REG-FirstGroup PLC: Holding(s) in Company

FirstgroupAnnouncement

13/12/2021 11:40

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

Aggregate of abrdn plc affiliated investment management entities with
delegated voting rights on behalf of multiple managed portfolios

City of registered office (if applicable)

Edinburgh

Country of registered office (if applicable)

United Kingdom

4. Details of the shareholder

Full name of shareholder(s) if different from the person(s) subject to the
notification obligation, above

City of registered office (if applicable)

Country of registered office (if applicable)

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

09-Dec-2021

6. Date on which Issuer notified

13-Dec-2021

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                        Below 5%                                                         Below 5%                                             Below 5%                               Below 5%                    
 Position of previous notification (if applicable)                                                6.522081                                                         0.115179                                             6.637260                                                           

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                                                                                            Below 5%                                                                      Below 5%                 
 Sub Total 8.A                                                                      Below 5%                                                                         Below 5%                                   

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  
 Rights to recall lent shares                                                                                      Below 5%                                             Below 5%       
 Sub Total 8.B1                                                                                                    Below 5%                                             Below 5%       

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  
 abrdn plc                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 abrdn plc                    abrdn Investments (Holdings) Limited                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 abrdn plc                    Ignis Asset Management Limited                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 abrdn plc                    Ignis Investment Services Limited                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 abrdn plc                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 abrdn plc                    Aberdeen Asset Management PLC                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 abrdn plc                    Aberdeen Asset Investment Group Limited                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
 abrdn plc                    Aberdeen Asset Investments Limited                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 abrdn plc                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 abrdn plc                    Aberdeen Asset Management PLC                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 abrdn plc                    Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 abrdn plc                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 abrdn plc                    abrdn Investments (Holdings) Limited                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 abrdn plc                    abrdn Investment Management Limited                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 abrdn plc                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 abrdn plc                    abrdn Investments (Holdings) Limited                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 abrdn plc                    abrdn Capital Limited                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

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

In reference to section 9, the shares detailed are managed by the named
discretionary investment management entity within multiple portfolios on
behalf of underlying clients, based on investment management agreements
whereby the client has delegated the exercise of the voting power to the
referenced investment manager.

This disclosure also reflects the fact that the voting rights effectively held
indirectly by the underlying intermediate holding companies abrdn Investments
(Holdings) Limited (“aIHL”) and Ignis Asset Management Limited ("IAML"),
and held by the underlying investment management entity Ignis Investment
Services Limited (“IISL”), dropped below the 5% notifiable threshold due
to a combination of trading and participation in the FirstGroup plc tender
offer.

Prior to this, aIHL effectively held the delegated voting rights to 5.734081%,
IAML effectively held 5.156881% and IISL held the delegated voting rights to
5.156881% of the shares in FirstGroup plc.

12. Date of Completion

13-Dec-2021

13. Place Of Completion

Belfast, United Kingdom

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: +44 (0) 7581 003252



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