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 23 December 2013 in accordance with standinginstructions as follows: Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each David Begg 1,622 Colin Hood 1,928 Tim O' Toole 4,712 Brian Wallace 1,622 John Sievwright 1,340 Jim Winestock 1,357 Mick Barker 924 Shares were purchased at a price of 121.10 pence per share. The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following thesetransactions are: Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each David Begg 216,457 Colin Hood 102,380 Tim O' Toole 685,532 Brian Wallace 28,436 John Sievwright 179,150 Jim Winestock 25,757 Mick Barker 41,833

23 December 2013