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 and FMR Corp)

 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                                       2,523,100
                                                                       
Brown Bros Harriman Ltd                                         368,000
                                                                       
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                        5,373,622
                                                                       
JP Morgan, Chase                                                826,900
                                                                       
Bank of New York, Brussels                                    1,038,000
                                                                       
Clydesdale Bank plc                                              46,300
                                                                       
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                           50,000
                                                                       
Mellon Bank                                                     240,700
                                                                       
Northern Trust London                                           914,600
                                                                       
State Street Bank and TR Co London                              309,100

 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 10 December 2004 received 14 December 2004

12. Total holding following this notification
   
11,690,322

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
   
2.93%

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 15 December 2004