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12 Jul 2007 15:50

Sanctuary Group PLC12 July 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): The Sanctuary Group PLC Ordinary Shares of 2 pence 2. Reason for the notification: (please state Yes/No): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 3. Full name of the person(s) subject to the notification obligation: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): Goldman, Sachs & Co., Goldman Sachs International 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: 9 July 2007 6. Date on which issuer notified: 11 July 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 10% 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class /type of Situation Previous to Resulting situation after the Triggering Transaction viishares the Triggering TransactionIf possible using Number of Number of Number of Shares Number of voting % of votingthe ISIN CODE Shares voting Rights iv Rights Rightsviii Direct Indirect Direct x Indirect Direct Indirect xi GB00B0Y6NC65 28,505,547 12.83% - - 21,684,571 285,004 9.76% 0.13% B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transactionxii Type of Expiration Exercise Number of voting % of voting Datexiii rightsfinancial instrument Conversion Rights that may be Acquired if Period / Date the instrument is exercised/ xiv converted.n/a Total (A+B) Number of voting rights % of voting rights21,969,575 9.89% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the votingrights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv The interest in 285,004 shares arose from an interest held by Goldman, Sachs &Co., a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of GS Inc, acting as custodian for itscustomers. These shares are, or will be, registered in the name of Goldman SachsSecurities (Nominees), Limited. The interest in 21,684,571 shares arose from a beneficial interest held byGoldman Sachs International, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of GS Inc. Theseshares are, or will be, registered at CREST in account CREPTEMP. 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 +-------------------------------------------------------+|General email contact: shareholderdisclosures@gs.com |+-------------------------------------------------------+ 14. Contact name: Joanne Wall / Sean Rogers 15. ontact telephone number: 44(20)7051-1704 / 44(20)7552-9205 END 12 July 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange