SuperGroup Regulatory News (SGP)

18 May 2005 12:10

Sanctuary Group PLC18 May 2005 Notification of Major interests in shares The Sanctuary Group plc ("the Company") 18 May 2005 The Company was notified on 18 May 2005 that Morgan Stanley Securities Limited("MSSL") acquired of an interest in the ordinary shares of the Company on 13 May2005 with the result that MSSL now have a beneficial interest in the Company of30,017,540 shares, being approximately 8.09% of the issued share capital of theCompany. MSSL have transferred from time to time 29,308,402 shares to a third party onterms which gave MSSL the right to require the return of an equivalent number ofshares. Accordingly, MSSL's interest in 29,308,402 shares is pursuant to Section208(5) of the Companies Act 1985. MSSL is a member of the Morgan Stanley Group of companies. Those group companieswhich are direct or indirect holding companies of MSSL are, under the terms ofsection 203 of the Companies Act 1985, each interested by attribution in anyshares in which MSSL is interested. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange