Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9780V

Beazley PLC

20 July 2009

 



TR-1:    Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Beazley plc

2: Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached		no
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments		no
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights		no
Other (please specify):		no

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification        obligation:	Standard Life Investments Ltd
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Vidacos Nominees
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold     is crossed or reached):	16 July 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	17 July 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	6%

8:  Notified Details
Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of share    If possible use ISIN code		JE00B64G9089
Situation previous to the triggering transaction
Number of shares		Number of voting rights
32,110,452		32,110,452
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
31,929,463	13,135,435	18,794,028	2.463%	3.524%

Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage 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
31,929,463	5.987%

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:
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:	Sian Coope
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 667 0623

 

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