Last checked at 5 Dec 2011 17:06
5 December 2011 FirstGroup plc Transfer of shares held in treasury
FirstGroup plc ("the Company") announces that on 5 December 2011 it transferred to participants in the Company's employee SAYE scheme 103 ordinary shares for the exercise of options under the SAYE 2010 scheme at a price of 319.04 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 264,913 of its ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of ordinary shares in issue excluding treasury shares is 481,802,257.
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