Result of AGM

FirstGroup plc                                 

                                (the "Company")                                

               Results of Annual General Meeting on 16 July 2014               

The Board of FirstGroup plc announces that, at the Annual General Meeting held
earlier today, Resolutions 1 to 20 were duly passed by the Company's
shareholders on a poll. The results of the poll are shown below.

        Resolution            FOR              AGAINST         TOTAL     WITHHELD 
                                                                                  
                         No. of     % of    No. of    % of    No. of      No. of  
                          Votes     Vote     Votes    Vote     Votes      Votes   
                                                                                  
 1.  To receive the    877,892,802 99.97    249,718   0.03  878,142,520  205,307  
     Annual Report and                                                            
     Financial                                                                    
     Statements for                                                               
     the year ended 31                                                            
     March 2014                                                                   
                                                                                  
 2.  To approve the    767,562,067 88.97  95,204,285  11.03 862,766,352 15,581,485
     Directors'                                                                   
     Remuneration                                                                 
     Policy set out on                                                            
     pages 71 to 80                                                               
     (inclusive) in                                                               
     the Annual Report                                                            
     and Financial                                                                
     Statements                                                                   
                                                                                  
 3.  To approve the    606,528,428 74.46  208,086,339 25.54 814,614,767 63,733,071
     Directors' Annual                                                            
     Report on                                                                    
     Remuneration for                                                             
     the year ended 31                                                            
     March 2014 set                                                               
     out on pages 70                                                              
     and 81 to 92                                                                 
     (inclusive) in                                                               
     the Annual Report                                                            
     and Financial                                                                
     Statements                                                                   
                                                                                  
 4.  To elect John     827,858,966 95.24  41,345,870  4.76  869,204,836 9,142,993 
     McFarlane as a                                                               
     Director                                                                     
                                                                                  
 5.  To elect Warwick  868,206,141 99.89    937,198   0.11  869,143,339 9,204,491 
     Brady as a                                                                   
     Director                                                                     
                                                                                  
 6.  To elect Drummond 868,111,511 99.88   1,013,436  0.12  869,124,947 9,222,884 
     Hall as a                                                                    
     Director                                                                     
                                                                                  
 7.  To elect Imelda   867,423,722 99.81   1,663,678  0.19  869,087,400 9,260,432 
     Walsh as a                                                                   
     Director                                                                     
                                                                                  
 8.  To re-elect Tim   866,766,477 99.71   2,481,715  0.29  869,248,192 9,099,641 
     O'Toole as a                                                                 
     Director                                                                     
                                                                                  
 9.  To re-elect Chris 867,095,756 99.76   2,085,165  0.24  869,180,921 9,166,913 
     Surch as a                                                                   
     Director                                                                     
                                                                                  
10.  To re-elect Brian 865,956,558 99.63   3,204,541  0.37  869,161,099 9,186,736 
     Wallace as a                                                                 
     Director                                                                     
                                                                                  
11.  To re-elect Jim   863,369,474 99.77   1,979,858  0.23  865,349,332 12,998,504
     Winestock as a                                                               
     Director                                                                     
                                                                                  
12.  To re- elect Mick 867,286,115 99.78   1,946,410  0.22  869,232,525 9,115,312 
     Barker as a                                                                  
     Director                                                                     
                                                                                  
13.  To re-appoint     847,914,568 99.11   7,645,549  0.89  855,560,117 22,787,720
     Deloitte LLP as                                                              
     auditors                                                                     
                                                                                  
14.  To authorise the  854,779,890 99.47   4,570,354  0.53  859,350,244 18,997,593
     Directors to                                                                 
     determine the                                                                
     remuneration of                                                              
     the auditors                                                                 
                                                                                  
15.  To amend the      857,383,466 98.68  11,491,530  1.32  868,874,996 9,472,841 
     limit for the                                                                
     aggregate                                                                    
     Directors' fees                                                              
     under the                                                                    
     Articles of                                                                  
     Association                                                                  
                                                                                  
16.  To authorise the  863,855,134 98.40  14,034,077  1.60  877,889,211  458,626  
     Directors to                                                                 
     allot shares                                                                 
                                                                                  
17.  To authorise the  859,951,543 98.97   8,942,834  1.03  868,894,377 9,453,460 
     Directors to                                                                 
     disapply                                                                     
     pre-emption                                                                  
     rights                                                                       
                                                                                  
18.  To permit the     877,321,738 99.91    787,108   0.09  878,108,846  238,991  
     Company to                                                                   
     purchase its own                                                             
     shares                                                                       
                                                                                  
19.  To authorise the  763,349,203 87.85  105,564,239 12.15 868,913,442 9,434,395 
     Company to make                                                              
     political                                                                    
     donations and                                                                
     incur political                                                              
     expenditure                                                                  
                                                                                  
20.  To authorise the  822,682,865 94.63  46,682,928  5.37  869,365,793 8,982,044 
     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 1,204,926,756 ordinary
shares of 5 pence per share. 71.89% of voting capital was instructed.

In accordance with the Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all resolutions other than
resolutions concerning ordinary business passed at today's Annual General
Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be
available for inspection at: http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do