FirstGroup plc

    14 June 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 13 June 2017
    at a price of £1.404 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      89                 14                   
                                                                
    Michael Hampson     107                14                   
                                                                
    Stephen Montgomery  99                 14                   

    These transactions took place in London (XLON) and the Company was notified on
    14 June 2017.

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

    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 /    Initial                                     
        Amendment                                                             
                                                                              
    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        Ordinary shares of 5p each                  
        financial instrument,                                                 
        type of instrument                                                    
                                  GB0003452173                                
        Identification code                                                   
                                                                              
    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)                       
                                                                              
                                  £1.404       89 - Giles Fearnley            
                                              107 - Michael Hampson           
                                               99 - Stephen Montgomery        
                                                                              
                                  £0.000      14 - Giles Fearnley             
                                              14 - Michael Hampson            
                                              14 - Stephen Montgomery         
                                                                              
    d)  Aggregated information    Giles Fearnley                              
                                                                              
        Partnership Shares                                                    
                                                                              
        - Aggregated volume       89                                          
                                                                              
        - Price                   £124.95                                     
                                                                              
        Matching shares                                                       
                                                                              
        - Aggregated volume       14                                          
                                                                              
        - Price                   £0.00                                       
                                                                              
        Aggregated information    Michael Hampson                             
                                                                              
        Partnership Shares                                                    
                                                                              
        - Aggregated volume       107                                         
                                                                              
        - Price                   £1,502.22                                   
                                                                              
        Matching shares                                                       
                                                                              
        - Aggregated volume       14                                          
                                                                              
        - Price                   £0.00                                       
                                                                              
        Aggregated information    Stephen Montgomery                          
                                                                              
        Partnership Shares                                                    
                                                                              
        - Aggregated volume       99                                          
                                                                              
        - Price                   £138.99                                     
                                                                              
        Matching shares                                                       
                                                                              
        - Aggregated volume       14                                          
                                                                              
        - Price                   £0.00                                       
                                                                              
    e)  Date of the transaction   13/06/2017                                  
                                                                              
    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