23rd Dec 2005 11:06
FirstGroup plc - Notification of Directors' Interests in Shares With effect from June 2002, each Non-Executive Director of the Company (otherthan Martyn Williams, the Non-Executive Employee Director) has elected to have40% of his fees in the form of shares in the Company. Arrangements have beenmade for these shares to be purchased on their behalf in the market on aregular basis.Purchases took place on 23 December 2005 in accordance with standinginstructions as follows:-Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each Martin Gilbert 878 David Begg 282 David Dunn 282 Jim Forbes 282 John Sievwright 282Shares were purchased at a price of 395 pence per share.The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following thesetransactions are:-Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each Martin Gilbert 71,611 David Begg 1,650 David Dunn 24,837 Jim Forbes 16,837 John Sievwright 24,33723 December 2005ENDFIRSTGROUP PLCRelated Shares:
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