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 Fund Advisors; Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd; Barclays
Global Investors Australia Ltd; Barclays Capital Securities Ltd; Barclays Life
Assurance Co Ltd; Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust; Barclays Global
Investors, N.A.; Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd; Barclays Global Investors
Ltd; Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd; 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 New York                                                 27,328
                                                                       
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited                               -37,378
                                                                       
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited                               452,991
                                                                       
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited                              -200,128
                                                                       
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited                               809,056
                                                                       
Barclays Global Investors Canada                                 25,824
                                                                       
Boiss Nominees Limited 4224361                                  231,356
                                                                       
Chase Nominees Limited 16376                                    210,823
                                                                       
Chase Nominees Limited 28270                                    128,033
                                                                       
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 00059441401                           7,501
                                                                       
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 00070331001                           1,150
                                                                       
Gerrard Nominees Limited 660318                                  44,000
                                                                       
Gerrard Nominees Limited 660411                                   3,680
                                                                       
Gerrard Nominees Limited 660758                                  12,000
                                                                       
Gerrard Nominees Limited 660851                                   7,500
                                                                       
Gerrard Nominees Limited 661022                                   1,000
                                                                       
Gerrard Nominees Limited 768557                                  17,500
                                                                       
Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1)                           33,284
                                                                       
Greig Middleton Nominees Ltd (GM3) 220805DN                     113,917
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      96,690
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      92,204
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      11,683
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                       3,881
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      17,698
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      11,130
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      12,636
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      69,594
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                     417,531
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                   2,021,513
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                      36,829
                                                                       
Investors Bank and Trust Co                                       6,323
                                                                       
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16331                               110,146
                                                                       
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16341                               224,929
                                                                       
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16400                             4,006,081
                                                                       
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 18409                               313,795
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              56,405
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              52,755
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              42,406
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                               2,492
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                             214,103
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              41,456
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              18,838
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                               3,800
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              12,199
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                               4,781
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                               3,717
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              24,643
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              29,553
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              13,233
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              43,676
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              12,668
                                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              36,716
                                                                       
Mellon Trust - US Custodian/                                     30,320
                                                                       
Mitsui Asset                                                      5,000
                                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited                                    1,066,643
                                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1                              381,542
                                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1                               68,880
                                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1                               25,652
                                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1                                   75,668
                                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1                                   45,765
                                                                       
State Street Boston                                             220,224
                                                                       
Trust & Custody Services Bank                                     4,553

 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
   
16 March 2006

11. Date company informed
   
Notification dated 17 March 2006 received 22 March 2006

12. Total holding following this notification
   
11,879,788

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
   
3.03%

14. Any additional information
   
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
   
Eileen Malcolmson, Legal Adviser and Assistant Company Secretary, Tel: 01224
650115

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
    this notification
   
Eileen Malcolmson

Date of notification 23 March 2006