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 September 2013 in accordance with standinginstructions as follows: Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each David Begg 1,637 Colin Hood 1,945 Tim O' Toole 4,760 Brian Wallace 1,360 John Sievwright 1,629 Jim Winestock 1,371 Mick Barker 1,885 Shares were purchased at a price of 119.8309 pence per share. The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following thesetransactions are: Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each David Begg 211,509 Colin Hood 96,493 Tim O' Toole 407,672 Brian Wallace 23,730 John Sievwright 174,815 Jim Winestock 21,618 Mick Barker 38,670

25 September 2013