Director/PDMR Shareholding

FirstGroup PLC

6 June 2017

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Exercise and Sale under the Executive Annual Bonus Plan 2014 (“EABP 2014”)

FirstGroup plc (the "Company") has been notified that the Executive Director and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (“PDMRs”) detailed below, exercised conditional awards over 331,424 ordinary shares of 5 pence each under the EABP 2014. Following the release, 159,174 were sold at a price of £1.41.

Participant	Reason for notification	EABP 2014 award	Transaction
Tim O’Toole	Executive Director	223,554	Sell sufficient to cover tax
David Leach	PDMR	34,703	Sell all
Bradley Thomas	PDMR	73,167	Sell sufficient to cover tax

Exercise and Sale under the Executive Annual Bonus Plan 2015 (“EABP 2015”)

The Company has also been notified that Matthew Gregory, Executive Director, exercised an option over 89,530 ordinary shares of 5 pence each under the EABP 2015. Following the exercise, the Executive Director sold 42,164 shares at a price of £1.3987 per share to cover his Income Tax and National Insurance liabilities.

The transactions listed above took place in London (XLON) on 5 June 2017 and the Company was notified on 6 June 2017.

This notification is made under Article 19.3 of the Market Abuse Regulation. 

Enquiries:

Sarah Steadman

Share Schemes & Company Secretarial Assistant                                   0207 725 2731

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Tim O’Toole David Leach Bradley Thomas
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Executive Director PDMR PDMR
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	FirstGroup plc
b)	LEI	549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 5p each GB0003452173
b)	Nature of the transaction	Release of awards under the EABP 2014
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) NIL Tim O’Toole -223,554 David Leach - 34,703 Bradley Thomas – 73,167
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	331,424 NIL
e)	Date of the transaction	5/06/2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 5p each GB0003452173
b)	Nature of the transaction	Subsequent sale to cover for tax and social security liabilities – Tim O’Toole and Bradley Thomas. Sale of all shares – David Leach
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £1.41 £1.41 £1.41 Tim O’Toole – 100,362 David Leach – 34,703 Bradley Thomas – 24,109
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	Tim O’Toole – 100,362 David Leach – 34,703 Bradley Thomas – 24,109 Tim O’Toole – £141,510 David Leach – £48,931 Bradley Thomas – £33,993
e)	Date of the transaction	05/06/2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Matthew Gregory
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Executive Director
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	FirstGroup plc
b)	LEI	549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 5p each GB0003452173
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of awards under the EABP 2015.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) NIL 89,530
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	89,530 NIL
e)	Date of the transaction	5/06/2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 5p each GB0003452173
b)	Nature of the transaction	Subsequent sale to cover Income Tax and National insurance liabilities
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £1.3987 42,164
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	42,164 £58,978
e)	Date of the transaction	5/06/2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted