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 Australia Ltd; Barclays Global Fund Advisors;
Barclays Global Investors Ltd; Barclays Capital Securities Ltd; Barclays Global
Investors, N.A.; Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking; Barclays Life
Assurance Co Ltd; Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd; Barclays Global
Investors Japan Ltd; and Gerrard 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 Ireland                                                  55,823
                                                                       
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED                               658,917
                                                                       
BNP PARIBAS                                                      76,103
                                                                       
Chase Nominees Limited 16376                                    230,087
                                                                       
Chase Nominees Limited 20947                                  7,434,655
                                                                       
Chase Nominees Limited 21359                                     26,639
                                                                       
CIBC Mellon Global Securities                                    44,872
                                                                       
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 00703310                              1,150
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      11,683
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      28,898
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      80,290
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      88,020
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                     983,650
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                     376,115
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      20,407
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                       8,930
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                   2,015,967
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                       4,729
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      29,400
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                   2,219,911
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                     212,295
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      91,964
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                     760,378
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                     507,055
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                       5,780
                                                                       
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16331                               131,056
                                                                       
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16341                               223,923
                                                                       
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16341                               131,776
                                                                       
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16344                                68,580
                                                                       
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16345                               105,276
                                                                       
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16400                             4,294,940
                                                                       
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 18409                               299,098
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              68,973
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                             168,764
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              11,983
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                               4,306
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              67,328
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              43,575
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              38,463
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              26,587
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                               4,781
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              12,199
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              17,243
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                               3,800
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              43,985
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              13,233
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                             214,250
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              55,173
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              56,405
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              90,779
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                               2,492
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              20,627
                                                                       
Mellon Trust - Boston & SF                                      113,848
                                                                       
Mellon Trust - Boston & SF                                       54,133
                                                                       
Mellon Trust of New England                                     141,650
                                                                       
Mitsubishi Trust International                                    2,968
                                                                       
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA                                  181,908
                                                                       
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA                                  153,922
                                                                       
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA                                   37,613
                                                                       
Northern Trust Bank - Wire Ban                                   13,159
                                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1                               91,714
                                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1                               24,052
                                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c GP1                               38,928
                                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c SA1                               26,235
                                                                       
State Street                                                      6,491
                                                                       
State Street Boston                                              34,474
                                                                       
State Street Boston                                             262,348
                                                                       
State Street Trust of Canada -                                   56,610

 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
   
Not Disclosed.

 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
   
31 May 2005

11. Date company informed
   
Notification dated 2 June 2005 received 6 June 2005

12. Total holding following this notification
   
23,433,366

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
   
5.88%

14. Any additional information
   
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
   
Eileen Malcolmson, Assistant Company Secretary, 020 7291 0515

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

Date of notification 7 June 2005