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 fees, Imelda Walsh who receives 25% of her fee and Wolfhart Hauser who receives 1/3 of his fee in the form of shares in the Company) has elected to receive 40% of his fee in the form of shares in the Company. Tim O’ Toole, Chief Executive, has elected to allocate part of his monthly salary to acquire shares in the Company.  Arrangements have been made for these shares to be purchased on their behalf in the market on a regular basis.

Purchases took place on 24 July 2015 in accordance with standing instructions as follows:

Director	Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each
John McFarlane	5,268
Mick Barker	992
Warwick Brady	2,318
Drummond Hall	1,655
Wolfhart Hauser	4,122
Brian Wallace	1,779
Imelda Walsh	1,071
Jim Winestock	1,727
Tim O’Toole	6,886

Shares were purchased at a price of 119.10 pence per share.

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

Director	Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each
John McFarlane	179,912
Mick Barker	63,769
Warwick Brady	44,916
Drummond Hall	23,222
Wolfhart Hauser	4,122
Brian Wallace	60,873
Imelda Walsh	14,398
Jim Winestock	56,635
Tim O’Toole	784,272

27 July 2015