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Helphire Group PLC12 October 2005 For immediate release 12 October 2005 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest HELPHIRE GROUP PLC GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC. 3. Please state whether notification indicates 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more that it is in respect of holding of the than one holder, the number of shares held by shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of each of them 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 (a) GOLDMAN SACHS SECURITES (NOMINEES) LTD 2,152 SHARES (b) BENEFICIAL (b) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL 6,739,473 SHARES 5. Number of shares/ 6. Percentage of 7. Number of shares/amount 8. Percentage of issued amount of stock issued class of stock disposed class acquired NOT SPECIFIED N/A NOT SPECIFIED N/A 9. Class of security 10. Date of transaction 11. Date company informed NOT SPECIFIED 11-10-05 ORDINARY £0.05 12. Total holding following this notification 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 6,741,625 4.99% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries NICK TILLEY 01225 321218 The Company was informed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., that their shareholding had increased due to the share interest held by two of their wholly owned direct subsidiaries, Goldman Sachs Securites (Nominees) Ltd and Goldman Sachs International. 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification NICK TILLEY Date of notification 12th October 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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