Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

GB0003452173

Issuer Name

FIRSTGROUP PLC

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

2. Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

City of registered office (if applicable)

Minneapolis

Country of registered office (if applicable)

United States

4. Details of the shareholder

Name	City of registered office	Country of registered office
State Street Nominees Limited

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

20-Jan-2022

6. Date on which Issuer notified

24-Jan-2022

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

.	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8.A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)	Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	15.988000	0.006000	15.994000	119426332
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	16.161000	0.000000	16.161000

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible)	Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)	% of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	% of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)
GB0003452173	25743	119354590	0.003000	15.985000
Sub Total 8.A	119380333		15.988000%

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
Stock on Loan			45999	0.006000
Sub Total 8.B1			45999	0.006000%

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Sub Total 8.B2

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

2. Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entities (please add additional rows as necessary)

Ultimate controlling person	Name of controlled undertaking	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Chain 1)		0.000000	0.000000	0.000000%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	TAM UK International Holdings Limited	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	Threadneedle Asset Management Oversight Limited	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Sarl	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	Threadneedle Holdings Limited	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	TAM UK Holdings Limited	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	TC Financing Limited	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	Threadneedle Asset Management Limited	15.982000	0.000000	15.988000%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Chain 2)		0.000000	0.000000	0.000000%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	Columbia Threadneedle Investments UK International Limited	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	BMO Global Asset Management (Europe) Limited	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	BMO Asset Management (Holdings) Plc	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	BMO AM Group (Holdings) Limited	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	BMO AM Group (Management) Limited	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	BMO AM Holdings Limited	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	BMO Asset Management Limited	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000%

10. In case of proxy voting

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional Information

Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Oversight Limited, which is itself wholly owned by TAM UK International Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

BMO Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by BMO AM Holdings Limited, which is wholly owned by BMO AM Group (Management) Limited, which is wholly owned by BMO AM Group (Holdings) Limited, which is wholly owned by BMO Asset Management (Holdings) Plc, which is wholly owned by BMO Global Asset Management (Europe) Limited, which is wholly owned by Columbia Threadneedle Investments UK International Limited, which is wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

12. Date of Completion

24-Jan-2022

13. Place Of Completion

Swindon, UK

The information below is provided in accordance with the requirements of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules (“DGTR”) 6.2.2AR:

Legal Entity Identifier:  549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93

Classification as per DGTR 6 Annex 1R: 2.3

Enquiries:

Jarlath Wade, Assistant Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]