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 Investors Japan Ltd; Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust &
Banking; Barclays Capital Securities Ltd; Gerrard Ltd; Barclays Global Fund
Advisors; Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd; Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd;
Barclays Capital Inc; Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd; Barclays Global
Investors, N.A.; Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd; Barclays Global
Investors 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 28,607
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 85,000
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 1,624,694
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 210,455
Barclays Global Investors Canada 28,530
BNP Paribas 39,179
Boiss Nominees Ltd 4224361 364,050
Chase Nominees Limited 16376 191,475
Chase Nominees Limited 20947 211,511
Chase Nominees Limited 21359 160,148
Chase Nominees Limited 28270 135,548
CIBC Mellon Global Securities 30,724
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 00059441401 7,501
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 00070331001 1,150
Gerrard Nominees Limited 660318 44,000
Gerrard Nominees Limited 660758 12,000
Gerrard Nominees Limited 660851 7,500
Gerrard Nominees Limited 768557 17,500
Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1) 42,334
Greig Middleton Nominees Ltd (GM3) 220805DN 113,917
Investors Bank and Trust Co 151,705
Investors Bank and Trust Co 1,509,381
Investors Bank and Trust Co 11,683
Investors Bank and Trust Co 2,011,040
Investors Bank and Trust Co 66,866
Investors Bank and Trust Co 3,555
Investors Bank and Trust Co 39,057
Investors Bank and Trust Co 52,973
Investors Bank and Trust Co 35,509
Investors Bank and Trust Co 119,973
Investors Bank and Trust Co 101,010
Investors Bank and Trust Co 387,067
Investors Bank and Trust Co 21,776
Investors Bank and Trust Co 5,861
Investors Bank and Trust Co 7,748
Investors Bank and Trust Co 642,396
Investors Bank and Trust Co 16,553
Investors Bank and Trust Co 272,925
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16331 103,272
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16341 219,694
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16400 3,122,003
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 18409 300,745
JPMorgan Chase Bank 213,041
JPMorgan Chase Bank 49,230
JPMorgan Chase Bank 42,298
JPMorgan Chase Bank 13,233
JPMorgan Chase Bank 3,717
JPMorgan Chase Bank 52,876
JPMorgan Chase Bank 3,800
JPMorgan Chase Bank 37,402
JPMorgan Chase Bank 6,085
JPMorgan Chase Bank 2,492
JPMorgan Chase Bank 239,144
JPMorgan Chase Bank 40,146
JPMorgan Chase Bank 12,668
JPMorgan Chase Bank 3,817
JPMorgan Chase Bank 18,838
JPMorgan Chase Bank 56,875
JPMorgan Chase Bank 23,382
JPMorgan Chase Bank 34,084
JPMorgan Chase Bank 12,199
Mellon Trust - US Custodian/ 68,796
Mellon Trust - US Custodian/ 15,051
Mellon Trust of New England 39,783
Mitsui Asset 6,164
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA 86,369
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA 101,941
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA 20,865
R C Greig Nominees Limited 957,341
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 250,206
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 60,946
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 18,662
R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 75,113
R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 45,080
State Street Bank & Trust - WI 20,176
State Street Boston 203,699
State Street Boston 72,538
State Street Trust of Canada 69,942
The Northern Trust Company - U 50,013
Trust & Custody Services Bank 4,396
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
4 August 2006
11. Date company informed
Notification dated 7 August 2006 received 8 August 2006
12. Total holding following this notification
15,591,023
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
3.97%
14. Any additional information
Figures are based on shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) of 393,162,745
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Katrina Sissons Tapping, Registrar & Secretarial Assistant, Tel: 01224 650043
16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Eileen Malcolmson
Date of notification 9 August 2006