Director/PDMR Shareholding

18 November 2009

                                FirstGroup plc                                 

   Notification of transactions of directors/persons discharging managerial    
                            responsibility ("PDMR")                            

  Grant of options under the FirstGroup plc Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP")  

FirstGroup plc (the "Company") announces that the following Directors and PDMRs
of the Company were awarded nil cost option awards over the Company's ordinary
shares of

5 pence under the LTIP which were formally granted to each of them on 11
November 2009.

Name                      Position                 LTIP Number of share      
                                                   awards                    
                                                                             
Sir Moir Lockhead         Director                 232,833                   
                                                                             
Sidney Barrie             Director                 115,652                   
                                                                             
Jeff Carr                 Director                 162,486                   
                                                                             
Nicola Shaw               Director                 110,796                   
                                                                             
Ellis Watson              Director                 133,812                   
                                                                             
Rachael Borthwick         PDMR                     34,408                    
                                                                             
Clive Burrows             PDMR                     39,071                    
                                                                             
Nick Chevis               PDMR                     70,690                    
                                                                             
John Evans                PDMR                     28,164                    
                                                                             
Mary Grant                PDMR                     96,345                    
                                                                             
Jayne Maclennan           PDMR                     32,491                    
                                                                             
Paul Moore                PDMR                     35,494                    
                                                                             
Michael Murray            PDMR                     127,866                   
                                                                             
Louise Ruppel             PDMR                     38,201                    

The awards under the LTIP will vest at the end of the three year performance
period subject to the satisfaction of twin performance conditions relating to
absolute growth in the Company's earnings per share ("EPS") and total
shareholder return ("TSR") against an appropriate comparator group over three
years and provided the executive remains in employment.

The transaction took place at 395 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5RP.

This announcement is made following notifications under the Disclosure Rule
3.1.2.

Contact:

Sidney Barrie

Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]


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