Director/PDMR Shareholding

FirstGroup plc - Notification of Directors' Interests in Shares Each Non-Executive Director of the Company listed below (other than JohnMcFarlane who receives all of his fee in the form of shares in the Company) haselected to receive 40% of his fees in the form of shares in the Company. Purchases took place on 25 June 2014 in accordance with standing instructionsas follows: Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each John McFarlane 8,864 Brian Wallace 1,536 Jim Winestock 1,280 Mick Barker 877 Shares were purchased at a price of 128.30 pence per share. The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following thesetransactions are: Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each John McFarlane 52,633 Brian Wallace 37,301 Jim Winestock 33,148 Mick Barker 47,574

25 June 2014