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 April 2014 in accordance with standing instructionsas follows: Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each John McFarlane 8,829 David Begg 1,530 Colin Hood 1,824 Brian Wallace 1,530 Jim Winestock 1,275 Mick Barker 873 Shares were purchased at a price of 128.80 pence per share. The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following thesetransactions are: Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each John McFarlane 35,021 David Begg 222,271 Colin Hood 109,315 Brian Wallace 34,250 Jim Winestock 30,604 Mick Barker 45,554

28 April 2014