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Huntsworth PLC25 July 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES THE COMPANY HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE FOLLOWING NOTIFIABLE INTEREST IN THECOMPANY AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON 21 JULY 2006 1. Name of Company HUNTSWORTH PLC 2. Name of Shareholder having a major interest THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect ofholding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficialinterest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of thatperson's spouse or children under the age of 18. AS IN 2 ABOVE 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder,the number of shares held by each of them. GOLDMAN SACHS SECURITIES (NOMINEES), LIMITED 7,225,000 CREPTEMP 557,178 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. NOT DISCLOSED 6. Percentage of issued class NOT DISCLOSED 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 50 PENCE EACH 10. Date of transaction(s) NOT DISCLOSED 11. Date company informed 25 JULY 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 7,782,178 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.0% 14. Any additional information Figures are based of shares in issue of 194,124,620. The interest in 7,225,000 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 557,178 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. 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries TYMON BROADHEAD COMPANY SECRETARY HUNTSWORTH PLC Tel: 020 7298 6517 16. Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification. TYMON BROADHEAD COMPANY SECRETARY HUNTSWORTH PLC 17. Date of notification 25 JULY 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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