Notification of Directors' interests

FIRSTGROUP PLC                                 

         NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS          

The company has today been informed of the following exercises of options and
transactions in shares:

On 17 May 2005, Moir Lockhead, Group Chief Executive, exercised an award of
25,080 deferred nil-cost options over FirstGroup plc ordinary shares of five
pence each ('FirstGroup shares') awarded under the FirstGroup plc Executive
Annual Bonus Plan (the 'Bonus Plan').

On 16 May 2005, Dean Finch, Group Finance Director, exercised an award of
11,660 deferred nil-cost options over FirstGroup shares awarded under the Bonus
Plan. To fund the tax and national insurance liabilities arising out of this
exercise, he today sold 4,826 shares at 319 pence per share.

As a result of these transactions, Moir Lockhead now has beneficial interests
in 1,157,604 FirstGroup shares and non-beneficial interests in 470,690 shares.
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 deferred share options over 62,621
FirstGroup ordinary shares under the Bonus Plan.

Dean Finch now has beneficial interests in 8,334 FirstGroup shares. He retains
options over 192,818 FirstGroup shares awarded under the FirstGroup plc
Executive Share Option Scheme, which are subject to achievement of certain
performance criteria, and deferred share options over 40,749 FirstGroup shares
under the Bonus Plan.

Contact: Louise Ruppel, Company Secretary, FirstGroup plc

020 7291 0505