Director/PDMR Shareholding

4 July 2012

                                FirstGroup plc                                 

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

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

FirstGroup plc (the "Company") announces that the following Directors and PDMRs
of the Company were granted awards on 3 July 2012 over the Company's ordinary
shares of 5 pence under the LTIP as follows:

Name                      Position                 Number of share awards    
                                                                             
Tim O'Toole               Director                          459,246          
                                                                             
Vernon Barker             PDMR                              162,925          
                                                                             
Rachael Borthwick         PDMR                               64,627          
                                                                             
Linda Burtwistle          PDMR                              175,668          
                                                                             
Clive Burrows             PDMR                               58,310          
                                                                             
Nick Chevis               PDMR                              126,719          
                                                                             
John Evans                PDMR                               54,933          
                                                                             
Giles Fearnley            PDMR                              166,998          
                                                                             
David Leach               PDMR                              160,748          
                                                                             
Jayne Maclennan           PDMR                               54,933          
                                                                             
Louise Ruppel             PDMR                               64,572          
                                                                             
Brad Thomas               PDMR                              145,467          

The awards under the LTIP will vest at the end of the three year performance
period (31 March 2015) 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 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:

Paul Lewis
Company Secretary
Tel: [phone]