Result of EGM

FirstGroup PLC
20 April 2007



20 April 2007


FirstGroup plc


 Proposed Acquisition of Laidlaw International, Inc. - Result of FirstGroup EGM



On 9 February 2007 FirstGroup announced the proposed acquisition of Laidlaw
International, Inc. The Acquisition is conditional upon, amongst other things,
the approval of the shareholders of both FirstGroup and Laidlaw.



The Board of FirstGroup announces that, at the Extraordinary General Meeting
held earlier today, the Resolutions to approve, amongst other things, the
acquisition of Laidlaw, details of which were set out in the notice of
Extraordinary General Meeting included in the circular to FirstGroup's
shareholders dated 26 March 2007, were duly passed by FirstGroup's shareholders
on a poll.  The results of the poll are shown below.


       Resolution              Votes For            %         Votes Against       %         Votes Withheld
1.  To approve the                258,086,437         99.68           841,131       0.32               650,172
proposed acquisition of
the entire issued share
capital of Laidlaw
International, Inc.
2.  To increase the               258,019,931         99.65           907,286       0.35               650,523
authorised share capital
3.  To authorise the              256,806,556         99.24         1,976,616       0.76               794,568
directors to allot
relevant securities
4.  To authorise the              257,726,230         99.63           955,385       0.37               896,125
directors to incur
borrowings
5.  To authorise the              254,038,966         98.28         4,443,893       1.72             1,094,881
directors to disapply
pre-emption rights



The current issued share capital of FirstGroup plc is 434,950,135 ordinary
shares of 5 pence per share (excluding treasury shares).



Two signed copies of the resolutions passed as special business have been
submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for
inspection at the UKLA Document Viewing Facility situated at Financial Services
Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.



The special meeting of shareholders of Laidlaw will be held later today, and an
appropriate announcement made.



The Acquisition remains conditional, amongst other things, on the receipt of
necessary antitrust approvals in the US and Canada.  The Board has no further
update on the likely completion date.



Terms used in this Announcement shall have the same meanings as set out in the
Circular dated 26 March 2007.




FirstGroup
Moir Lockhead, Chief Executive                             Tel:      [phone]
Dean Finch, Finance Director                               Tel:      [phone]
Rachael Borthwick, Corporate Communications Director       Tel:      [phone]




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