26th Jul 2006 17:09
26 July 2006Notification of Share Interest - Sections 198-203 of the Companies Act 19851. We have received a notice dated 26 July 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 24 July 2006, The GoldmanSachs Group Inc ("GS Inc") of 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, USA, wasinterested, by attribution only, in a total of 8,438,825 shares.Of these 8,438,825 shares: * The interest in 5,296,603 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 3,142,222 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 decreased their shareholding from 8,774,108 shares in Countrywide plcreported on 21 July 2006 to 8,438,825 shares. This equates to 4.81% of thetotal issued share capital of 175,440,700 shares.Director/Company SecretaryCountrywide plcENDCOUNTRYWIDE PLCRelated Shares:
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