26th Oct 2010 16:21
FirstGroup plc - Notification of Directors' Interests in Shares
Each Non-Executive Director of the Company (other than Audrey Baxter and Colin Hood who receive all of their fees in the form of shares in the Company) has elected to receive 40% of his fees in the form of shares in the Company. Tim O' Toole, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive, has elected to receive a fixed small amount of part of his benefits in relation to his remuneration each month 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 October 2010 in accordance with standinginstructions as follows:Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each Martin Gilbert 1,584 Audrey Baxter 648 David Begg 371 Colin Hood 550 Tim O' Toole 118 John Sievwright 437 Martyn Williams 162
Shares were purchased at a price of 398.5 pence per share.
The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following thesetransactions are:Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each Martin Gilbert 150,662 Audrey Baxter 26,080 David Begg 19,771 Colin Hood 9,995 Tim O' Toole 5,592 John Sievwright 43,515 Martyn Williams 7,31326 October 2010
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