Director/PDMR Shareholding

Dealings by the Trustees of the FirstGroup Employee Benefit Trust (the 'EBT') 

Notification made in accordance with Disclosure rule 3.1.4R(1)(b) of the
Disclosure Rules

FirstGroup plc has today received notice that on 13 March 2006 the Trustees of
the EBT acquired 119,683 ordinary shares of 5 pence in FirstGroup plc at an
average price of 414.4459 pence per share. The EBT now holds 120,717
unallocated FirstGroup plc shares.

FirstGroup plc shares held by the EBT are used to satisfy awards made to
participants in the Company's Performance Share Plan, Executive Share Option
Scheme and Executive Annual Bonus Plan.

The following executive directors of FirstGroup plc are potential beneficiaries
of the EBT and are deemed to be interested in those shares for the purposes of
section 324 (as extended by section 328) of the Companies Act 1985:

Moir Lockhead

Dean Finch

David Leeder

Sidney Barrie

14 March 2006