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 Private Bank and Trust Ltd; Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd;
Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd; Barclays Global Investors Ltd; Gerrard Ltd;
Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust; Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd;
Barclays Global Investors, N.A.; Barclays Capital Securities Ltd; Barclays
Global Investors Japan Ltd; Barlays Global Fund Advisers)

 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
   
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited                               542,894
                                                                       
Barclays Global Investors Canada                                 18,535
                                                                       
Boiss Nominees Limited 4224361                                  161,674
                                                                       
Chase Nominees Limited 16376                                    218,235
                                                                       
Chase Nominees Limited 28270                                    152,830
                                                                       
Clydesdale Nominees HGBO125 00594414                              7,501
                                                                       
Clydesdale Nominees HGBO125 00703310                              1,150
                                                                       
Gerrard Nominees Limited ER1                                    104,380
                                                                       
Greig Middleton Nominees Limited GM1                             34,984
                                                                       
Greig Middleton Nominees Limited GM3                            113,917
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      72,664
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      78,995
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      11,683
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                     446,853
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                       4,729
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                       3,710
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      18,404
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      69,594
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                   2,004,700
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      28,975
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                       8,930
                                                                       
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16331                               116,755
                                                                       
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16341                               211,478
                                                                       
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16400                             4,264,044
                                                                       
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 18409                               313,795
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                               3,800
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              56,405
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              52,755
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              15,673
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                             210,040
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              58,159
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              42,406
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                               2,492
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              12,199
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                               4,781
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              48,203
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              20,627
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              13,233
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                               4,306
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                             105,417
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              26,416
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              11,983
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              62,684
                                                                       
Mellon Trust - US Custodian/                                     30,320
                                                                       
Mitsui Asset                                                      5,000
                                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c RC1                            1,146,309
                                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1                              508,501
                                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1                              113,719
                                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1                               38,927
                                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c GP1                               73,108
                                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c SA1                               55,060
                                                                       
State Street Boston                                             238,932
                                                                       
State Street Boston                                              28,919

 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
   
18 October 2005

11. Date company informed
   
Notification dated 19 October 2005 received 21 October 2005

12. Total holding following this notification
   
12,001,783

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
   
3.01%

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

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
    this notification
   
Eileen Malcolmson, Assistant Company Secretary 01224 650007

Date of notification 21 October 2005