Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8321G

Hiscox Ltd

08 February 2010

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATIONS OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:				Hiscox Limited
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 qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		Invesco 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:		05 February 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:		08 February 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		13%

8. Notified details:

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

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary 5p Shares

45,074,753

45,074,753

48,909,615

13.04%

BMG4593F1041

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

48,909,615

13.04%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Brown Brothers Harriman (New Jersey) - 126,554 Bank of Ireland (Dublin) - 307,198 Bank of New York - 40,530,383 JP Morgan Chase - 98,695 HSBC Bank plc (London) - 851,576 Mellon Bank Pittsburgh - 244,841 State Street Trust & Banking (Boston) - 100,508 State Street Trust & Banking (London) - 6,141,853 Northern Trust Company (London) - 498,205 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Ltd  - 9,802
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:
14. Contact name:	Sam Edwards
15. Contact telephone number:	01491 416381

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in share
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)
Phone number & email
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Invesco Limited
Contact address	Registered address: 30 Finsbury Square London EC2A 1AG
Phone number & email	020 7638 0731
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information

 

END

 

 

HOLUWRSRRVAURAR