Director/PDMR Shareholding

23 August 2006

                                FirstGroup plc                                 

   Notification of transactions of directors/persons discharging managerial    
                            responsibility ("PDMR")                            

FirstGroup plc (the "Company") announces that on 22 August 2006 a grant of
deferred nil-cost options over the Company's ordinary shares of 5 pence each
was made to Dean Finch as detailed in the table below.

These options will vest on 31 March 2011 but only to the extent that certain
performance criteria are satisfied based on targets on profitability of First
Greater Western Limited and the EPS growth of the Company over a five-year
performance period which commenced on 1 April 2006. No consideration is payable
for the grant of the options.

Name                                 No. of shares subject to options       
                                                                            
Dean Finch (Director)                200,000                                

The transaction took place at Macmillan House, Paddington Station, London W2
1FG.

This announcement is made following notifications under both section 324
Companies Act 1985 and Disclosure Rule 3.1.2.

Contact:

Eileen Malcolmson

Legal Adviser and Assistant Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]