Director/PDMR Shareholding

FirstGroup plc - Notification of Directors' Interests in Shares Each Non-Executive Director of the Company listed below (other than JohnMcFarlane and Colin Hood who receive all of their fees in the form of shares inthe Company) has elected to receive 40% of his fees in the form of shares inthe Company. Purchases took place on 24 January 2014 in accordance with standinginstructions as follows: Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each John McFarlane 10,642 David Begg 1,448 Colin Hood 1,728 Brian Wallace 1,448 Jim Winestock 1,208 Mick Barker 826 Shares were purchased at a price of 136 pence per share. The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following thesetransactions are: Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each John McFarlane 10,642 David Begg 217,905 Colin Hood 104,108 Brian Wallace 29,884 Jim Winestock 26,965 Mick Barker 42,768

24 January 2014