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 March 2014 in accordance with standing instructionsas follows: Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each John McFarlane 6,580 David Begg 1,429 Colin Hood 1,704 Brian Wallace 1,429 Jim Winestock 1,191 Mick Barker 815 Shares were purchased at a price of 137.90 pence per share. The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following thesetransactions are: Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each John McFarlane 26,192 David Begg 220,741 Colin Hood 107,491 Brian Wallace 32,720 Jim Winestock 29,329 Mick Barker 44,585

26 March 2014