Notifiable Interest

20 Jul 2006 11:53

Sanctuary Group PLC20 July 2006 Sanctuary Group PLC THE SANCTUARY GROUP PLC (the 'Company') NOTIFIABLE INTEREST The Company was informed on 19 July 2006 by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Inc.") that, as at close of business on 17 July 2006, it is interested in 27,982,210 ordinary shares of 2 pence each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares'), representing approximately 12.59 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 | 16,157,663| 7.27|+-----------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+|Goldman, Sachs & Co | 360,556| 0.16||GS Inc (acting as discretionary managers)| 11,466,991| 5.16|+-----------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+| | | |+-----------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+|Total | 27,982,210| 12.59|+-----------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+| | | |+-----------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+| | | |+-----------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+ 20 July 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange