25th Aug 2006 13:51
FirstGroup plc - Notification of Directors' Interests in Shares Each Non-Executive Director of the Company (other than David Dunn and AudreyBaxter) has elected to have 40% of his fees in the form of shares in theCompany. Audrey Baxter has elected to have 100% of her fees in the form ofshares in the Company. Arrangements have been made for these shares to bepurchased on their behalf in the market on a regular basis.Purchases took place on 25 August 2006 in accordance with standing instructionsas follows:-Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each Martin Gilbert 879 Audrey Baxter 501 David Begg 272 Jim Forbes 309 John Sievwright 272 Martyn Williams 118Shares were purchased at a price of 451 pence per share.The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following thesetransactions are:-Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each Martin Gilbert 78,606 Audrey Baxter 501 David Begg 4,083 Jim Forbes 19,746 John Sievwright 26,770 Martyn Williams 2,76325 August 2006ENDFIRSTGROUP PLCRelated Shares:
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