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 fee and Imelda Walsh who
receives 25% of her fee in the form of shares in the Company) has elected to
receive 40% of his fees in the form of shares in the Company.

Purchases took place on 24 December 2014 in accordance with standing
instructions as follows:

Director                               Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each
                                                                      
John McFarlane                                                  10,667
                                                                      
Warwick Brady                                                    2,594
                                                                      
Drummond Hall                                                    1,848
                                                                      
Brian Wallace                                                    1,665
                                                                      
Imeda Walsh                                                      1,002
                                                                      
Jim Winestock                                                    1,930
                                                                      
Mick Barker                                                      1,109

Shares were purchased at a price of 106.6 pence per share.


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

Director                               Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each
                                                                      
John McFarlane                                                 111,129
                                                                      
Warwick Brady                                                   27,165
                                                                      
Drummond Hall                                                   10,564
                                                                      
Brian Wallace                                                   47,257
                                                                      
Imelda Walsh                                                     6,202
                                                                      
Jim Winestock                                                   43,416
                                                                      
Mick Barker                                                     55,220


24 December 2014