Holding(s) in Company
Hiscox PLC
13 February 2006
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Name of listed company
Hiscox plc
2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
Fidelity International Limited (FIL), parent holding company for various direct
and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL) and
Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), investment managers for various non-US
investment companies and institutional clients.
The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C
Johnson 3rd, a principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited.
3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a nonbeneficial 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
As 2
4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them
Management No. Shares Percentage of
Registered Holder Company Held capital (%)
JP Morgan, Bournemouth FPM 1,705,893 0.44
State Street Bank and Trust Co FPM 1,542,805 0.39
London
Northern Trust London FPM 1,488,222 0.38
Citibank London FPM 509,302 0.13
HSBC Bank plc FPM 403,383 0.10
Bank of New York Brussels FPM 357,795 0.09
Mellon Bank FPM 44,404 0.01
JP Morgan, Bournemouth FISL 29,380,866 7.50
State Street Bank and Trust Co FIL 157,285 0.04
London
Bank of New York Europe FII 1,592,665 0.41
London
JP Morgan Bournemouth FII 1,466,531 0.37
5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
N/A
6 Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed company
should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)
N/A
7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
901,900
8. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed company
should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)
0.23%
9. Class of security
Ordinary 5p shares
10. Date of transaction
Not disclosed
11. Date listed company informed
10 February 2006
12. Total holding following this notification
38,649,151
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any
treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when
calculating percentage)
9.86%
14. Any additional information
The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorised unit
trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant
to section 209(1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.
These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications
of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarity
and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that Fidelity
International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C
Johnson 3rd act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests,
or that they are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis.
The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4)(b) of the Act, namely where
a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right
conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such
rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
David Taylor, 020 7448 6791
16. Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company
responsible for making this notification
S J Bridges, Company Secretary
Date of notification
13 February 2006
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