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 Capital Securities Ltd; Barclays Global Investors Ltd; Barclays
Private Bank and Trust Ltd; Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd; Gerrard
Ltd; Barclays Global Investors, N.A.; Barclays Global Fund Advisors; Barclays
Life Assurance Co Ltd; Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd; and Barclays Global
Investors Japan Trust & Banking)
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 774,117
BNP PARIBAS 53,992
Chase Nominees Limited 16376 230,087
Chase Nominees Limited 20947 4,922,512
Chase Nominees Limited 21359 26,639
CIBC Mellon Global Securities 26,062
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 00703310 1,150
Investors Bank and Trust Co 88,020
Investors Bank and Trust Co 80,290
Investors Bank and Trust Co 5,780
Investors Bank and Trust Co 11,683
Investors Bank and Trust Co 28,898
Investors Bank and Trust Co 1,992,904
Investors Bank and Trust Co 1,296,088
Investors Bank and Trust Co 8,930
Investors Bank and Trust Co 29,210
Investors Bank and Trust Co 88,797
Investors Bank and Trust Co 439,199
Investors Bank and Trust Co 4,729
Investors Bank and Trust Co 482,983
Investors Bank and Trust Co 11,883
Investors Bank and Trust Co 376,115
Investors Bank and Trust Co 193,226
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 98,657
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16344 63,327
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16345 95,106
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16400 4,294,940
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 18409 299,098
JPMorgan Chase Bank 106,012
JPMorgan Chase Bank 67,438
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 13,233
JPMorgan Chase Bank 20,627
JPMorgan Chase Bank 4,781
JPMorgan Chase Bank 12,199
JPMorgan Chase Bank 52,755
JPMorgan Chase Bank 15,673
JPMorgan Chase Bank 210,040
JPMorgan Chase Bank 84,226
JPMorgan Chase Bank 56,405
JPMorgan Chase Bank 3,800
JPMorgan Chase Bank 42,406
JPMorgan Chase Bank 2,492
JPMorgan Chase Bank 11,983
Mellon Trust - Boston & SF 54,133
Mellon Trust - Boston & SF 65,256
Mellon Trust of New England 83,322
Mitsubishi Trust International 2,968
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA 22,041
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA 105,737
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA 89,279
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 91,714
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 25,102
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c GP1 40,128
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c SA1 29,660
State Street 6,491
State Street Boston 33,593
State Street Boston 254,489
State Street Trust of Canada - 36,187
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
13 June 2005
11. Date company informed
Notification dated 15 June 2005 received 16 June 2005
12. Total holding following this notification
18,259,653
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
4.58%
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 16 June 2005