FirstGroup PLC — Report Publication Announcement 2021

Aug 11, 2021

FirstGroup plc

Annual Report and Accounts and Notice of AGM 2021 now available online Notice of availability

This is to advise you that the Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 27 March 2021 and Notice of AGM 2021 are now available online at www.firstgroupplc.com

You can submit your voting and proxy appointment instructions online at www.sharevote.co.uk. You will need your Voting ID, Task ID and Shareholder Reference Number to log on.

Sample Alternatively, if you have already registered with Equiniti's online portfolio service, Shareview, you can submit your proxy electronically at www.shareview.co.uk. Once logged in simply click 'View' on the 'My Investments' page and follow the instructions on the screen.

Please note that your vote/proxy appointment must be registered by no later than 9.30am on 9 September 2021.

We are offering shareholders the choice to follow the meeting remotely – please see the Notice of AGM (Appendix 3) for further details.

To log on, you will need:

Meeting ID: 144-359-932 / Shareholder Reference Number (SRN): as shown below / PIN: First 2 and last 2 digits of your SRN

Voting ID Task ID Shareholder Reference Number

Annual General Meeting 2021

FirstGroup plc's Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Monday 13 September 2021 at 9.30am at

The Brewery, 52 Chiswell Street, London, EC1Y 4SD

This notice of availability is not a summary of the proposals to be considered at the AGM and should not be a substitute for reading the documentation referred to overleaf.

You should read the documentation available online carefully before taking any action.

If you received more than one copy of this notice, it is likely that you have more than one account. Please help us to reduce our environmental impact and save paper by asking Equiniti to combine your accounts.

Contact our Registrar, Equiniti, by:

Telephone

(overseas)

Postal address

0371 384 2046 (UK) or +44 (0)121 415 7050

Aspect House Spencer Road Lancing West Sussex BN99 6DA

At the date of this notice we intend to hold the AGM this year as a physical meeitng. However, we will be closely monitoring restrictions over public gatherings and the UK Government's safety guidance in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Any changes to the AGM arrangements will be communicated to shareholders before the meeting through our website www.firstgroupplc.com and, where appropriate, by RIS announcement. Shareholders are strongly encouraged to complete and return the Form of Proxy appointing the Chairman of the meeting as their proxy or vote online in advance of the AGM in order to ensure their votes are counted. Completion and return of such a Form of Proxy will not prevent a shareholder from attending the AGM and voting in person where they are otherwise permitted to do so. Such a vote in person at the AGM will replace any vote previously lodged. You can also follow the AGM remotely – see overleaf and the Notice of AGM (Appendix 3) for further details.

Web

www.shareview.co.uk

If you plan to attend the AGM, please bring this notice with you and present it at the registration point on arrival in order to assist admittance procedures.