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 The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of this document or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission. The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise from the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained in it, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document or any such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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