Notifiable interest

14 Jul 2006 17:04

Sanctuary Group PLC14 July 2006 Sanctuary Group PLC THE SANCTUARY GROUP PLC (the 'Company') NOTIFIABLE INTEREST The Company was informed on 13 July 2006 by UBS AG ("UBS") that, as at close of business on 10 July 2006, it was interested in 25,354,759 ordinary shares of 2 pence each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares'), representing approximately 11.41 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company. The above interest is held as follows: +-------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+|Registered Holder | Number of Shares| %|+-------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+| | | ||UBS AG London Branch | 17,439,651| 7.85|+-------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+| | | |+-------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+|UBS Global Asset Management Life Limited | 3,361| 0.002|+-------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+|UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Limited | 2,713,545| 1.22|+-------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+|UBS Fund Services (Luxembourg) SA | 677,600| 0.30|+-------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+|UBS AG (Switzerland) | 2,291726| 1.03|+-------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+|UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG | 2,228,876| 1.00|+-------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+| | | |+-------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+|Total | 25,354,759| 11.41|+-------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+ The Company was subsequently informed on 13 July 2006 by UBS that, as at close of business on 11 July 2006, it was interested in 226,831,239 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 12.08 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company. The above interest is held as follows: +-------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+|Registered Holder | Number of Shares| %|+-------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+| | | ||UBS AG London Branch | 17,439,651| 7.85|+-------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+| | | |+-------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+|UBS Global Asset Management Life Limited | 3,361| 0.002|+-------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+|UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Limited | 2,713,545| 1.22|+-------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+|UBS Fund Services (Luxembourg) SA | 677,600| 0.30|+-------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+|UBS AG (Switzerland) | 3,768,206| 1.70|+-------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+|UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG | 2,228,876| 1.00|+-------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+| | | |+-------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+|Total | 26,831,239| 12.08|+-------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+ 14 July 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange