26th Mar 2008 14:55
FirstGroup plc - Notification of Directors' Interests in Shares
Each Non-Executive Director of the Company (other than David Dunn and Audrey Baxter) has elected to have 40% of his fees in the form of shares in the Company. Audrey Baxter has elected to have 100% of her fees 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 March 2008 in accordance with standing instructionsas follows:-Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each Martin Gilbert 1,092 Audrey Baxter 379 David Begg 255 Jim Forbes 301 John Sievwright 255 Martyn Williams 111
Shares were purchased at a price of 545 pence per share.
The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following thesetransactions are:-Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each Martin Gilbert 96,229 Audrey Baxter 7,281 David Begg 8,149 Jim Forbes 24,470 John Sievwright 30,834 Martyn Williams 3,11626 March 2008
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