RNS Number:0624L
Omega Underwriting Holdings PLC
25 October 2006
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1) Name of company
OMEGA UNDERWRITING HOLDINGS PLC
2) Name of shareholder having a major interest
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., ("GS Inc")
3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18
See 14 below
4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them
Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees), Limited 13,131,686
CREST account CREPTEMP 1,241,963
5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
Not disclosed
6) Percentage of issued class
N/A
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
Not disclosed
8) Percentage of issued class
N/A
9) Class of security
Ordinary shares of 5p
10) Date of transaction
Not disclosed
11) Date company informed
25 October 2006
12) Total holding following this notification
14,373,649
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
9.75%
14) Any additional information
As at close of business on 23 October 2006, The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., of 85
Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, USA, was interested, by attribution only, in a
total of 14,373,649 shares.
Of these 14,373,649 shares,
a) The interest in 13,131,686 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.
b) The interest in 1,241,963 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.
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
J P Gorman 020 7935 0027
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Jeremy Gorman, Company Secretary
Date of notification 25 October 2006
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