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Helphire Group PLC05 July 2005 Helphire Group PLC Contacts Helphire Group plcNick Tilley Tel: 01225 321 218 Binns & Co PRChris Steele/ Tarquin Edwards Tel: 07979 604 687/ 07879 458364 Tel: 020 7786 9600 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name of company 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest HELPHIRE GROUP PLC GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Please state whether notification 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if indicates that it is in respect of more than one holder, the number of holding of the shareholder named in shares held by each of them 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 NON BENEFICIAL INTEREST GOLDMAN SACHS SECURITES (NOMINEES) LTD. 2,112 SHARES GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL 5,862,825 SHARES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Number of 6. Percentage of 7. Number of shares/ 8. Percentage of shares/amount issued class amount of stock issued class of stock (any treasury disposed (any treasury acquired shares held by shares held by company should company should not be taken not be taken into account into account when when calculating calculating percentage) percentage) NOT N/A NOT SPECIFIED N/A SPECIFIED----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Class of security 10. Date of 11. Date company transaction informed ORDINARY £0.05 NOT SPECIFIED 04-07-05 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Total holding following this 13. Total percentage holding of issued notification class following this notification (any treasury shares held by company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 5,864,937 4.96%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries N/A NICK TILLEY 01225 321218 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification NICK TILLEY Date of notification 5th July 2005----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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