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
   
Mr Edward C. Johnson 3d (as a principal shareholder in Fidelity international
Limited)

 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
   
Bank of New York Europe                                       2,433,881
                                                                       
Brown Bros Harriman Ltd                                         279,300
                                                                       
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                        5,157,804
                                                                       
JP Morgan, Chase                                                826,900
                                                                       
Bank of New York, Brussels                                    1,358,400
                                                                       
Clydesdale Bank plc                                              60,600
                                                                       
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                           66,100
                                                                       
Mellon Bank                                                     313,900
                                                                       
Northern Trust London                                         1,215,300
                                                                       
State Street Bank and TR Co London                              406,300

 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
   
Not disclosed

11. Date company informed
   
Notification dated 19 November 2004 received 22 November 2004

12. Total holding following this notification
   
12,118,485

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
   
3.04%

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

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
    this notification
   
Louise Ruppel, Group Company Secretary

Date of notification 23 November 2004