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)

 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                                          826,900
                                                                       
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                     80,019
                                                                       
Bank of New York                                                 25,166
                                                                       
State Street Nominees Limited                                    21,902
                                                                       
State Street Bank & Trust                                        19,563
                                                                       
Sumitomo T&B                                                    183,300
                                                                       
Chase Nominees Ltd.                                               5,169
                                                                       
Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited                                        762
                                                                       
Chase Nominees Limited                                        2,089,667
                                                                       
Chase Manhattan Bank London                                      95,279
                                                                       
Citibank                                                         10,620
                                                                       
Mellon Nominees Limited                                         355,300
                                                                       
Bank of New York London                                       6,085,866
                                                                       
Deutsche Bank                                                   179,100
                                                                       
Northern Trust                                                1,187,246
                                                                       
Mellon Nominees Ltd.                                             71,100
                                                                       
Bank of New York, Brussels                                      195,700
                                                                       
State Street Bank and Trust                                     103,417
                                                                       
JP Morgan                                                     3,441,094
                                                                       
Chase Manhattan Bank London                                     989,771
                                                                       
State Street Nominees Ltd.                                      565,200
                                                                       
Chase Nominees Ltd                                               44,018
                                                                       
National Australia Bank                                           4,222
                                                                       
PICG                                                              2,223
                                                                       
Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt                                13,652
                                                                       
State Street Hong Kong                                            5,374
                                                                       
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                         5,615
                                                                       
Citibank                                                         11,677

 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
   
1,737,857

 6. Percentage of issued class
   
0.43

 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 April 2004

11. Date company informed
   
Notification dated 20 April 2004 received 21 April 2004

12. Total holding following this notification
   
16,618,922

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
   
4.09%

14. Any additional information
   
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
   
Louise Ruppel, Company Secretary, 020 7291 0505

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

Date of notification 21 April 2004