FIRSTGROUP PLC
DIRECTORATE CHANGE
FirstGroup plc (the 'Group') today announces that Mick Barker has decided to resign with immediate
effect as a non-executive director of the Group for personal
reasons.
The Board would like to thank Mick for his conscientious service
and significant contribution over the last five years, and wish him
well for the future.
Contacts at FirstGroup:
Michael Hampson, Group General
Counsel and Company Secretary
Faisal Tabbah, Head of Investor
Relations
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354
Notes
FirstGroup plc (LSE: FGP.L) is a leading transport operator in the
UK and North America. With £5.2
billion in revenues and 110,000 employees, we transported around
2.2 billion passengers last year. Each of our five divisions is a
leader in its field: In North America, First Student is the largest
provider of student transportation with a fleet of around 47,000
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
coach services. In the UK, FirstGroup is one of Britain's largest bus operators running a
fleet of some 6,200 buses, and we are one of the country's most
experienced passenger rail operators, carrying around 140 million
passengers last year.
Our vision is to provide solutions for
an increasingly congested world... keeping people moving and
communities prospering.
Visit our website at www.firstgroupplc.com and follow us
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