MGP.L Regulatory News (MGP)

3 Oct 2006 11:16

Mercury Group PLC03 October 2006 MERCURY GROUP PLC ("Mercury" or the "Company") Holdings in Company Pursuant to section 198 of the Companies Act 1985 the Company was notified byFirst Equity Limited on 2 October 2006, that Paul Castle has made the followingpurchases of Ordinary Shares of 1p each in the Company: Date of purchase Number of shares purchased Price paid per share 28 September 2006 2,992,367 1.25p28 September 2006 1,008,000 1.25p Following the purchase of these shares, Paul Castle, through First EquityNominees Limited, had an interest in 4,000,367 ordinary shares in the Companyrepresenting 3.54% of the issued share capital of the Company. The issued share capital of the Company is 112,975,684 ordinary shares Enquiries: Mercury Group plc 0207 393 4001Walter Goldsmith (non-executive chairman) This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange