25th May 2005 15:12
FIRSTGROUP PLC NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS The company has today been informed that on 24 May 2005, David Leeder, UK BusDirector, exercised an award of 14,983 deferred nil-cost options overFirstGroup ordinary shares awarded under the FirstGroup plc Executive AnnualBonus Plan (the "Bonus Plan"). To fund the tax and national insuranceliabilities arising out of this exercise, he today sold 6,266 of those sharesat 325 pence per share.As a result of these transactions, David Leeder now has beneficial interests in10,171 FirstGroup ordinary shares. He retains options over 182,440 FirstGroupordinary shares awarded under the FirstGroup plc Executive Share Option Scheme,which are subject to achievement of certain performance criteria, deferredshare options over 27,104 FirstGroup ordinary shares under the Bonus Plan andoptions over 4,921 ordinary shares under the FirstGroup plc Savings-RelatedShare Option Scheme.Contact: Louise Ruppel, Company Secretary, FirstGroup plc020 7291 0505ENDFIRSTGROUP PLCRelated Shares:
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