Holding in Company

2 Aug 2007 18:13

Sanctuary Group PLC02 August 2007 TR-l: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1.Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached (ii): Sanctuary Group PLC 2.Reason for the notification: (please state Yes/No): An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in theacquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: YES An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: Other (please specify) 3.Full name of the person(s) subject to the notification obligation: Credit Agricole Cheuvreux International Ltd 4.Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): Credit Agricole Cheuvreux International Ltd 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: 31 July 2007 6.Date on which issuer notified: 2 August 2007 7.Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Holding after transaction went through percentage threshold 8.Notified details:A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares if possible using Situation previous to the Triggeringthe ISIN CODE transaction (vi) Number of Number of shares voting Rights (viii)GB00B0Y6NC65 6,670,954 6,670,954 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii) Less than 3% Class/type of shares if Number of Number of voting rights % of votingpossible using the ISIN shares (ix) rightsCODE Direct (x) Indirect (xi) Direct IndirectGB00B0Y6NC65 B: Financial InstrumentsResulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii) Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights that may % offinancial Date Conversion be acquired if the instrument is votinginstrument (xiii) Period/Date exercised/ converted. rights (xiv) Total (A+B)Number of voting rights% of voting rights 9.Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv SAS Rue La Boetie,Credit Agricole SACredit AGricole Cheuvreux SA Less than 3% Proxy Voting: 10.Name of the proxy holder: Not applicable 11.Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: Not applicable 12.Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: Not applicable 13.Additional information Not applicable 14.Contact name: Karen Browne 15.Contact telephone number: 020 7214 5282 END2 August 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange