23rd Dec 2005 07:00
French Connection Group PLC22 December 2005 The Company was notified on the 22nd December 2005 that The Goldman Sachs Group,Inc., ("GS Inc") of 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, USA was, at close ofbusiness on 19th December 2005, interested in a total of 3,782,862 ordinaryshares representing 3.95% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company. Of these 3,782,862 shares: a) Goldman, Sachs & Co., a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of GS Inc, acting as custodian for its customers had an interest in 57,630 shares. b) Goldman Sachs International, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of GS Inc had a beneficial interest of 3,725,232 shares in the Company. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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