Director Shareholding

FIRSTGROUP PLC                                 

         NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS          

The company has been informed that Moir Lockhead, Group Chief Executive, has
today sold 316,000 FirstGroup ordinary shares and his wife has sold 134,000
FirstGroup ordinary shares. All sales were made at a price of 342.9817 pence
per share. He has also exercised an award of 110,168 nil cost options over
FirstGroup ordinary shares under the terms of the Company's Performance Share
Plan. As a result of these transactions, Moir Lockhead now has the following
interests in FirstGroup shares:

Ordinary Shares Beneficial Non-beneficial

                 1,100,891        470,690

In addition, he retains options over 665,004 FirstGroup ordinary shares awarded
under the FirstGroup plc Executive Share Option Scheme, which are subject to
achievement of certain performance criteria, and options over 119,334
FirstGroup ordinary shares under FirstGroup's Deferred Share Bonus scheme.

Mr Lockhead, who has sold the shares in order to meet certain personal tax
liabilities, has indicated that he has no intention of effecting any further
share sales in the foreseeable future.

Contact: Rachael Borthwick, Group Head of Corporate Communications or

Louise Ruppel, Company Secretary, FirstGroup plc

020 7291 0505