Holding(s) in Company

notification of major interests in shares

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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the       | ECOSECURITIES GROUP PLC  |
| underlying issuer of existing shares   |                          |
| to which voting rights are attached:   |                          |
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| 2. Reason for the notification     (please tick the     |         |
| appropriate box or boxes)                               |         |
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights             |    x    |
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| An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments     |         |
| which may result in the acquisition of shares already   |         |
| issued to which voting rights are attached              |         |
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights        |         |
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| Other (please specify): Exemption Trading Book DTR      |    x    |
| 5.1.3 (4)                                               |         |
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to   | The Goldman Sachs Group, |
| the notification obligation:           |           Inc.           |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if     |                          |
| different from 3.):                    |      Goldman Sachs       |
|                                        |      International       |
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| 5. Date of the transaction (and date   |    22 SEPTEMBER 2009     |
| on which the threshold is crossed or   |                          |
| reached if different):                 |                          |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:      |    24 SEPTEMBER 2009     |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |         Below 3%         |
| reached:                               |                          |
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| 8. Notified details:                   |                    |     |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                  |
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|Class/type of shares |Situation previous|Resulting situation after the triggering    |
| if possible using   |to the Triggering |transaction                                 |
|the ISIN CODE        |transaction       |                                            |
|                     |------------------+--------------------------------------------|
|                     |Number of |Number |Number|Number of voting  |% of voting rights|
|                     |Shares    |of     |of    |rights ix         |                  |
|                     |          |Voting |shares|                  |                  |
|                     |          |Rights |------+------------------+------------------|
|                     |          |viii   |Direct|Direct  x|Indirect| Direct |Indirect |
|                     |          |       |      |         |   xi   |        |         |
|---------------------+----------+-------+------+---------+--------+--------+---------|
|    IE00B0PR8X46     |6,208,792 | 5.25% |      |         |        |        |         |
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| B: Financial Instruments                                          |
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii          |
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| Type of    | Expiration | Exercise/    | Number of       | % of   |
| financial  | date xiii  | Conversion   | voting rights   | voting |
| instrument |            | Period/ Date | that may be     | rights |
|            |            | xiv          | acquired if the |        |
|            |            |              | instrument is   |        |
|            |            |              | exercised/      |        |
|            |            |              | converted.      |        |
|------------+------------+--------------+-----------------+--------|
|            |            |              |                 |        |
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| Total (A+B)                                  |
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| Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
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|                         |      Below 3%      |
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting      |
| rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if  |
| applicable xv:                                                    |
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| We hereby notify you that as at close of business on 22 September |
| 2009, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., of 85 Broad Street, New      |
| York, NY 10004, USA, no longer has a notifiable interest in       |
| shares.                                                           |
|                                                                   |
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| Proxy Voting:                                                     |
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                               | N/A |
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to      | N/A |
| hold:                                                       |     |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting    | N/A |
| rights:                                                     |     |
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| 13. Additional information:   | General email contact:        |
|                               | [e-mail] |
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| 14. Contact name:             | Jodie Forbes                  |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020- 7552-5256                |
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