25th Jul 2008 15:13
FirstGroup plc - Notification of Directors' Interests in Shares
Each Non-Executive Director of the Company (other than David Dunn and Audrey Baxter) has elected to have 40% of his fees in the form of shares in the Company. Audrey Baxter has elected to have 100% of her fees in the form of shares in the Company. Arrangements have been made for these shares to be purchased on their behalf in the market on a regular basis.
Purchases took place on 25 July 2008 in accordance with standing instructionsas follows:-Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each Martin Gilbert 1,151 Audrey Baxter 400 David Begg 269 Jim Forbes 318 John Sievwright 269 Martyn Williams 117
Shares were purchased at a price of 535 pence per share.
The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following thesetransactions are:-Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each Martin Gilbert 100,917 Audrey Baxter 8,909 David Begg 9,246 Jim Forbes 25,765 John Sievwright 31,931 Martyn Williams 4,80125 July 2008
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