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 25 February 2014 in accordance with standinginstructions as follows: Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each John McFarlane 8,970 David Begg 1,407 Colin Hood 1,679 Brian Wallace 1,407 Jim Winestock 1,173 Mick Barker 804 Shares were purchased at a price of 140 pence per share. The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following thesetransactions are: Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each John McFarlane 19,612 David Begg 219,312 Colin Hood 105,787 Brian Wallace 31,291 Jim Winestock 28,138 Mick Barker 43,674

25 February 2014