14th Oct 2005 10:00
Regus Group PLC14 October 2005 Regus Group plc14th October 2005 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES LETTER TO COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OFFICE Substantial Shareholdings Regus Group plc ("the Company") On 13th October 2005 we received the following notification: This notification relates to common stock of the Company ("shares") and is givenin fulfilment of the obligations imposed by sections 198 to 203 of the CompaniesAct 1985 (the "Act"). We hereby notify you that as at close of business on 11th October 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 344,649,206 shares. Of these 344,649,206 shares: • The interest in 332,666,120 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. Note: The beneficial owner of 331,958,286 of these shares remains Maxon Investments BV ("Maxon"). Mark Dixon, Chief Executive of Regus Group plc, owns a 100% interest in Maxon. • The interest in 11,983,086 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. Notes: The total issued share capital of Regus Group plc is 984,791,524 Ordinary Sharesof 5 pence each. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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