Disposal of German bus business

Friday 30 September 2011

FIRSTGROUP PLC

Disposal of German bus business

FirstGroup today announces the disposal of its German bus operation for a gross
consideration of €5.5m. FirstGroup Deutschland GmbH, which operates
approximately 130 buses in the Rhineland Pfalz region of South West Germany,
has been sold to Marwyn European Transport plc ("MET"), a wholly owed
subsidiary of Marwyn Management Partners plc.

Commenting Tim O'Toole, Chief Executive, said: "The disposal of our small
German bus business marks a further step in our programme of small asset and
business disposals as part of our strategy to focus on our core operations in
the UK and North America."

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Rachael Borthwick, Group Corporate Communications Director

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