12th May 2006 18:31
Debenhams plc12 May 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Debenhams plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees), Limited (arising from the interest held byGoldman, Sachs & Co acting as custodian for its customers) 18,554,400 shares At CREST in account CREPTEMP (arising from a beneficial interest held by GoldmanSachs International)13,628,053 shares 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 32,182,453 Ordinary shares 6. Percentage of issued class 3.7% 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed NIL 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.01p each 10. Date of transaction 10 May 2006 11. Date company informed 12 May 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 32,182,453 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.7% 14. Any additional information n/a 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Guy Johnson, 0207 408 3529 16. Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Guy Johnson, Company Secretary Date of notification 12 May 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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