On August 3, 2021, Coast Capital Management, LP had asked for a better price and a 600-million-pound shareholder payout. In an apparent maneuver to mollify disgruntled investors, FirstGroup plc recently promised to return 500 million pounds to shareholders,135 million pounds more than initially planned. But that wasn't enough for Coast Capital, which argued that Gregory had failed the Company for long enough. Coast also attacked directors Julia Steyn and Warwick Brady over their failure to push for a higher price for the sold assets. Meanwhile, the Company announced that it is working on the divestment of bus service Greyhound, which would mark an exit of the Scotland-based transport group from North America.