Holding(s) in Company

Montpellier Group PLC
07 December 2005


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

Montpellier Group Plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

The 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

This notification is in respect of two wholly owned subsidiaries of 2 being
Goldman Sachs International and Goldman, Sachs & Co.

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

Goldman Sachs International = 7,329,124 shares (Beneficial)
Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Ltd = 500 shares (Non-beneficial)

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

5,000,000

6. Percentage of issued class

8.35%

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

N/A

8. Percentage of issued class

N/A

9. Class of security

Ordinary 10p shares

10. Date of transaction

1 December 2005

11. Date company informed

6 December 2005

12. Total holding following this notification

7,329,624

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

12.24%

14. Any additional information


15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Catherine Wright - Company Secretary - 0207 522 3200

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

Catherine Wright - Group Company Secretary

Date of notification

7 December 2005

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