Healthcare Enterprise Group PLC ("HCEG") announces that it was informed yesterday evening that Nigel Wray, who is entitled to exercise more than one-third of the voting power at general meetings of Prestbury Investment Holdings Limited ("Prestbury"), an existing shareholder of HCEG, has, with effect from 4 March 2004, personally acquired 20,000,000 ordinary shares of 0.1p each in HCEG ("Ordinary Shares") and consequently, the number of Ordinary Shares in which he is interested either personally or by reason of his shareholding in Prestbury has increased from 290,448,820 to 310,448,820.
In addition, Nigel Wray's infant child and certain trusts of which he is a trustee are interested in an aggregate of 25,250,000 Ordinary Shares.
9 March 2004
Enquiries:
Healthcare Enterprise Group PLC Tel: 020 7659 6158
Stuart Bruck, Executive Chairman
College Hill Tel: 020 7457 2020
Alex Sandberg / Nicholas Nelson / Corinna Dorward
