27th Nov 2006 17:04
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 24 November 2006 in accordance with standinginstructions as follows:-Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each Martin Gilbert 840 Audrey Baxter 410 David Begg 225 Jim Forbes 253 John Sievwright 223 Martyn Williams 97
Shares were purchased at a price of 551 pence per share.
The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following thesetransactions are:-Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each Martin Gilbert 82,249 Audrey Baxter 1,791 David Begg 4,786 Jim Forbes 20,541 John Sievwright 27,471 Martyn Williams 3,06827 November 2006
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