Holding(s) in Company

FirstGroup PLC
17 April 2002


Disclosure of Interest In Shares

FirstGroup plc ('the Company') has today received notice that Barclays PLC,
through its subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC, no longer has a notifiable interest in
the ordinary shares of the Company.


17 April 2002


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