26th Apr 2006 07:00
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 25 April 2006 in accordance with standing instructionsas follows:-Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each Martin Gilbert 944 David Begg 292 Jim Forbes 332 John Sievwright 292 Martyn Williams 127Shares were purchased at a price of 419.75 pence per share.The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following thesetransactions are:-Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each Martin Gilbert 75,903 David Begg 2,937 Jim Forbes 18,445 John Sievwright 25,624 Martyn Williams 2,26525 April 2006ENDFIRSTGROUP PLCRelated Shares:
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