Holding(s) in Company

3rd Aug 2007 10:14

Stagecoach Group PLC03 August 2007 TR-1: Notification of major interests in shares +--------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | STAGECOACH GROUP PLC ||issuer of existing shares to which voting | ||rights are attached: | |+--------------------------------------------+----------------------+---------+|2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or | ||boxes) | |+-------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | |+-------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may | ||result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting | ||rights are attached | |+-------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |+-------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+|Other (please specify):___________________________________________ | |+--------------------------------------------+----------------------+---------+|3. Full name of person(s) subject to the |The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ||notification obligation: | |+--------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different| Goldman, Sachs & Co., ||from 3.): | || | Goldman Sachs Asset Management || | International, || | || |Goldman Sachs Asset Management, || | L.P. |+--------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+|5. Date of the transaction (and date on | 31 JULY 2007 ||which the threshold is crossed or reached if| ||different): | |+--------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+|6. Date on which issuer notified: | 02 AUGUST 2007 |+--------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | 5% ||reached: | |+--------------------------------------------+------------------------------+-+|8. Notified details: | | |+--------------------------------------------+----------------------+-------+-++--------------------------------------------+----------------------+-------+-+ +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|A: Voting rights attached to shares |+------------+---------------+----------------------------------------------------+|Class/type |Situation |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction||of shares |previous to the| || |Triggering | ||if possible |transaction | ||using the +-------+-------+--------+---------------------+---------------------+|ISIN CODE |Number |Number |Number |Number of voting |% of voting rights || |of |of |of |rights ix | || |Shares |Voting |shares | | || | |Rights +--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+| | |viii |Direct |Direct x |Indirect |Direct |Indirect || | | | | |xi | | |+------------+-------+-------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+|GB00B1VJ6Q03| | Below | | |37,322,331| | 5.24% || | | 3% | | | | | |+------------+-------+-------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|B: Financial Instruments |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii |+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+|Type of |Expiration |Exercise/ |Number of voting |% of voting||financial |date xiii |Conversion Period/|rights that may be |rights ||instrument | |Date xiv |acquired if the | || | | |instrument is | || | | |exercised/ | || | | |converted. | |+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+| | | | | |+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Total (A+B) |+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|Number of voting rights |% of voting rights |+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+| 37,322,331 | 5.24% |+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or ||the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv: |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|The interest in 534,664 shares arose from an interest held by Goldman, Sachs ||& Co., a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of GS Inc, acting as custodian for ||its customers. These shares are, or will be, registered in the name of ||Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees), Limited. || ||The interest in 3,599,341 shares arose from the interest held by Goldman ||Sachs Asset Management International, a wholly owned subsidiary of GS Inc ||acting as discretionary manager. We believe that some of these shares are, or||will be, registered in the name of Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees), ||Limited ("GSSN"). || ||The interest in 33,188,326 shares arose from the interest held by Goldman ||Sachs Asset Management, LP a wholly owned subsidiary of GS Inc acting as ||discretionary manager. We believe that some of these shares are, or will be, ||registered in the name of Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees), Limited ||("GSSN"). |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Proxy Voting: |+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+|10. Name of the proxy holder: |N/A |+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will |N/A ||cease to hold: | |+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to |N/A ||hold voting rights: | |+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+ +--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+|13. Additional information: |General email contact: || | || |[email protected] |+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+|14. Contact name: |Joanne Wall / Sean Rogers |+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+|15. Contact telephone number: |44(20)7051-1704 / 44(20)7552-9205 |+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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