Notifiable Interest

19 Jul 2006 09:45

Sanctuary Group PLC19 July 2006 Sanctuary Group PLC THE SANCTUARY GROUP PLC (the 'Company') NOTIFIABLE INTEREST The Company was informed on 18 July 2006 by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Inc.") that, as at close of business on 14 July 2006, it is interested in 26,165,210 ordinary shares of 2 pence each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares'), representing approximately 11.8 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company. The above interest is held as follows: +-----------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+|Registered Holder | Number of Shares| %|+-----------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+| | | ||Goldman Sachs International | 14,337,663| 6.45|+-----------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+|Goldman, Sachs & Co | 360,556| 0.16||GS Inc (acting as discretionary managers)| 11,466,991| 5.16|+-----------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+| | | |+-----------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+|Total | 26,165,210| 11.8|+-----------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+| | | |+-----------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+| | | |+-----------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+ 19 July 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange