Announcement re: Rights Issue

NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN ORINTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THEPUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. OTHER RESTRICTIONS AREAPPLICABLE. FirstGroup plc 11 June 2013 Admission of Nil Paid Rights The Company announces that, pursuant to the Rights Issue announced on 22 May2013, 722,859,586 New Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each will be admitted tolisting on the premium listing segment of the Official List of the UKLA andwill be admitted, nil paid, to trading on the London Stock Exchange's mainmarket for listed securities at 8.00 a.m. today. Capitalised terms defined in the Prospectus published on 22 May 2013 shall havethe same meaning when used in this announcement. CONTACTS FirstGroup plc Tim O'Toole, Chief Executive +44 (0) 20 7291 0512 Chris Surch, Group Finance Director Rachael Borthwick, Group Corporate Communications Director Goldman Sachs International Joint Sponsor, Joint Global Coordinator, Joint Bookrunner, Joint CorporateBroker Anthony Gutman +44 (0) 20 7774 1000 Phil Raper Eduard van Wyk J.P. Morgan Cazenove Joint Sponsor, Joint Global Coordinator, Joint Bookrunner, Joint CorporateBroker Malcolm Moir +44 (0) 20 7742 4000 Jonathan Wilcox Guy Marks BofA Merrill Lynch Joint Bookrunner Rupert Hume-Kendall +44 (0) 20 7628 1000 Oliver Holbourn Daniel Burton-Morgan END This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale in the United Statesor any other jurisdiction. The securities of the Company have not been, andwill not be, registered under the US Securities Act of 1933 or under theapplicable securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the UnitedStates. No securities of the Company will be offered or sold in the UnitedStates absent registration or an exemption from registration and in compliancewith state securities laws. No public offer of securities of the Company isbeing made in the United States.