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Helphire Group PLC22 November 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of companyHELPHIRE GROUP PLC 2. Name of shareholder having a major interestGOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 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(a) NON - BENEFICIAL(b) BENEFICIAL 4. Name of the registered holder (s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them(a) GOLDMAN SACHS SECURITIES (NOMINEES) LTD 1,800 SHARES(b) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL 5,181,737 SHARES 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquiredN/A 6. Percentage of issued classN/A 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposedNOT SPECIFIED 8. Percentage of issued classN/A 9. Class of securityORDINARY £0.05 10. Date of transactionNOT SPECIFIED 11. Date company informed21st November 2006 12. Total holding following this notification5,183,537 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification3.79% 14. Any additional informationThe Company was informed by The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., that the shareholdingof two of their wholly owned subsidiaries had changed. 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queriesNICK TILLEY 01225 321 218 16. Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company responsible for making this notificationNICK TILLEY Date of notification22nd November 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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