Holding in Company

FirstGroup PLC
8 March 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10


                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



 1. Name of company

    FIRSTGROUP PLC

 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

    LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT 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

    HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LIMITED A/C 886603        1,190,000
    HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LIMITED A/C 775245        1,892,661
    HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LIMITED A/C 252605          572,000
    HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LIMITED A/C 360509          231,571
    HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LIMITED A/C 357206        9,291,959
    HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LIMITED A/C 130007          251,000
    HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LIMITED A/C 866203          317,000


 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

    1,969,750

 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

    1 MARCH 2001

11. Date company informed

    6 MARCH 2001

12. Total holding following this notification

    13,746,191

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

    3.26%

14. Any additional information


15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

    MARIE SMITH

    ASSISTANT GROUP COMPANY SECRETARY

    020 7291 0500

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


    MARIE SMITH

    ASSISTANT GROUP COMPANY SECRETARY



Date of notification      8 MARCH 2001