Director/PDMR Shareholding

FirstGroup plc

13 July 2023

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Grant of options under the FirstGroup Save as You Earn (“SAYE”) Share Plan

FirstGroup plc (the “Company”) announces that today it has granted a total of 14,955,244 options to 3,462 employees under its SAYE share plan.  The SAYE share plan is an all employee scheme and the savings contracts will commence on 1 September 2023 and subject to completing the savings plan the options will be normally be exercisable for six months from 1 September 2026.

The following options over ordinary shares were granted to the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities who are all dirctors of the company:

Director	Number of options
Graham Sutherland (Chief Executive Officer)	13,621
Ryan Mangold (Chief Financial Officer)	13,621
Ant Green (Group Employee Director)	1,945

This notification is made in accordance with Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation.

LEI: 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93

Enquiries:

David Blizzard, Company Secretary

Marianna Bowes, Head of Investor Relations

[phone]

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	Graham Sutherland
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
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	(1)      Grant of options at £1.11 under the SAYE Share plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil  13,621
d)	Aggregated Information -          Aggregated volume -          Price	13,621 Nil
e)	Date of the transaction	13 July 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	Grant of share options occurred outside a trading venue
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	Ryan Mangold
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Financial Officer
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	(1)    Grant of options at £1.11 under the SAYE Share plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 13,621
d)	Aggregated Information -          Aggregated volume -          Price	13,621 Nil
e)	Date of the transaction
f)	Place of the transaction	Grant of share options occurred outside a trading venue
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	Ant Green
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	(1)    Grant of options at £1.11 under the SAYE Share plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 1,945
d)	Aggregated Information -          Aggregated volume -          Price	1,945 Nil
e)	Date of the transaction	13 July 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	Grant of share options occurred outside a trading venue
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

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