Notice of Interest of Substantial Shareholder Pursuant to Form 29A of the Companies Act. 1965 Reference No C&-070801-34101

Company Name	:	ASIAEP BHD (MESDAQ Market)
Stock Name	:	ASIAEP
Date Announced	:	01/08/2007

Particulars of Substantial Securities Holder
Name	:	The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Address	:	Corporation Trust Center, 1209, Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801, U.S.A.
NRIC/Passport No/Company No.	:	2923466
Nationality/Country of incorporation	:	U.S.A.
Descriptions(Class & nominal value)	:	ordinary shares of RM0.10 each
Name & address of registered holder

Goldman Sachs International
Peterborough Court, 133 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BB, United Kingdom

Date interest acquired & no of securities acquired
Date interest acquired	:	24/07/2007
No of securities	:	8,000,000
Circumstances by reason of which Securities Holder has interest	:	Indirect interest through open market acquisition of shares of asiaEP Berhad by Goldman Sachs International ("GSI"). GSI is a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Holdings (U.K.), which is a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Group Holdings (U.K.), which is in turn a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is the direct holding company of Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C. and the ultimate holding company of the other aforementioned entities.
Nature of interest	:	Indirect
Price Transacted (RM)	:
Total no of securities after change:
Direct (units)	:
Direct (%)	:
Indirect/deemed interest (units)	:	15,961,500
Indirect/deemed interest (%)	:	6.73
Date of notice	:	31/07/2007
Remarks

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