12th Jul 2005 17:28
Helphire Group PLC12 July 2005 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARESAll relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters. +----+-------------------------------------+---+------------------------------------------+|1. |Name of company |2. |Name of shareholder having a major || | | |interest || |HELPHIRE GROUP PLC | | || | | |GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC. || | | | |+----+-------------------------------------+---+------------------------------------------+|3. |Please state whether notification |4. |Name of the registered holder(s) and, if || |indicates that it is in respect of | |more than one holder, the number of shares|| |holding of the shareholder named in 2| |held by each of them || |above or in respect of a | | || |non-beneficial interest or in the | |GOLDMAN SACHS SECURITES (NOMINEES) LTD. || |case of an individual holder if it is| |2,112 SHARES || |a holding of that person's spouse or | | || |children under the age of 18 | |GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL || | | |5,987,825 SHARES || | | | || |NON BENEFICIAL INTEREST | | || | | | || | | | |+----+----------------+--+-----------------+---+---------------------+--+-----------------+|5. |Number of shares|6.|Percentage of |7. |Number of shares/ |8.|Percentage of || |/amount of stock| |issued class (any| |amount of stock | |issued class (any|| |acquired | |treasury shares | |disposed | |treasury shares || | | |held by company | | | |held by company || | | |should not be | | | |should not be || |NOT SPECIFIED | |taken into | |NOT SPECIFIED | |taken into || | | |account when | | | |account when || | | |calculating | | | |calculating || | | |percentage) | | | |percentage) || | | | | | | | || | | |N/A | | | |N/A || | | | | | | | |+----+----------------+--+-----------------+---+---------------------+--+-----------------+| |+--+-------------------------------------+------+-------------------+-----+---------------+|9.|Class of security |10. |Date of transaction|11. |Date company || | | | | |informed || | | | | | || |ORDINARY £0.05 | |NOT SPECIFIED | |11-07-05 || | | | | | || | | | | | |+--+-+-----------------------------------+-+----+-+-----------------+-----+---------------+|12. |Total holding following this |13. |Total percentage holding of issued || |notification | |class following this notification (any || | | |treasury shares held by company should || | | |not be taken into account when || |5,989,937 | |calculating percentage) || | | | || | | |5.06% || | | | |+----+-------------------------------------+------+---------------------------------------+| |+----+-------------------------------------+---+------------------------------------------+|14. |Any additional information |15.|Name of contact and telephone number for || | | |queries || | | | || |N/A | |NICK TILLEY || | | |01225 321218 || | | | || | | | || | | | |+----+-------------------------------------+---+------------------------------------------+|16. |Name and signature of authorised company official || |responsible for making this notification || | || |NICK TILLEY || | |+----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Date of notification 12th July 2005 |+--+-+----------------+--+---------------+-+---++-+-----------------++--+-+---------------++--+-+----------------+--+---------------+-+---++-+-----------------++--+-+---------------+ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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