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

(Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd; Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust &
Banking; Barclays Capital Securities Ltd; Gerrard Ltd; Barclays Global Fund
Advisors; Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd; Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd;
Barclays Capital Inc; Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd; Barclays Global
Investors, N.A.; Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd; Barclays Global
Investors Ltd)

 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                                                 28,607
                                                                       
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited                                85,000
                                                                       
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited                             1,820,627
                                                                       
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited                               246,342
                                                                       
Barclays Global Investors Canada                                 28,530
                                                                       
BNP Paribas                                                      39,179
                                                                       
Boiss Nominees Ltd 4224361                                      245,239
                                                                       
Chase Nominees Limited 16376                                    191,475
                                                                       
Chase Nominees Limited 20947                                    198,461
                                                                       
Chase Nominees Limited 21359                                    160,148
                                                                       
Chase Nominees Limited 28270                                    135,548
                                                                       
CIBC Mellon Global Securities                                    30,724
                                                                       
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 00059441401                           7,501
                                                                       
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 00070331001                           1,150
                                                                       
Gerrard Nominees Limited 660318                                  44,000
                                                                       
Gerrard Nominees Limited 660411                                   3,680
                                                                       
Gerrard Nominees Limited 660758                                  12,000
                                                                       
Gerrard Nominees Limited 660851                                   7,500
                                                                       
Gerrard Nominees Limited 661022                                   1,000
                                                                       
Gerrard Nominees Limited 768557                                  17,500
                                                                       
Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1)                           38,584
                                                                       
Greig Middleton Nominees Ltd (GM3) 220805DN                     113,917
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                       3,555
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                     282,715
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      52,973
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                     389,122
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                   1,494,238
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      95,053
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                     632,700
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                     151,705
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                 1,972,428  
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                       7,748
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                       5,861
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      35,509
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      66,866
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      16,553
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      39,057
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                     117,609
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      20,415
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      11,683
                                                                       
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16331                               103,272
                                                                       
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16341                               224,929
                                                                       
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16400                             3,279,648
                                                                       
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 18409                               300,745
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              41,104
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              41,456
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              18,838
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                               2,492
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              12,668
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                               3,800
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              12,199
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                             236,758
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              34,998
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              49,230
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              37,402
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                               2,126
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              23,382
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                               3,717
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              13,233
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              51,682
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              55,851
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                               3,817
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                             213,041
                                                                       
Mellon Trust - US Custodian/                                     68,796
                                                                       
Mellon Trust - US Custodian/                                     15,051
                                                                       
Mellon Trust of New England                                      39,783
                                                                       
Mitsui Asset                                                      6,164
                                                                       
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA                                  106,609
                                                                       
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA                                   20,865
                                                                       
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA                                   86,369
                                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited                                    1,054,793
                                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1                              366,521
                                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1                               63,730
                                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1                               24,652
                                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1                                   73,518
                                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1                                   49,410
                                                                       
State Street Bank & Trust - WI                                   20,176
                                                                       
State Street Boston                                             200,135
                                                                       
State Street Trust of Canada                                     69,942
                                                                       
The Northern Trust Company - U                                   50,013
                                                                       
Trust & Custody Services Bank                                     3,348

 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
   
22 June 2006

11. Date company informed
   
Notification dated 26 June 2006 received 28 June 2006

12. Total holding following this notification
   
15,938,765

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
   
4.05%

14. Any additional information
   
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
   
Eileen Malcolmson, Legal Adviser and Assistant Company Secretary, Tel: 01224
650007

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
    this notification
   
Eileen Malcolmson

Date of notification 28 June 2006