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 October 2013 in accordance with standinginstructions as follows: Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each David Begg 1,651 Colin Hood 1,969 Tim O' Toole 4,795 Brian Wallace 1,371 John Sievwright 1,651 Jim Winestock 1,381 Mick Barker 940 Shares were purchased at a price of 118.95 pence per share. The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following thesetransactions are: Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each David Begg 213,160 Colin Hood 98,462 Tim O' Toole 412,467 Brian Wallace 25,101 John Sievwright 176,466 Jim Winestock 22,999 Mick Barker 39,721

28 October 2013