25th Jan 2006 18:25
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 25 January 2006 in accordance with standinginstructions as follows:-Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each Martin Gilbert 1,448 David Begg 407 Jim Forbes 609 John Sievwright 407 Martyn Williams 130Shares were purchased at a price of 410.5 pence per share.The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following thesetransactions are:-Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each Martin Gilbert 73,059 David Begg 2,057 Jim Forbes 17,446 John Sievwright 24,744 Martyn Williams 1,09525 January 2006ENDFIRSTGROUP PLCRelated Shares:
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