Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7854Q

Beazley PLC

09 August 2010

 



TR-1:               notification of major interests in shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	BEAZLEY
2. Reason for the notification  (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify): ___________
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Ignis Investment Services Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	06/08/2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	09/08/2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	3%
8. Notified details:	Nominee holdings

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights viii	Number of shares	Number of voting rights ix		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct  x	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
B64G908					15,731,444		2.981%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ Conversion  Period/ Date xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
15,731,444.00	2.981%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv:

Pearl Group Limited Impala Holdings Limited Pearl Group Holdings (No.1) Ltd Ignis Asset Management Ltd Ignis Investment Services Ltd (indirect)

Vidacos Nominees Ltd          (12,399,203.00       2.3497%) State Street Nominees          (2,128,464.00        0.4034%) BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd     (1,203,777.00         0.2281%)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:	Percentage calculation based on Issued Share Capital of 527691723
14. Contact name:	Deborah A. Wagner
15. Contact telephone number:	0141 222 8000

 

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