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Helphire Group PLC20 June 2005 Date 20 June 2005 Contacts Nick Tilley Tel: 01225 321 218 Helphire Group plc Chris Steele/ Tarquin Edwards Tel: 07979 604 687/ 07879 458 364 Binns & Co PR Tel: 020 7786 9600 HELPHIRE GROUP PLC SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES+---------+------------------+|AVS NO | |+---------+------------------+ All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.+----+------------------------------------+---+------------------------------------------+|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 | |held by each of them || |2 above or in respect of a | | || |non-beneficial interest or in the | |GOLDMAN SACHS SECURITES (NOMINEES) LTD. || |case of an individual holder if it | |2,112 SHARES || |is a holding of that person's spouse| | || |or children under the age of 18 | |GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL || | | |6,862,825 SHARES || | | | || |NON BENEFICIAL INTEREST | | || | | | || | | | |+----+-----------------+--+---------------+---+---------------------+--+-----------------+|5. |Number of shares/|6.|Percentage of |7. |Number of shares/ |8.|Percentage of || |amount of stock | |issued class | |amount of stock | |issued class (any|| |acquired | |(any treasury | |disposed | |treasury shares || | | |shares held by | | | |held by company || | | |company should | | | |should not be || |NOT SPECIFIED | |not be taken | |NOT SPECIFIED | |taken into || | | |into account | | | |account when || | | |when | | | |calculating || | | |calculating | | | |percentage) || | | |percentage) | | | | || | | | | | | |N/A || | | |N/A | | | | || | | | | | | | |+----+-----------------+--+---------------+---+---------------------+--+-----------------+| |+--+------------------------------------+------+-----------------+------+----------------+|9.|Class of security |10. |Date of |11. |Date company || | | |transaction | |informed || | | | | | || |ORDINARY £0.05 | | | |20-6-05 || | | |NOT SPECIFIED | | || | | | | | |+--+-+----------------------------------+-+----+-+---------------+------+----------------+|12. |Total holding following this |13. |Total percentage holding of issued || |notification | |class following this notification (any || | | |treasury shares held by company should || | | |not be taken into account when || |6,864,937 | |calculating percentage) || | | | || | | |5.81% || | | | |+----+------------------------------------+------+---------------------------------------+| |+----+------------------------------------+---+------------------------------------------+|14. |Any additional information |15.|Name of contact and telephone number for || | | |queries || | | | || |N/A | |NICK TILLEY || | | |01225 321218 || | | | || | | | || | | | |+----+------------------------------------+---+------------------------------------------+|16. |Name and signature of authorised company official || |responsible for making this notification || | || |NICK TILLEY || | |+----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Date of notification 20 JUNE 2005 |+--+-+-----------------+--+-------------+-+---++-+---------------+--+--++----------------++--+-+-----------------+--+-------------+-+---++-+---------------+--+--++----------------+ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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