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Hot Tuna (International) plc03 December 2007 TR-1(i): notification of major interests in shares +---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | ||issuer of existing shares to which voting | Hot Tuna (International) plc ||rights are attached(ii): | |+---------------------------------------------+----------------------+---------+|2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or | ||boxes) | |+--------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X |+--------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+|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 the | Allianz SE ||notification obligation(iii): | |+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different | Allianz Cornhill Insurance Plc ||from 3.)(iv): | |+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+|5. Date of the transaction (and date on which| 29 November 2007 ||the threshold is crossed or reached if | ||different)(v): | |+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+|6. Date on which issuer notified: | 03 December 2007 |+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | 6% ||reached: | |+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+|8. Notified details: | |+---------------------------------------------+----------------------+---------++---------------------------------------------+----------------------+---------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|A: Voting rights attached to shares |+------------+-----------------+----------------------------------------------------+|Class/type |Situation |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction||of shares |previous to the |(vii) ||if possible |Triggering | ||using the |transaction (vi) | ||ISIN CODE +--------+--------+---------+--------------------+---------------------+| |Number |Number |Number of|Number of voting |% of voting rights || |of |of |shares |rights ix | || |Shares |Voting +---------+----------+---------+----------+----------+| | |Rights |Direct |Direct x |Indirect |Direct |Indirect || | |viii | | |xi | | |+------------+--------+--------+---------+----------+---------+----------+----------+| | | | |5,400,000 | | | ||GB00B0L31155| | | | | | 6.978% | || | | | | | | | |+------------+--------+--------+---------+----------+---------+----------+----------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|B: Financial Instruments |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii |+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+|Type of |Expiration |Exercise/ |Number of voting |% of voting||financial |date xiii |Conversion Period/|rights that may be |rights ||instrument | |Date xiv |acquired if the | || | | |instrument is | || | | |exercised/ | || | | |converted. | |+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+| | | | | |+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Total (A+B) |+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|Number of voting rights |% of voting rights |+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+| | || 5,400,000 | 6.978% |+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or ||the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv: |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Allianz SE is the ultimate holding company of Allianz Holdings plc which is a||holding company of Allianz Cornhill Insurance Plc. The shares in Allianz ||Holdings Plc are held by Allianz UK Limited, which is a 66.7% owned ||subsidiary of Allianz Europe Limited ("Allianz Europe"). The other 33.3% of ||shares in Allianz UK Limited are owned by Allianz Liebensversicherungs GmbH, ||which is itself an indirect subsidiary of Allianz SE. Allianz Europe is an ||85% owned subsidiary of AZ-Argos 10 Vermogensverwaltungsgesellschaft GmbH ||which in its turn is a wholely owned subsidiary of Allianz SE. Allianz SE is ||also the owner of the other 15% of Allianz Europe. |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|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: |The disclosed holding is based on the || |issuers' 'Total Voting Rights...' || |announcement dated 04 July 2007 of || |77,380,067. Allianz Cornhill Insurance Plc || |are interested in entire 6.978% of the total|| |voting rights of Hot Tuna (International) || |plc. |+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+|14. Contact name: |Irina Daniel / James Wall |+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+|15. Contact telephone number: |020 7475 5617 / 020 7475 2194 |+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares xvi+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification ||obligation |+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+|Full name (including legal form for legal |Allianz SE ||entities) | |+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+|Contact address (registered office for |Koniginastrasse 28 ||legal entities) |80802 Munich || |Germany |+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+|Phone number |+49 89 38 00 00 |+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+|Other useful information (at least legal | ||representative for legal persons) | |+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable xvii |+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+|Full name |Dresdner Kleinwort Group Limited |+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+|Contact address |30 Gresham Street || |London EC2V 7PG |+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+|Phone number |020 7623 8000 |+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+|Other useful information (e.g. functional |Subsidiary ||relationship with the person or legal | ||entity subject to the notification | ||obligation) | |+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|C: Additional information |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+| |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Notes-------------------------- (i) This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filedwith the competent authority.(ii) Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifyingthe issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate.(iii) This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the personacquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided for inDTR5.2.1 (b) to (h); (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to inDTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial instrumentsentitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights are attached,as appropriate.In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), thefollowing list is provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned:- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that acquires thevoting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and thenatural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for considerationthe voting rights;- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding thecollateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights anddeclares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the collateralunder these conditions;- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a lifeinterest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the voting rightsattached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the voting rights whenthe life interest is created;- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent undertaking and,provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under DTR 5.1, underDTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those situations, thecontrolled undertaking;- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of theshares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares depositedwith him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing the deposittaker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion;- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person that controls thevoting rights;- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he canexercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has givenhis proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting rightsat his discretion.(iv) Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This shouldbe the full name of the shareholder or holder of financial instruments who isthe counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in DTR5.2.(v) The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an onexchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in thecase of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement.The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which theacquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect (seeDTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event tookeffect.(DEL: :DEL)These dates will usually be the same unless the transaction is subject to acondition beyond the control of the parties.(vi) Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification, Incase the situation previous to the triggering transaction was below 3%, pleasestate 'below 3%'.vii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold , the notifying partyshould not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the newholding is less than 3%. For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure ofindividual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individuallycrosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into,introducing changes to or terminating an agreement.viii Direct and indirectix In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached 'directholding' and voting rights 'indirect holdings', please split the voting rightsnumber and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there is nocombined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.X Voting rights attached to shares in respect of which the notifying party is adirect shareholder (DTR 5.1)xi Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect shareholder (DTR5.2.1)xii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying partyshould not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the newholding is below 3%.xiii date of maturity / expiration of the finical instrument i.e. the date whenthe right to acquire shares ends.xiv If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the period- forexample once every three months starting from the (date)xv The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakingsthrough which the voting rights are held. The notification should also includethe amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each controlledundertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking holds 3% ormore, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking is intended tocover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking.xvi This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority.xvii Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the shareholderor the natural person/legal entity referred to in DTR5.2 and DTR5.3. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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