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12 December 2005Notification of Share Interest - Sections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985We have received a notice dated 9 December 2005 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 6 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 10,619,094 shares.Of these 10,619,094 shares: * The interest in 7,337,654 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 3,281,440 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 10,898,541 shares in Countrywideplc reported on 16 November 2005 to 10,619,094 shares. This equates to 5.99% ofthe total issued share capital of 177,426,054 shares.Director/Company SecretaryCountrywide plcENDCOUNTRYWIDE PLCRelated Shares:
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