24th Aug 2005 16:17
Ashtead Group PLC24 August 2005 Ashtead Group plc 24th August 2005 ASHTEAD GROUP PLC Ordinary Shares of 10p Ashtead Group plc announces it has been advised by The Goldman Sachs GroupInc., ("GS Inc") that as at 19th August 2005 it was interested in a total of27,247,698 (or 6.80%) of its shares comprising: a) an interest in 2,691,383 shares arising from the interest held by Goldman Sachs & Co., a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of GS Inc, acting as custodian. These shares are, or will be, registered in the name of Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Limited; b) an interest in 24,556,315 shares arising 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. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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