Director/PDMR Shareholding

FirstGroup plc - Notification of Directors' Interests in Shares Each Non-Executive Director of the Company listed below (other than Colin Hoodwho receives all of his fees in the form of shares in the Company) has electedto receive 40% of his fees in the form of shares in the Company. Tim O' Toole,Chief Executive, has elected to receive part of his remuneration each month inthe form of shares in the Company. Arrangements have been made for these sharesto be purchased on their behalf in the market on a regular basis. Purchases took place on 25 November 2013 in accordance with standinginstructions as follows: Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each David Begg 1,675 Colin Hood 1,990 Tim O' Toole 4,863 Brian Wallace 1,713 John Sievwright 1,344 Jim Winestock 1,401 Mick Barker 954 Shares were purchased at a price of 117.2804 pence per share. The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following thesetransactions are: Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each David Begg 214,835 Colin Hood 100,452 Tim O' Toole 680,820 Brian Wallace 26,814 John Sievwright 177,810 Jim Winestock 24,400 Mick Barker 40,791

25 November 2013