Holding in Company

5 Jan 2007 17:05

PLUS Markets Group plc ("the Company")

On 5 January 2007, the Company received notification that as at close of business on 3 January 2007, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. of 85, Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, USA, was interested, by attribution only, in a total of 7,996,600 ordinary shares of the Company.

Of these 7,996,600 shares:

The interest in 7,850,000 shares arose from a beneficial interest held by Goldman Sachs International, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of GS Inc.

The interest in 146,600 shares arose from an interest held by Goldman, Sachs & Co., a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of GS Inc, acting as custodian for its customers.