Director/PDMR Shareholding

Fairpoint Group PLC
31 March 2008


               Fairpoint Group plc ('Fairpoint' or 'the Company')

Director's Dealings

Fairpoint announces that, on 28 March 2008, Mr CS Mindenhall, a non-Executive
director of the Company, bought 4,500 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company
at an average price of approximately 103.3p per share. Following this purchase
Mr Mindenhall has an interest in 1,869,074 shares, representing approximately
4.4% of the Company's issued share capital.


Enquiries:

Fairpoint Group plc
Andrew Redmond, Chief Executive Officer             0845 296 0100
Andy Heath, Finance Director                        0845 296 0200

Financial Dynamics
Ed Gascoigne-Pees                                   020 7269 7132
Nick Henderson                                      020 7269 7114

Numis Securities
Chris Wilkinson                                     020 7260 1000
Lee Aston                                           020 7260 1000



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