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21 December 2005Notification of Share Interest - Sections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985We have received a notice dated 20 December 2005 from an official of TheGoldman Sachs Group Inc., the extract of which is as follows:-"We hereby notify you that as at close of business on 16 December 2005, TheGoldman Sachs Group Inc ("GS Inc") of 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, USA,was interested, by attribution only, in a total of 11,048,253 shares.Of these 11,048,253 shares: * The interest in 7,270,654 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 3,777,599 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 10,619,094 shares in Countrywideplc reported on 12 December 2005 to 11,048,253 shares. This equates to 6.23% ofthe total issued share capital of 177,431,739 shares.Director/Company SecretaryCountrywide plcENDCOUNTRYWIDE PLCRelated Shares:
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