Director/PDMR Shareholding

13 December 2013

                                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 12 December 2013 over the Company's
ordinary shares of 5 pence under the LTIP as follows:

Name                      Position                 Number of share awards    
                                                                             
Tim O'Toole               Director                          871,329          
                                                                             
Chris Surch               Director                          463,678          
                                                                             
Vernon Barker             PDMR                              317,465          
                                                                             
Rachael Borthwick         PDMR                              151,113          
                                                                             
Linda Burtwistle          PDMR                              319,489          
                                                                             
Clive Burrows             PDMR                              117,597          
                                                                             
Nick Chevis               PDMR                              211,643          
                                                                             
John Evans                PDMR                              125,928          
                                                                             
Giles Fearnley            PDMR                              323,183          
                                                                             
David Leach               PDMR                              297,019          
                                                                             
Jayne Maclennan           PDMR                              125,928          
                                                                             
Louise Ruppel             PDMR                              151,113          
                                                                             
Brad Thomas               PDMR                              264,562          

The awards under the LTIP will vest at the end of the three year performance
period (31 March 2016) subject to the satisfaction of 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. Even if the performance
conditions are satisfied (in whole or part), if the Remuneration Committee
considers that the underlying performance of the Group during the performance
period is not sufficient, the Remuneration Committee may reduce the level of
vesting to the extent it considers appropriate.

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]