Result of AGM

FirstGroup plc                                 

                                (the "Company")                                

                Results of Annual General Meeting, 16 July 2009                

The Board of FirstGroup plc announces that, at the Annual General Meeting held
earlier today, Resolutions 1 to 15 were duly passed by the Company's
shareholders on a poll. The results of the poll are shown below.

            Resolution               FOR                AGAINST        WITHHELD 
                                                                                
                               No. of      % of    No. of   % of Vote   No. of  
                                Votes      Vote     Votes               Votes   
                                                                                
 1.   To receive the Annual  316,865,120    99.34 2,118,712      0.66    103,197
      Report and Financial                                                      
      Statements                                                                
                                                                                
 2.   To approve the         285,677,370    98.41 4,622,818      1.59 28,786,841
      Directors'                                                                
      Remuneration Report                                                       
                                                                                
 3.   To declare a final     319,013,675    99.99    35,431      0.01     37,923
      dividend                                                                  
                                                                                
 4.   To re-elect Sidney     315,783,859    99.24 2,421,020      0.76    882,150
      Barrie as a Director                                                      
                                                                                
 5.   To re-elect Martyn     313,162,076    98.50 4,764,473      1.50  1,160,480
      Williams as a Director                                                    
                                                                                
 6.   To elect Nicola Shaw   317,560,957    99.58 1,338,358      0.42    187,714
      as a Director                                                             
                                                                                
 7.   To elect Colin Hood as 318,405,637    99.84   513,927      0.16    167,465
      a Director                                                                
                                                                                
 8.   To elect Tim O'Toole   318,431,721    99.84   496,575      0.16    158,733
      as a Director                                                             
                                                                                
 9.   To re-appoint Deloitte 314,271,404    99.30 2,209,094      0.70  2,606,531
      LLP as independent                                                        
      auditors                                                                  
                                                                                
 10.  To authorise the       317,026,757    99.58 1,342,528      0.42    717,744
      Directors to determine                                                    
      the remuneration of                                                       
      the independent                                                           
      auditors                                                                  
                                                                                
 11.  To authorise the       317,626,607    99.63 1,186,313      0.37    274,109
      Directors to allot                                                        
      relevant securities                                                       
                                                                                
 12.  To authorise the       316,213,662    99.77   718,582      0.23  2,154,785
      Directors to disapply                                                     
      pre-emption rights                                                        
                                                                                
 13.  To permit the Company  318,638,005    99.90   306,606      0.10    142,418
      to purchase its own                                                       
      shares                                                                    
                                                                                
 14.  To authorise the       312,381,926    98.66 4,249,006      1.34  2,456,097
      Company to make                                                           
      political donations                                                       
      and incur political                                                       
      expenditure                                                               
                                                                                
 15.  To authorise the       314,308,151    98.66 4,267,238      1.34    511,640
      calling of general                                                        
      meetings of the                                                           
      Company by notice of                                                      
      14 clear days                                                             

The current issued share capital of FirstGroup plc is 481,915,727 ordinary
shares of 5 pence per share (excluding treasury shares).