Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6480J

Volex Group PLC

05 December 2008

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

VOLEX GROUP PLC

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	YES
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):______________

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Goldman Sachs International
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	2 December 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	4 December 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	8%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0009390070	4,378,013	7.69%	4,620,683	4,620,683		8.12%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
4,620,683	8.12%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

The interest in 4,620,683 shares arose from a beneficial interest held by Goldman Sachs International, a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of GS Inc. These shares are, or will be, registered at CREST in account CREPTEMP.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	N/A
14 Contact name:	Wendy Tate
15. Contact telephone number:	01925 830 101

 

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