Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                      
of existing shares to which voting rights are                     HgCAPITAL TRUST PLC   
attached:ii                                                                             
                                                                                        
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                            Yes
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result        X
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached         
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to              X
qualifying financial instruments                                                        
                                                                                        
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                       X
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                                                                X
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the               The Co-operative Asset Management
notification obligation:iii                                                             
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                    Co-operative Insurance Society Limited
 (if different from 3.):iv                                                              
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                    29th September 2009
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                         30th September
                                                                                    2009
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                            3.773%
reached: vi, vii                                                                        
                                                                                        


 

8. Notified details:                                                                      
                                                                                          
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                              
                                                                                          
Class/type   Situation previous          Resulting situation after the triggering         
of           to the triggering           transaction                                      
shares       transaction                                                                  
                                                                                          
             Number          Number      Number        Number of voting    % of  voting   
if possible  of              of          of shares     rights              rights x       
using        Shares          Voting                                                       
the ISIN                     Rights      Direct        Direct   Indirect Direct Indirect
CODE                                                                                   
                                                                                                                     
                                                                                          
GB0003921052  590,200       590,200      950,200      950,200             3.773%         
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                  
                                                                                          
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                       
                                                                                          
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                      
                                                                                          
Type of        Expiration      Exercise/                Number of voting        % of      
financial      date            Conversion Period      rights that may be      voting    
instrument                                              acquired if the         rights    
                                                        instrument is                     
                                                        exercised/ converted.             
                                                                                          
N/A            N/A             N/A                      N/A                     N/A       
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial             
Instruments                                                                        
                                                                                          
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                      
                                                                                          
Type of       Exercise price Expiration Exercise/      Number of voting      % of voting  
financial                    date       Conversion     rights instrument     rights,  
instrument                              period xviii   refers to                       
                                                                            Nominal Delta  

N/A           N/A            N/A        N/A              N/A                  N/A   N/A                    
                                                                              
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
Total (A+B+C)                                                                             
                                                                                          
Number of voting rights                             Percentage of voting rights           
                                                                                          
950,200                                             3.773%                                
                                                                                          


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                           
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                   
                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                        N/A
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                                  N/A
to hold:                                                                                
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                                    N/A
voting rights:                                                                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                     N/A
13. Additional information:                                                             
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                                                    N/A
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                                                        N/A
                                                                                        
                                   
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification                  
obligation                                                                              
                                                                                        
Full name                                                                               
                                                                  The Co-operative Asset
(including legal form of legal entities)                                      Management
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Contact address                                                             CIS Building
                                                                                        
(registered office for legal entities)                                         Miller St
                                                                                        
                                                                              Manchester
                                                                                        
                                                                                 M60 0AL
                                                                                        
Phone number & email                                                                    
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(at least legal representative for legal persons)                                       
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable                                              
                                                                                        
Full name                                                                               
                                                                         Sarah Pickering
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Contact address                                                             CIS Building
                                                                                        
                                                                              22nd Floor
                                                                                        
                                                                               Miller St
                                                                                        
                                                                              Manchester
                                                                                        
                                                                                 M60 0AL
                                                                                        
Phone number & email                                                       0161 903 2079
                                                                                        
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