London Stock Exchange Plc
26 January 2006
London Stock Exchange plc
26 January 2006
London Stock Exchange plc received the following letter from The Goldman Sachs
Group, Inc. on 26 January 2006.
This notification relates to issued ordinary shares in the capital of the
Company ("shares") and is given in fulfilment of the obligations imposed by
sections 198 to 203 of the Companies Act 1985 (the "Act").
We hereby notify you that as at close of business on 24 January 2006, The
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., ("GS Inc") of 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004,
USA, was interested, by attribution only, in 11,252,189 shares.
Of these 11,252,189 shares:
• The interest in 1,359,683 shares arose from the interest held by
Goldman, Sachs & Co., a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of GS Inc, acting as
custodian for its customers. These shares are, or will be, registered in the
name of Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees), Limited.
• The interest in 9,892,506 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.
London Stock Exchange plc, name of contact and telephone number for queries
Lisa Condron, Company Secretary Tel: 020 7797 3517
Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this
notification
Lisa Condron, Company Secretary
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