26th Jul 2006 15:00
FirstGroup plc - Notification of Directors' Interests in Shares Each Non-Executive Director of the Company (other than David Dunn) has electedto have 40% of his fees in the form of shares in the Company. Arrangements havebeen made for these shares to be purchased on their behalf in the market on aregular basis.Purchases took place on 26 July 2006 in accordance with standing instructionsas follows:-Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each Martin Gilbert 895 David Begg 277 Jim Forbes 314 John Sievwright 277 Martyn Williams 120Shares were purchased at a price of 443 pence per share.The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following thesetransactions are:-Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each Martin Gilbert 78,727 David Begg 3,811 Jim Forbes 19,437 John Sievwright 26,498 Martyn Williams 2,64526 July 2006ENDFIRSTGROUP PLCRelated Shares:
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