FirstGroup plc

28 December 2017

Director/PDMR Shareholding

FirstGroup plc (the “Company”) announces that, as per his standing instruction to allocate part of his monthly salary to acquire shares in the Company, Tim O’Toole, Chief Executive, has today purchased   12,852 shares at a price of £1.079 per share.

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

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

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

1Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a) Name
 
Tim O’Toole
2Reason for the notification
a) Position/status
 
Executive Director
b) Initial notification /Amendment Initial
3Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a) Name FirstGroup plc
b) LEI 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93
4Details 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
 
Share purchase
c) Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s) Volume(s)
£1.079 12,852
d) Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price


12,852

£13,867.31
e) Date of the transaction 28/12/2017
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