Director/PDMR Shareholding

20 November 2006

                                FirstGroup plc                                 

                          Director/PDMR Shareholding                           

FirstGroup plc ("the Company") was informed on 20 November 2006 that today Dean
Finch, an Executive Director of the Company, exercised options over 58,930
ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company under the FirstGroup plc
Executive Share Option Scheme 2003 at 287 pence per share (the Option Price).
He subsequently sold 58,930 ordinary shares at 552.5274 pence per share in
order to buy a property.

Following this transaction, Mr Finch has an interest in 16,411 ordinary shares
in FirstGroup plc.

This notification of this transaction is intended to satisfy the Company's
obligations under both section 324 Companies Act 1985 and Disclosure Rule
3.1.2.