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FirstGroup plc 
 
12 December 2017 
 
                          Director/PDMR Shareholding 
 
Save As Your Earn ("SAYE") Plan Grant of Option 
 
FirstGroup plc (the "Company") announces that Jimmy Groombridge, Group Employee 
Director, has joined the Company's SAYE Plan contributing GBP80 per month from 
his net salary. As a result, he has been granted today an option over 3,469 
ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company at an option price of 83 pence, 
which represents the maximum possible discount under HM Revenue & Customs rules 
of 20 percent to the average mid-market closing prices of the Company's shares 
taken from the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange on 15, 16 and 
17 November 2018. 
 
The Group Employee Director was able to participate in the FirstGroup SAYE Plan 
on exactly the same terms as all eligible employees. The related savings 
contract will commence on 1 February 2018 and the options will become 
exercisable from 1 February 2021. 
 
Share Incentive Plan ("SIP") Purchase and Award of Partnership and Matching 
Shares 
 
The Company further announces that Jimmy Groombridge has also joined the SIP, 
known as 'Buy As You Earn' (BAYE) contributing GBP150 per month from his gross 
salary to purchase Partnership Shares. As a result, we have been notified by 
Computershare Trustees Limited, trustees of the SIP, of the purchase on behalf 
of the Group Employee Director of 139 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the 
Company. The Partnership Shares were purchased on 12 December 2017 at a price 
of GBP1.0788 per share. In accordance with the rules of the SIP, 18 Matching 
Shares were also awarded to the Group Employee Director. 
 
The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU 
Market Abuse Regulation, provide 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 Inside information 
 
Enquiries 
 
Sarah Steadman 
 
Share Schemes and Company Secretarial Assistant 
 
020 7725 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                     Jimmy Groombridge 
 
 
2    Reason for the notification 
 
a)   Position/status          Group Employee Director 
 
 
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 
 
4.1  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            Options granted under the FirstGroup plc 
     transaction              Save As You Earn (SAYE) Plan 
 
 
c)   Price(s) and volume(s)   Price(s)    Volume(s) 
 
                              GBP0.83       3,469 
 
d)   Aggregated information 
 
     - Aggregated volume      3,469 
 
     - Price                  GBP2,880 
 
e)   Date of the transaction  12/12/2017 
 
f)   Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue 
 
 
 
4.2 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 (known as BAYE) 
 
c)  Price(s) and volume(s)    Price(s)    Volume(s) 
 
                              GBP1.0788     139 
 
                              GBP0.000       18 
 
d)  Aggregated information 
 
    Partnership Shares 
 
    - Aggregated volume       139 
 
    - Price                   GBP149.95 
 
    Matching shares 
 
    - Aggregated volume       18 
 
    - Price                   GBP0.00 
 
e)  Date of the transaction   12/12/2017 
 
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 
 
 
 
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