Result of AGM

FirstGroup plc                                 

                                (the "Company")                                

               Results of Annual General Meeting on 25 July 2012               

The Board of FirstGroup plc announces that, at the Annual General Meeting held
earlier today, Resolutions 1 to 16 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     No. of  
                                Votes      Vote     Votes      Vote     Votes   
                                                                                
 1.   To receive the Annual  308,305,069    99.68    992,949     0.32  5,554,783
      Report and Financial                                                      
      Statements                                                                
                                                                                
 2.   To approve the         298,217,141    97.08  8,960,805     2.92  7,674,699
      Directors'                                                                
      Remuneration Report                                                       
                                                                                
 3.   To declare a final     314,785,237    99.99     36,602     0.01     30,963
      dividend                                                                  
                                                                                
 4.   To re-elect Professor  310,166,242    98.57  4,488,208     1.43    198,352
      David Begg as a                                                           
      Director                                                                  
                                                                                
 5.   To re-elect Martin     287,008,891    91.22 27,610,175     8.78    233,736
      Gilbert as a Director                                                     
                                                                                
 6.   To re-elect Colin Hood 310,168,056    98.60  4,410,902     1.40    271,344
      as a Director                                                             
                                                                                
 7.   To re-elect John       302,102,120    96.02 12,512,314     3.98    238,367
      Sievwright as a                                                           
      Director                                                                  
                                                                                
 8.   To re-elect Tim        306,741,254    97.50  7,869,963     2.50    239,085
      O'Toole as a Director                                                     
                                                                                
 9.   To elect Mick Barker   305,149,833    97.02  9,384,104     2.98    316,365
      as a Director                                                             
                                                                                
 10.  To re-appoint Deloitte 301,896,234    95.92 12,853,544     4.08    103,023
      LLP as independent                                                        
      auditors                                                                  
                                                                                
 11.  To authorise the       308,381,466    98.01  6,260,667     1.99    208,169
      Directors to determine                                                    
      the remuneration of                                                       
      the independent                                                           
      auditors                                                                  
                                                                                
 12.  To authorise the       273,964,134    92.21 23,150,737     7.79 17,735,429
      Directors to allot                                                        
      shares                                                                    
                                                                                
 13.  To authorise the       313,854,280    99.82    579,567     0.18    416,455
      Directors to disapply                                                     
      pre-emption rights                                                        
                                                                                
 14.  To permit the Company  309,604,476    99.51  1,523,820     0.49  3,722,005
      to purchase its own                                                       
      shares                                                                    
                                                                                
 15.  To authorise the       271,665,698    86.94 40,804,256    13.06  2,382,848
      Company to make                                                           
      political donations                                                       
      and incur political                                                       
      expenditure                                                               
                                                                                
 16.  To authorise the       286,475,008    91.02 28,260,379     8.98    114,915
      calling of general                                                        
      meetings of the                                                           
      Company by notice of                                                      
      14 clear days                                                             

Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.

A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of
the votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.

The current issued share capital of FirstGroup plc is 482,067,170 ordinary
shares of 5 pence per share. 65.34% of voting capital was instructed.

In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's Rule 9.6.2R, copies of all the
resolutions passed by FirstGroup plc's shareholders in connection with special
business at today's Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National
Storage Mechanism.

This document will shortly be available for inspection at: http://
www.hemscott.com/nsm.do