10th Apr 2006 12:07
10 April 2006Notification of Share Interest - Sections 198-203 of the Companies Act 19851. We have received a notice dated 7 April 2006 from an official of The GoldmanSachs Group Inc., the extract of which is as follows:-"We hereby notify you that as at close of business on 5 April 2006, The GoldmanSachs Group Inc ("GS Inc") of 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, USA, wasinterested, by attribution only, in a total of 10,743,889 shares.Of these 10,743,889 shares: * The interest in 6,241,400 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. * The interest in 4,502,489 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. They have increased their shareholding from 10,635,737 shares in Countrywideplc reported on 30 March 2006 to 10,743,889 shares. This equates to 6.10% ofthe total issued share capital of 176,172,752 shares.Director/Company SecretaryCountrywide plcENDCOUNTRYWIDE PLCRelated Shares:
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