Director Shareholding

SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1) Name of company FirstGroup plc 2) Name of director Dr M J R Mitchell 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial interest In respect of the Director named in 2) above 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified) Dr M J R Mitchell 5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) 6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary Market sale of shares 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired n/a 8) Percentage of issued class n/a 9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 30,000 10) Percentage of issued class 0.0% 11) Class of security Ordinary shares of 5 pence 12) Price per share 10,000 at 290.00 pence 20,000 at 276.1762 pence 13) Date of transaction 21 and 26 November 2003 14) Date company informed 26 November 2003 15) Total holding following this notification 153,191 16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 0.0% If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following boxes 17) Date of grant 18) Period during which or date on which exercisable 19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option 20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number 21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise 22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification 23) Any additional information 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Marie Smith, Deputy Group Company Secretary 25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Marie Smith, Deputy Group Company Secretary Date of Notification 27 November 2003

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FirstGroup (FGP)
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