Director/PDMR Shareholding

FirstGroup plc - Notification of Directors' Interests in Shares     

Mick Barker has elected to receive 40% of his fee in the form of shares in the Company. Tim O' Toole, Chief Executive, has elected to allocate part of his monthly salary to acquire shares in the Company.  Arrangements have been made for these shares to be purchased on their behalf in the market on a regular basis.

Purchases took place on 23 December 2015 in accordance with standing

instructions as follows:

Director                             Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each

Mick Barker                                                    1,106

Tim O'Toole                                                    7,404

Shares were purchased at a price of 106.8 pence per share.

The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following these

transactions are:

Director                             Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each

Mick Barker                                                   71,417

Tim O'Toole                                                  824,016

On 22 December 2015, Warwick Brady, Drummond Hall, Wolfhart Hauser, Brian Wallace, Imelda Walsh and Jim Winestock elected to cease receiving a proportion of their fees in the form of shares in the Company.