Director/PDMR Shareholding

FirstGroup plc

12 March 2019

Director/PDMR Shareholding

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 on behalf of Jimmy Groombridge, a Director, of 166 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company. The Partnership Shares were purchased on 11 March 2019 at a price of £0.901966 per share. In accordance with the rules of the SIP, 22 Matching Shares were also awarded to Jimmy Groombridge.

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.

In addition, the information below is provided in accordance with the requirements of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rule (DGTR) 6.2.2AR:

Legal Entity Identifier:  549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93

Classification as per DGTR 6 Annex 1R: 2.2

Enquiries

Sarah Steadman
Share Schemes and Company Secretarial Assistant
07515 500036

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	Jimmy Groombridge
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	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	Purchase of Partnership Shares under the FirstGroup SIP   Award of Matching Shares under the FirstGroup SIP
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.901966 £0.00 166 22
d)	Aggregated information Partnership Shares - Aggregated volume - Price Matching Shares - Aggregated volume - Price	166 £149.73 22 £0.00
e)	Date of the transaction	11/03/2019
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