Director/PDMR Shareholding

Driver Group plc
09 November 2005


                                Driver Group plc

                       ('Driver Group' or the 'Company')

              Directors' and connected persons share transactions

Driver Group has been informed that The Driver Group Employee Benefit Trust and
the following non-executive directors have acquired ordinary shares of 0.1p each
in the capital of the Company ('Ordinary Shares') at a price of 69p per Ordinary
Share.
                                                                                              % of issued
                                                                                             ordinary share
                                                  Ordinary                  Shareholding        capital 
                                                   Shares                    following         following
           Name                  Position         acquired   Date           acquisitions      acquisitions           

Michael Ian Davis           Non-Executive       7,000        8/11/05           7,000              0.03
                            Director
David Russell Clements      Non-Executive       7,000        8/11/05           7,000              0.03
                            Director
RBC Trustees (Guernsey)     N/A                 36,000       8/11/05           86,000             0.37
Limited as Trustee of The
Driver Group  Employee                          50,000       9/11/05
Benefit Trust.

Enquiries:

Driver Group plc                Peter Cove, Financial Director                   Tel:  [phone]
WH Ireland Ltd.                 David Youngman                                   Tel:  [phone]


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