Director/PDMR Shareholding

FirstGroup plc - Notification of Directors' Interests in Shares        

With effect from June 2002, each Non-Executive Director of the Company (other
than Martyn Williams, the Non-Executive Employee Director) has elected to have
40% of his 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 23 September 2005 in accordance with standing
instructions as follows:-

Director                               Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each
                                                                      
Martin Gilbert                                                   1,067
                                                                      
David Begg                                                         343
                                                                      
David Dunn                                                         343
                                                                      
Jim Forbes                                                         343
                                                                      
John Sievwright                                                    343

Shares were purchased at a price of 324.98 pence per share.

The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following these
transactions are:-

Director                               Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each
                                                                      
Martin Gilbert                                                  68,655
                                                                      
David Begg                                                         700
                                                                      
David Dunn                                                      23,887
                                                                      
Jim Forbes                                                      15,887
                                                                      
John Sievwright                                                 23,387

26 September 2005