FIRSTGROUP PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding

FirstGroup plc – Notification of Directors’ Interests in Shares

Each Non-Executive Director of the Company listed below (other than John McFarlane and Warwick Brady who receive 100% of their fees and Imelda Walsh who receives 25% of her fee in the form of shares in the Company) has elected to receive 40% of his fee in the form of shares in the Company. Tim O’ Toole, Chief Executive, has elected to allocate part of his monthly salary to acquire shares in the Company. Arrangements have been made for these shares to be purchased on their behalf in the market on a regular basis.

Purchases took place on 25 June 2015 in accordance with standing instructions as follows:

Director	Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each
John McFarlane	9,019
Mick Barker	937
Warwick Brady	2,190
Drummond Hall	1,562
Brian Wallace	1,681
Imelda Walsh	1,011
Jim Winestock	1,632
Tim O’Toole	6,504

Shares were purchased at a price of 126.10 pence per share.

The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following these transactions are:

Director	Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each
John McFarlane	174,644
Mick Barker	62,663
Warwick Brady	42,598
Drummond Hall	21,567
Brian Wallace	59,094
Imelda Walsh	13,327
Jim Winestock	54,908
Tim O’Toole	777,386