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FirstgroupAnnouncement

12/12/2017 16:06

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 £80 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 £150 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 £1.0788 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 /Amendment                                                                    Initial                                                                                            
 3         Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor                                                                                         
 a)        Name                                                                                               FirstGroup plc                                                                                     
 b)        LEI                                                                                                549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93                                                                               
 4.1       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 financial instrument, type of instrument  Identification code                   Ordinary shares of 5p each   GB0003452173                                                          
 b)        Nature of the transaction                                                                          Options granted under the FirstGroup plc Save As You Earn (SAYE) Plan                              
 c)        Price(s) and volume(s)                                                                                                                                                                                
 Price(s)  Volume(s)                                                                                          
 £0.83     3,469                                                                                              
 d)        Aggregated information  - Aggregated volume  - Price                                               3,469  £2,880                                                                                      
 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 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 (known as BAYE)  
 c)                 Price(s) and volume(s)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 Price(s)           Volume(s)                                                                                                                
 £1.0788  £0.000    139  18                                                                                                                  
 d)                 Aggregated information  Partnership Shares  - Aggregated volume  - Price  Matching shares  - Aggregated volume  - Price  139  £149.95    18  £0.00                                                                                                                                 
 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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