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 25 March 2015 in accordance with standing instructions
as follows:

Director                               Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each
                                                                      
John McFarlane                                                  11,568
                                                                      
Warwick Brady                                                    2,813
                                                                      
Drummond Hall                                                    2,004
                                                                      
Brian Wallace                                                    2,156
                                                                      
Imeda Walsh                                                      1,297
                                                                      
Jim Winestock                                                    2,093
                                                                      
Mick Barker                                                      1,202

Shares were purchased at a price of 98.3 pence per share.


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

Director                               Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each
                                                                      
John McFarlane                                                 144,388
                                                                      
Warwick Brady                                                   35,252
                                                                      
Drummond Hall                                                   16,326
                                                                      
Brian Wallace                                                   53,455
                                                                      
Imelda Walsh                                                     9,933
                                                                      
Jim Winestock                                                   49,434
                                                                      
Mick Barker                                                     59,062


26 March 2015