Director/PDMR Shareholding

FirstGroup plc - Notification of Directors' Interests in Shares        

Each Non-Executive Director of the Company listed below (other than John
McFarlane and Warwick Brady who receive 100% of their fee and Imelda Walsh who
receives 25% of her fee in the form of shares in the Company) has elected to
receive 40% of his fees in the form of shares in the Company.

Purchases took place on 24 October 2014 in accordance with standing
instructions as follows:

Director                               Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each
                                                                      
John McFarlane                                                  10,171
                                                                      
Warwick Brady                                                    2,473
                                                                      
Drummond Hall                                                    1,762
                                                                      
Brian Wallace                                                    1,665
                                                                      
Imeda Walsh                                                      1,002
                                                                      
Jim Winestock                                                    1,840
                                                                      
Mick Barker                                                      1,057

Shares were purchased at a price of 111.8 pence per share.

The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following these
transactions are:

Director                               Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each
                                                                      
John McFarlane                                                  89,990
                                                                      
Warwick Brady                                                   22,024
                                                                      
Drummond Hall                                                    6,902
                                                                      
Brian Wallace                                                   43,927
                                                                      
Imelda Walsh                                                     4,198
                                                                      
Jim Winestock                                                   39,592
                                                                      
Mick Barker                                                     52,783

24 October 2014