Total Voting Rights

1 December 2008

                                FirstGroup plc                                 

                           Voting Rights and Capital                           

In conformity with the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1, FirstGroup
plc advises that as at 1 December 2008 its capital now consists of 482,067,170
ordinary shares with voting rights.

FirstGroup plc holds 279,398 of its ordinary shares in Treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in FirstGroup plc is 481,787,772.

The above figure (481,787,772) may be used by shareholders as the denominator
for the calculations by which they determine if they are required to notify
their interest in, or a change in their interest in, FirstGroup plc under the
FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.