Result of AGM

FirstGroup plc                                 

        Results of Annual General Meeting, 12 July 2007 - Proxy Results        

The Board of FirstGroup plc announces that, at the Annual General Meeting held
earlier today, Resolutions 1 to 14 were duly passed and Resolution 15 was not
passed by FirstGroup's shareholders on a poll. The results of the poll are
shown below.

            Resolution               FOR                AGAINST         WITHHELD 
                                                                                 
                               No. of      % of     No. of      % of     No. of  
                                Votes      Vote      Votes      Vote     Votes   
                                                                                 
 1.   To receive the Annual  269,749,277   99.91%     247,435    0.09%    119,001
      Report & Financial                                                         
      Statements                                                                 
                                                                                 
 2.   To approve the         267,345,633   99.61%   1,050,740    0.39%  1,719,340
      Directors'                                                                 
      Remuneration Report                                                        
                                                                                 
 3.   To declare a final     270,027,532   99.99%      17,131    0.01%     71,050
      dividend                                                                   
                                                                                 
 4.   To re-elect Moir       267,166,866   98.95%   2,837,877    1.05%    110,970
      Lockhead as a Director                                                     
                                                                                 
 5.   To re-elect John       268,324,781   99.38%   1,665,839    0.62%    125,093
      Sievwright as a                                                            
      Director                                                                   
                                                                                 
 6.   To re-elect Dean Finch 268,552,352   99.46%   1,444,929    0.54%    118,432
      as a Director                                                              
                                                                                 
 7.   To re-elect David      268,843,019   99.58%   1,145,473    0.42%    127,221
      Leeder as a Director                                                       
                                                                                 
 8.   To elect Audrey Baxter 268,599,833   99.49%   1,377,904    0.51%    137,976
      as a Director                                                              
                                                                                 
 9.   To re-appoint Deloitte 264,604,659   99.09%   2,439,092    0.91%  3,071,962
      & Touche LLP as                                                            
      independent auditors                                                       
                                                                                 
 10.  To authorise the       267,516,385   99.14%   2,319,369    0.86%    279,959
      Directors to determine                                                     
      the remuneration of                                                        
      the independent                                                            
      auditors                                                                   
                                                                                 
 11.  To authorise the       268,832,266   99.59%   1,096,203    0.41%    187,244
      Directors to allot                                                         
      relevant securities                                                        
                                                                                 
 12.  To authorise the       269,459,381   99.91%     244,338    0.09%    411,994
      Directors to disapply                                                      
      pre-emption rights                                                         
                                                                                 
 13.  To permit the Company  269,679,769   99.93%     180,855    0.07%    255,089
      to purchase its own                                                        
      shares                                                                     
                                                                                 
 14.  To authorise the       267,261,466   99.07%   2,511,629    0.93%    342,618
      Company to make                                                            
      political donations                                                        
      and incur political                                                        
      expenditure                                                                
                                                                                 
 15.  Shareholder Resolution 8,719,541      3.45% 243,721,740   96.55% 17,674,432

The current issued share capital of FirstGroup plc is 434,993,051 ordinary
shares of 5 pence per share (excluding treasury shares).