 37 ordinary shares for the early exercise of
share options under the SAYE 2008 scheme each at a price of 371 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 1,009,753 of its ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of
ordinary shares in issue excluding treasury shares is 481,057,417.
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