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Synergy Healthcare PLC02 February 2007 SYNERGY HEALTHCARE PLC ('the Company') NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 02 February 2007 1. Name of Company:SYNERGY HEALTHCARE PLC 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest:AXA S.A. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 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 children under the age of 18: BENEFICIAL 1,893,429 (3.6% of issued share capital)NON-BENEFICIAL 8,458,294 (16.0% of issued share capital) 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them: Beneficial Holder Registered Holder Number of SharesSun Life Pensions Management Ltd Smith & Williamson Nominees Ltd 2,200AXA Framlington: Throgmorton Trust 891,229AXA Framlington: Framlington Innovative Growth 1,000,000 Non - Beneficial Holder Registered Holder Number of SharesAXA Framlington: Trustees for Roman Catholics 154,491AXA Framlington: Xerox Final Salary Pension Scheme 167,296AXA Framlington: Islington Group Pension Scheme 101,456AXA Framlington: London Scottish Pension Fund 83,280AXA Framlington: SEI UK Equity 96,561AXA Framlington: UK Select Ops 4,823,055AXA Framlington: Equity Income 1,810,530AXA Framlington: Managed Balanced 344,803AXA Framlington: UK Smaller Companies 331,017LX0901 515,905LX0902 29,900 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:NOT NOTIFIED 6. Percentage of issued class:N/A 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:N/A 8. Percentage of issued class:N/A 9. Class of security:ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.625P EACH 10. Date of transaction:NOT DISCLOSED 11. Date company informed:2 FEBRUARY 2007 12. Total holding following this notification:10,351,723 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:19.6% 14. Any additional information: 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries:IVAN JACQUES, +44 (0) 1332 387 100 16. Name of company official responsible for making this notification:IVAN JACQUES, FINANCE DIRECTOR Date of notification:02 FEBRUARY 2007 ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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