REG-FirstGroup PLC: Directorate Change

FirstgroupAnnouncement

16/09/2020 09:30

FIRSTGROUP PLC

DIRECTORATE CHANGE

FirstGroup plc (the 'Group'), a leading transport operator in the UK and North
America, today announces that Anthony (Ant) Green has joined the Board as
Group Employee Director with effect from 15 September 2020. Ant is a bus
driver and a trainer for First Bus. He has been the employee director of First
Essex Buses Ltd since 2014, a company he joined in 2009. In 2015, he was
seconded to roll out Be Safe, the Group’s safety behavioural change
programme. Since then Ant has trained more than 1,900 colleagues and coached
leaders on the implementation of successful safety techniques. He brings to
the Board a wealth of employee engagement and safety experience. Ant will join
the Board Safety Committee.

Commenting on today's announcement, FirstGroup Chairman David Martin said:

“I am delighted to welcome Ant to the Board of FirstGroup. We are proud to
bring the voice of our workforce into the Boardroom through our Employee
Directors and I know that Ant will make an important contribution to the
Board’s deliberations, given his vast experience and unique perspective as
an employee of the Group.”

This announcement is made pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.11R. There are no other
details required to be disclosed under Listing Rule 9.6.13R.

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

Contacts at FirstGroup:

Faisal Tabbah, Head of Investor Relations

Stuart Butchers, Group Head of Communications

Silvana Glibota-Vigo, Deputy Company Secretary

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354

Contacts at Brunswick PR:

Andrew Porter / Simone Selzer, Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959

About FirstGroup

FirstGroup plc (LSE: FGP.L) is a leading provider of transport services in the
UK and North America. With £7.8 billion in revenue in 2020 and around 100,000
employees, we transported 2.1 billion passengers. 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 43,000 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 coaches. In
the UK, First Bus is one of Britain's largest bus companies with 1.4 million
passengers a day in 2020, and First Rail is one of the country's most
experienced rail operators, carrying 340 million passengers in the year. Visit
our website at www.firstgroupplc.com and follow us @firstgroupplc on Twitter.



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