Holding(s) in Company

SCHEDULE 10                                  

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

 1. Name of company
   
FirstGroup plc

 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
   
Barclays plc

 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
    holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
    non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
    holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18
   
In respect of 2) above

 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number
    of shares held by each of them
   
Barclays Global Investors Ltd                                 9,360,727
                                                                       
Barclays Global Fund Advisors                                   117,156
                                                                       
Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd                                  836,625
                                                                       
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd                                     481
                                                                       
Barclays Nikko Global Investors Ltd                             136,702
                                                                       
Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd                          80,602
                                                                       
Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking                 481,225
                                                                       
Barclays Global Investors, NA                                 4,245,409

 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
   
 6. Percentage of issued class
   
 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
   
 8. Percentage of issued class
   
 9. Class of security
   
Ordinary shares of 5 pence each

10. Date of transaction
   
21 August 2003

11. Date company informed
   
28 August 2003

12. Total holding following this notification
   
15,258,927

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
   
3.69%

14. Any additional information
   
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
   
Marie Smith, Deputy Group Company Secretary, 020 7291 0505

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
    this notification
   
Marie Smith, Deputy Group Company Secretary

Date of notification 28 August 2003