SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Name of company
FirstGroup plc
2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
Aviva plc and its subsidiaries
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
As in 2 above
4. Name of the registered holder(s) with (a) material interest (s) and, if
more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them
Morley Fund Management Ltd:
BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd 5,580,363 *
Chase GA Group Nominees Ltd 9,422,555 *
Chase Nominees Ltd 534,663*
CUIM Nominee Ltd 4,282,972*
Vidacos Nominees Ltd 148,170*
*denotes beneficial interest
5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
455,475
6. Percentage of issued class
0.12%
7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
n/a
8. Percentage of issued class
n/a
9. Class of security
Ordinary GBP0.05
10. Date of transaction
24 April 2006
11. Date company informed
Notification dated 25 April 2006
12. Total holding following this notification
19,968,723 *
*beneficial interest only
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
5.09%
14. Any additional information
Figures are based on shares in issue of 392,201,477
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Eileen Malcolmson, Legal Adviser and Assistant Company Secretary, 01224 650115
16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Eileen Malcolmson, Legal Adviser and Assistant Company Secretary
Date of notification: 26 April 2006
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