RNS Number:7311Q
Helphire Group PLC
09 October 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1.     Name of company

       HELPHIRE GROUP PLC

2.     Name of shareholder having a major interest

       Goldman Sachs Group 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.

       As above

4.     Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them

       3,451,800 - Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Ltd

       25,361  - Crest Account CREPTEMP

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 5p Shares

10.    Date of transaction

       7th October 2003

11.    Date company informed

       8th October 2003

12.    Total holding following this notification

       3,477,161 shares

13.    Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

       3.0%

14.    Any additional information

15.    Name of contact and telephone number for queries

       Nicholas Tilley 01225 321000

16.    Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification.

       Nicholas Tilley Company Secretary

Date of notification: 9th October 2003




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