Director/PDMR Shareholding

FirstGroup plc - Notification of Directors' Interests in Shares Each Non-Executive Director of the Company listed below (other than JohnMcFarlane and Warwick Brady who receive 100% of their fee and Imelda Walsh whoreceives 25% of her fee in the form of shares in the Company) has elected toreceive 40% of his fees in the form of shares in the Company. Purchases took place on 24 October 2014 in accordance with standinginstructions as follows: Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each John McFarlane 10,171 Warwick Brady 2,473 Drummond Hall 1,762 Brian Wallace 1,665 Imeda Walsh 1,002 Jim Winestock 1,840 Mick Barker 1,057 Shares were purchased at a price of 111.8 pence per share. The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following thesetransactions are: Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each John McFarlane 89,990 Warwick Brady 22,024 Drummond Hall 6,902 Brian Wallace 43,927 Imelda Walsh 4,198 Jim Winestock 39,592 Mick Barker 52,783

24 October 2014