Director/PDMR Shareholding

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. 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 May 2007 in accordance with standing instructions as
follows:-

Director                               Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each
                                                                      
Martin Gilbert                                                     659
                                                                      
David Begg                                                         175
                                                                      
Jim Forbes                                                         198
                                                                      
John Sievwright                                                    175
                                                                      
Martyn Williams                                                     73

Shares were purchased at a price of 702 pence per share.

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

Director                               Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each
                                                                      
Martin Gilbert                                                  86,706
                                                                      
David Begg                                                       5,968
                                                                      
Jim Forbes                                                      21,881
                                                                      
John Sievwright                                                 28,653
                                                                      
Martyn Williams                                                  3,578

25 May 2007