Holding(s) in Company

23 Nov 2005 13:32

Sanctuary Group PLC23 November 2005 Sanctuary Group PLC23 November 2005 Notification of Major interests in shares The Sanctuary Group plc ('the Company') 23 November 2005 The Company was notified on 23 November 2005 that as at the close of business on18 November 2005, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., ("GS Inc") was interested, byattribution only, in a total of 41,779,080 shares which represents 11.258% ofthe issued share capital of The Sanctuary Group plc. Interest in 26,115,825 shares arose from a beneficial interest held by GoldmanSachs International, a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of GS Inc. Interest in 70,000 shares arose from an interest held by Goldman, Sachs & Co, awholly owned direct subsidiary of GS Inc. Interest in 15,593,255 shares arose from the interest held by subsidiaries of GSInc acting as discretionary managers. Ends. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange