Total Voting Rights

31 January 2011

                                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 31 January 2011 its capital consists of 482,067,170
ordinary shares of 5 pence each. FirstGroup plc holds 970,939 of its ordinary
shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in FirstGroup
plc is 481,096,231.

The above figure (481,096,231) 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.