FIRSTGROUP PLC                                 
                                  DIRECTORATE CHANGE                               

    FirstGroup plc (the 'Group') today announces that Mick Barker has decided to
    resign with immediate effect as a non-executive director of the Group for
    personal reasons.

    The Board would like to thank Mick for his conscientious service and
    significant contribution over the last five years, and wish him well for the
    future.

    Contacts at FirstGroup:
    Michael Hampson, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
    Faisal Tabbah, Head of Investor Relations
    Tel: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354

    Notes
    FirstGroup plc (LSE: FGP.L) is a leading transport operator in the UK and North
    America. With £5.2 billion in revenues and 110,000 employees, we transported
    around 2.2 billion passengers last year. Each of our five divisions is a leader
    in its field: In North America, First Student is the largest provider of
    student transportation with a fleet of around 47,000 yellow school buses, First
    Transit is one of the largest providers of outsourced transit management and
    contracting services, while Greyhound is the only nationwide operator of
    scheduled intercity coach services. In the UK, FirstGroup is one of Britain's
    largest bus operators running a fleet of some 6,200 buses, and we are one of
    the country's most experienced passenger rail operators, carrying around 140
    million passengers last year.

    Our vision is to provide solutions for an increasingly congested world...
    keeping people moving and communities prospering.

    Visit our website at www.firstgroupplc.com and follow us @firstgroupplc on
    Twitter.