28th Dec 2005 15:47
28 December 2005Notification of Share Interest - Sections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985We have received a notice dated 23rd December 2005 from an official of TheGoldman Sachs Group Inc., the extract of which is as follows:-"We hereby notify you that as at close of business on 21st December 2005, TheGoldman Sachs Group Inc ("GS Inc") of 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, USA,was interested, by attribution only, in a total of 10,095,547 shares.Of these 10,095,547 shares: * The interest in 5,992,919 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 4,102,628 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 11,048,253 shares in Countrywideplc reported on 21st December 2005 to 10,095,547 shares. This equates to 5.69%of the total issued share capital of 177,431,739 shares.Director/Company SecretaryCountrywide plcENDCOUNTRYWIDE PLCRelated Shares:
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