Director/PDMR Shareholding

FirstGroup PLC

11 May 2017

Share Incentive Plan ("SIP") Purchase and Award of Partnership and Matching Shares

FirstGroup plc (the "Company") has been notified by Computershare Trustees Limited, trustees of the FirstGroup SIP, of the purchase of ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company. Partnership Shares were purchased on 10 May 2017 at a price of 139.5 pence per share on behalf of the Company’s Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") listed below. In accordance with the rules of the SIP, Matching Shares were also awarded to the PDMRs, as outlined below:

	Partnership Shares	Matching Shares
Giles Fearnley	90	14
Michael Hampson	107	14
Stephen Montgomery	99	14

These transactions took place in London (XLON).

This notification is made in accordance with Article 19.3 of the Market Abuse Regulation. 

The Company's Legal Entity Identifier Code is 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93.

The Identification Code for ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company is GB0003452173.

Enquiries:
Sarah Steadman	0207 7725 2731

Share Schemes and Company Secretarial Assistant

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	Giles Fearnley Michael Hampson Stephen Montgomery
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (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	Purchase of shares under the FirstGroup plc Share Incentive Plan (known as BAYE) Award of Matching shares under the Share Incentive Plan (BAYE)
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £1.395 £0.000  90 - Giles Fearnley 107 - Michael Hampson  99 - Stephen Montgomery 14 - Giles Fearnley 14 - Michael Hampson 14 - Stephen Montgomery
d)	Aggregated information Partnership Shares - Aggregated volume - Price Matching shares - Aggregated volume - Price	Giles Fearnley 90 £125.55 14 £0.00
	Aggregated information Partnership Shares - Aggregated volume - Price Matching shares - Aggregated volume - Price	Michael Hampson 107 £149.27 14 £0.00
	Aggregated information Partnership Shares - Aggregated volume - Price Matching shares - Aggregated volume - Price	Stephen Montgomery 99 £138.10 14 £0.00
e)	Date of the transaction	10/05/2017
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