Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0974E

Hiscox Ltd

23 September 2008

 



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 notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Invesco Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	19 September  2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	22 September  2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	9%, 10%,

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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			Percentage of voting rights
				Direct		Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary 5p Shares (BMG4593F1041)	36,001,678	36,001,678	38,254,927			38,254,927		10.40%

B: 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

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
38,254,927	10.40%

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) - 14,361 Bank of Ireland (Dublin) - 334,983 Chase Nominees - 3,817,755 Citibank - 27,454,065 HSBC Bank plc (London) - 876,255 Mellon Bank Pittsburgh - 279,067 State Street Trust & Banking (London) - 4,876,767 Northern Trust Company (London) - 590,004 Other - 11,670

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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

 

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