Director/PDMR Shareholding

FirstGroup plc

13 March 2018

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Share Incentive Plan ("SIP") Purchase and Award of Partnership and Matching Shares

FirstGroup plc (the "Company") has been notified by Computershare Trustees Limited, trustees of the FirstGroup SIP, of the purchase on behalf of Jimmy Groombridge, a Director, of 179 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company. The Partnership Shares were purchased on 12 March at a price of £0.838155 per share. In accordance with the rules of the SIP, 23 Matching Shares were also awarded to Jimmy Groombridge.

The notification below, is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provide further detail.

In addition, the information below is provided in accordance with the requirements of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rule (DGTR) 6.2.2AR:

Legal Entity Identifier:  549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93

Classification as per DGTR 6 Annex 1R: 2.2

Enquiries

Sarah Steadman

Share Schemes and Company Secretarial Assistant

020 7725 2731

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a) Name
 
Jimmy Groombridge
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status
 
Director
b) Initial notification /Amendment Initial
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a) Name FirstGroup plc
b) LEI 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93

   

4 Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a) Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code
Ordinary shares of 5p each


GB0003452173
b) Nature of the transaction
 
Purchase of shares under the FirstGroup plc Share Incentive Plan  

Award of Matching shares under the Share Incentive Plan
c) Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s) Volume(s)
£0.838155

£0.000
179

  23
d) Aggregated information

Partnership Shares

- Aggregated volume

- Price

Matching shares

- Aggregated volume

- Price




179

£150



23

£0.00
e) Date of the transaction 12/03/2018
f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange (XLON)
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

Companies

FirstGroup (FGP)
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