8th Jul 2005 10:54
8 July 2005Notification of Share Interest - Sections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985We have received a notice dated 7 July 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 5 July 2005, The GoldmanSachs Group Inc ("GS Inc") of 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, USA, wasinterested, by attribution only, in a total of 5,636,941 shares.Of these 5,636,941 shares: * The interest in 5,093,407 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 543,534 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 previously notified that they no longer had a disposable interest inCountrywide plc shares reported on 10 February 2005. Their current shareholdingof 5,636,941 shares equates to 3.15% of the total issued share capital of178,755,635 shares.Director/Company SecretaryCountrywide plcENDCOUNTRYWIDE PLCRelated Shares:
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