Result of AGM

FirstGroup plc                                 

                                (the "Company")                                

                Results of Annual General Meeting, 10 July 2008                

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  316,755,147   99.90%   314,699     0.10%   101,107
      Report & Financial                                                       
      Statements                                                               
                                                                               
 2.   To approve the         310,123,699   99.90%   312,837     0.10% 6,725,271
      Directors'                                                               
      Remuneration Report                                                      
                                                                               
 3.   To declare a final     316,804,673   99.99%    26,798     0.01%   339,482
      dividend                                                                 
                                                                               
 4.   To re-elect Martin     316,197,496   99.72%   894,423     0.28%    79,034
      Gilbert as a Director                                                    
                                                                               
 5.   To re-elect David Dunn 316,496,291   99.81%   599,955     0.19%    74,707
      as a Director                                                            
                                                                               
 6.   To re-elect Professor  316,451,972   99.80%   638,682     0.20%    80,299
      David Begg as a                                                          
      Director                                                                 
                                                                               
 7.   To re-appoint Deloitte 313,034,533   99.59% 1,299,233     0.41% 2,837,186
      & Touche LLP as                                                          
      independent auditors                                                     
                                                                               
 8.   To authorise the       316,042,231   99.66% 1,070,488     0.34%    58,234
      Directors to determine                                                   
      the remuneration of                                                      
      the independent                                                          
      auditors                                                                 
                                                                               
 9.   To reduce the          316,728,168   99.92%   243,368     0.08%   199,417
      authorised share                                                         
      capital                                                                  
                                                                               
 10.  To authorise the       311,339,750   98.21% 5,686,918     1.79%   144,285
      Directors to allot                                                       
      relevant securities                                                      
                                                                               
 11.  To authorise the       316,387,699   99.82%   567,334     0.18%   215,920
      Directors to disapply                                                    
      pre-emption rights                                                       
                                                                               
 12.  To permit the Company  316,864,289   99.92%   238,647     0.08%    68,017
      to purchase its own                                                      
      shares                                                                   
                                                                               
 13.  To authorise the       313,389,516   98.99% 3,191,377     1.01%   590,060
      Company to make                                                          
      political donations                                                      
      and incur political                                                      
      expenditure                                                              
                                                                               
 14.  To adopt new Articles  316,141,359   99.74%   835,662     0.26%   193,932
      of Association                                                           
                                                                               
 15.  To approve the         312,445,878   99.50% 1,571.953     0.50% 3,153,121
      FirstGroup plc                                                           
                                                                               
      Long Term Incentive                                                      
      Plan                                                                     

The current issued share capital of FirstGroup plc is 481,743,696 ordinary
shares of 5 pence per share (excluding treasury shares).