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

 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
   
Chase Nominees Limited                                       10,197,352
                                                                       
Bank of Ireland                                                 114,226
                                                                       
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited                             1,511,052
                                                                       
Barclays Trust Co & Others                                          481
                                                                       
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust                                      91,561
                                                                       
Chase Manhattan Bank                                          3,277,911
                                                                       
Citibank, N.A.                                                   37,047
                                                                       
Investors Bank & Trust Co                                       487,169
                                                                       
JP Morgan Chase Bank                                            573,810
                                                                       
Master Trust Bank                                                 5,727
                                                                       
Mitsubishi Trust International                                    6,185
                                                                       
Northern Trust Bank                                              33,825
                                                                       
State Street                                                      8,217
                                                                       
State Street Bank & Trust                                       423,069
                                                                       
Sumitomo TB                                                       2,347
                                                                       

 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
   
20 August 2003

11. Date company informed
   
26 August 2003

12. Total holding following this notification
   
16,769,979

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
   
4.06%

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

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
    this notification
   
Marie Smith, Deputy Group Company Secretary

Date of notification 27 August 2003