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 23 January 2015 in accordance with standing
instructions as follows:

Director                               Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each
                                                                      
John McFarlane                                                  10,550
                                                                      
Warwick Brady                                                    2,565
                                                                      
Drummond Hall                                                    1,828
                                                                      
Brian Wallace                                                    1,966
                                                                      
Imeda Walsh                                                      1,184
                                                                      
Jim Winestock                                                    1,909
                                                                      
Mick Barker                                                      1,096

Shares were purchased at a price of 107.8 pence per share.

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

Director                               Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each
                                                                      
John McFarlane                                                 121,679
                                                                      
Warwick Brady                                                   29,730
                                                                      
Drummond Hall                                                   12,392
                                                                      
Brian Wallace                                                   49,223
                                                                      
Imelda Walsh                                                     7,386
                                                                      
Jim Winestock                                                   45,325
                                                                      
Mick Barker                                                     56,442

26 January 2015