REG-FirstGroup PLC: Directorate Change

FirstgroupAnnouncement

25/06/2019 16:30

FIRSTGROUP PLC
DIRECTORATE CHANGE

Having overseen the recent renewal of the Board, with six new Directors
appointed in the last two years together with the new strategic direction of
the Company, Wolfhart Hauser has informed the Board that he believes it would
be appropriate for the Company to commence planning for his succession.
Wolfhart Hauser will therefore not be standing for re-election at the AGM.

With effect from the end of the AGM on 25 July 2019, David Robbie, Senior
Independent Director, will become interim Chairman of the Board and will
oversee a formal and rigorous process to select a new Chairman in accordance
with UK Corporate Governance Code recommendations. That process has already
commenced.

Commenting, Wolfhart Hauser said:

“Having renewed the Board through the appointment of independent directors
with a diverse range of skills and expertise focused on the future of mobility
services and overseen the appointment of Matthew Gregory as Chief Executive
and Ryan Mangold as Chief Financial Officer to drive delivery of the strategy,
it is now time for me to move on. I am confident that the clear path forward
laid out for the Group in our strategy announcement on 30 May is the best way
to deliver enhanced sustainable value to all shareholders, and that the Board
and management team will execute these plans at pace.”

Contacts at FirstGroup:
Faisal Tabbah, Head of Investor Relations
Stuart Butchers, Group Head of Communications
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354

Contacts at Brunswick PR:
Andrew Porter / Alison Lea, Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959

Classification as per DTR 6 Annex 1R: 3.1. Legal Entity Identifier (LEI):
549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93.

About FirstGroup

FirstGroup plc (LSE: FGP.L) is a leading provider of transport services in the
UK and North America. With £7.1 billion in revenue and around 100,000
employees, we transported 2.2 billion passengers last year. Whether for
business, education, health, social or recreation – we get our customers
where they want to be, when they want to be there. We create solutions that
reduce complexity, making travel smoother and life easier.

We provide easy and convenient mobility, improving quality of life by
connecting people and communities.

Each of our five divisions is a leader in its field: In North America, First
Student is the largest provider of home-to-school student transportation with
a fleet of 42,500 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 coaches. In
the UK, First Bus is one of Britain's largest bus companies with 1.6 million
passengers a day, and First Rail is one of the country's largest and most
experienced rail operators, carrying 345 million passengers last year.

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