Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC
10 March 2008
TR 1 Notification of Major Interests in Shares
1. Identity of the Issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached:
MONEYSUPERMARKET.COM 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): Exemption Trading Book DTR 5.1.3 (4)
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 & Co. Goldman Sachs International
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold crossed or reached if
different):
06 March 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:
10 March 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
9%
8. Notified Details:
8A.Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares (if possible use ISIN code):
ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.02p EACH (GB00B1ZBKY84)
Situation previous to the triggering transaction:
Number of shares: 42,803,578
Number of voting rights: 8.62%
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:
Number of shares Direct: 2,563,629
Number of voting rights Indirect: 43,153,578
Percentage of voting rights Direct: 0.516%
Indirect: 8.686%
8B. Financial Instruments:
Resulting situation after triggering transaction:
Type of financial instrument N/A
Expiration date N/A
Exercise/conversion period/date N/A
No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the N/A
instrument exercised/converted)
Percentage of voting rights N/A
TOTAL A + B:
Number of voting rights 45,717,207
Percentage of voting rights 9.20%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and / or
the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
The interest in 43,153,578 shares arose from an 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 2,563,629 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:
11.Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12.Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13.Additional Information:
General email contact:
shareholderdisclosures@gs.com
14.Contact name:
Sean Rogers / Alan Cox
15.Contact telephone number:
0207-552-9205 / 0207-774 -8774
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