16th Nov 2005 12:28
16 November 2005Notification of Share Interest - Sections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985We have received a notice dated 14 November 2005 from an official of TheGoldman Sachs Group Inc., the extract of which is as follows:-"We hereby notify you that as at close of business on 10 November 2005, TheGoldman Sachs Group Inc ("GS Inc") of 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, USA,was interested, by attribution only, in a total of 10,898,541 shares.Of these 10,898,541 shares: * The interest in 7,795,101 shares arose from the 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 3,103,440 shares arose from a beneficial interest held by Goldman Sachs International, a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of GS Inc., these shares are, or will be, registered at CREST in account CREPTEMP". They have increased their shareholding from 9,031,835 shares in Countrywide plcreported on 19 September 2005 to 10,898,541 shares. This equates to 6.13% ofthe total issued share capital of 177,917,702 shares.Director/Company SecretaryCountrywide plcENDCOUNTRYWIDE PLCRelated Shares:
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