Result of AGM

FirstGroup plc                                 

                     Annual General Meeting, 13 July 2006                      

The results of today's poll on the resolutions put to the meeting were as
follows:

            Resolution               FOR                AGAINST         WITHHELD 
                                                                                 
                               No. of      % of     No. of      % of     No. of  
                                Votes      Vote      Votes      Vote     Votes   
                                                                                 
 1.   To receive the Annual  225,770,086   99.86%     317,812    0.14%  1,614,411
      Report & Financial                                                         
      Statements                                                                 
                                                                                 
 2.   To approve the         226,549,330   99.70%     679,174    0.30%    473,805
      Directors'                                                                 
      Remuneration Report                                                        
                                                                                 
 3.   To declare a final     227,355,216   99.99%      24,445    0.01%    322,648
      dividend                                                                   
                                                                                 
 4.   To re-elect James      226,412,497   99.63%     834,506    0.37%    455,306
      Forbes as a director                                                       
                                                                                 
 5.   To re-elect Martyn     219,582,341   99.38%   1,374,244    0.62%  6,745,724
      Williams as a director                                                     
                                                                                 
 6.   To elect Sidney Barrie 224,345,904   98.71%   2,925,852    1.29%    430,553
      as a director                                                              
                                                                                 
 7.   To elect Professor     226,425,526   99.62%     873,828    0.38%    402,955
      David Begg as a                                                            
      director                                                                   
                                                                                 
 8.   To re-appoint Deloitte 224,234,246   99.57%     964,546    0.43%  2,503,517
      & Touche LLP as                                                            
      independent auditors                                                       
                                                                                 
 9.   To authorise the       226,235,534   99.53%   1,075,345    0.47%    391,430
      directors to determine                                                     
      the remuneration of                                                        
      the independent                                                            
      auditors                                                                   
                                                                                 
 10.  To authorise the       225,953,694   99.45%   1,245,517    0.55%    503,098
      directors to allot                                                         
      relevant securities                                                        
                                                                                 
 11.  To authorise the       226,863,744   99.88%     272,596    0.12%    565,969
      directors to disapply                                                      
      pre-emption rights                                                         
                                                                                 
 12.  To permit the Company  226,721,376   99.74%     581,448    0.26%    399,485
      to purchase its own                                                        
      shares                                                                     
                                                                                 
 13.  To adopt new Articles  211,580,117   99.85%     319,593    0.15% 15,802,599
      of Association                                                             
                                                                                 
 14.  To approve the         226,515,321   99.70%     688,530    0.30%    498,458
      FirstGroup plc                                                             
      Sharesave Plan                                                             
                                                                                 
 15.  Shareholder Resolution  13,714,116    7.10% 179,310,477   92.90% 34,677,716