Moneysupermarket.Com Regulatory News (MONY)

18 Jan 2008 17:09

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC18 January 2008 TR 1 Notification of Major Interests in Shares 1. Identity of the Issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: MONEYSUPERMARKET.COM GROUP PLC 2. Reason for notification (yes/no): Yes An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: Other (please specify): Exemption Trading Book DTR 5.1.3 (4) 3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): Goldman, Sachs & Co. 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold crossed or reached if different): 16 January 2008 6. Date on which issuer notified: 18 January 2008 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 8% 8. Notified Details: 8A. Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares (if possible use ISIN code): ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.02p EACH (GB00B1ZBKY84) Situation previous to the triggering transaction: Number of shares: 29,977,936 Number of voting rights: 6.03% Resulting situation after the triggering transaction: Number of shares Number of voting rights Direct: Indirect: 42,803,578: Percentage of voting rights Direct: Indirect: 8.62% 8B. Financial Instruments: Resulting situation after triggering transaction: Type of financial instrument N/A Expiration date N/A Exercise/conversion period/date N/A No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the N/A instrument exercised/converted) Percentage of voting rights N/A TOTAL A + B: Number of voting rights 42,803,578 Percentage of voting rights 8.62% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and / or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: The interest in 42,803,578 shares arose from an 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. Proxy Voting 10. Name of proxy holder: N/A 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: N/A 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: N/A 13. Additional Information: General email contact: shareholderdisclosures@gs.com 14. Contact name: Sean Rogers / Alan Cox 15. Contact telephone number: 0207-552-9205 / 0207-774 -8774 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange