24th Oct 2005 09:47
Helphire Group PLC24 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 |4. |Name of the registered holder(s) and, if || |indicates that it is in respect of | |more than one holder, the number of shares|| |holding of the shareholder named in 2| |held by each of them || |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 | |(a) GOLDMAN SACHS SECURITES || |children under the age of 18 | | (NOMINEES) LTD 2,152 SHARES || | | | || |(a) NON-BENEFICIAL | |(b) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL || |(b) BENEFICIAL | | 6,619,008 SHARES || | | | || | | | || | | | |+----+----------------+--+-----------------+---+---------------------+--+-----------------+|5. |Number of shares|6.|Percentage of |7. |Number of shares/ |8.|Percentage of || |/amount of stock| |issued class | |amount of stock | |issued class || |acquired | | | |disposed | | || | | | | | | | || |N/A | |N/A | | | |N/A || | | | | |NOT SPECIFIED | | |+----+----------------+--+-----------------+---+---------------------+--+-----------------+| |+--+-------------------------------------+------+-------------------+-----+---------------+|9.|Class of security |10. |Date of transaction|11. |Date company || | | | | |informed || | | | | | || |ORDINARY £0.05 | |NOT SPECIFIED | |21-10-05 || | | | | | || | | | | | |+--+-+-----------------------------------+-+----+-+-----------------+-----+---------------+|12. |Total holding following this |13. |Total percentage holding of issued || |notification | |class following this notification || | | | || | | |4.90% || |6,621,160 | | || | | | |+----+-------------------------------------+------+---------------------------------------+| |+----+-------------------------------------+---+------------------------------------------+|14. |Any additional information |15.|Name of contact and telephone number for || | | |queries || | | | || |The Company was informed by The | |NICK TILLEY || |Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., that their| |01225 321218 || |shareholding had changed due to the | | || |share interest held by two of their | | || |wholly owned direct subsidiaries, | | || |Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) | | || |Ltd and Goldman Sachs International. | | || | | | || | | | || | | | || | | | |+----+-------------------------------------+---+------------------------------------------+|16. |Name and signature of authorised company official || |responsible for making this notification || | || |NICK TILLEY || | |+----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Date of notification 24th October 2005 |+--+-+----------------+--+---------------+-+---++-+-----------------++--+-+---------------+ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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