Director Shareholding

FirstGroup PLC
1 June 2001


1 June 2001 UK: FirstGroup Director Shareholding

FirstGroup plc 1st June 2001

DEALINGS BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE FIRSTGROUP PLC EMPLOYEE SHARE ONWERSHIP PLAN
('ESOP')

FirstGroup plc has today received notice that on 1st June 2001 the Trustees of
the ESOP acquired 150,000 ordinary shares of 5 pence in FirstGroup plc at a
price of 326.712p pence per share.

This represents a part of the allocation of profits made by FirstGroup plc to
the ESOP in respect of the year ended 31 March 2001. The trustees of the ESOP
intend to make further share purchases out of the remainder of such
allocation.

Under the ESOP, unappropriated FirstGroup shares are held in trust for the
executive directors and/or employees of FirstGroup or its subsidiaries.
Consequently, the executive directors of FirstGroup plc are regarded as having
a potential interest in these unappropriated shares held by the ESOP.

The unappropriated shares held by the Trustees of the ESOP will be
appropriated to participating employees on an equal basis in the near future.
With the exception of the employee non-executive director, George Law, all
other eligible directors have declined to participate in the forthcoming
appropriation.