8th Feb 2006 17:49
Hiscox PLC08 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 company for various direct andindirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL) andFidelity Pension Management (FPM), investment managers for various non-USinvestment companies and institutional clients.The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward CJohnson 3rd, a principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a nonbeneficial interest; orin the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouseor children under the age of 18 As 2 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Management No. Shares Percentage ofRegistered Holder Company Held capital (%)JP Morgan, Bournemouth FPM 1,705,893 0.44State Street Bank and Trust Co FPM 1,542,805 0.39London Northern Trust London FPM 1,488,222 0.38Citibank London FPM 509,302 0.13HSBC Bank plc FPM 403,383 0.10Bank of New York Brussels FPM 368,295 0.09Mellon Bank FPM 44,404 0.01JP Morgan, Bournemouth FISL 30,272,266 7.72State Street Bank and Trust Co FIL 157,285 0.04London Bank of New York Europe FII 1,592,665 0.41London JP Morgan Bournemouth FII 1,466,531 0.37 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 13,410,574 6 Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 3.42% 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed N/A 8. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) N/A 9. Class of security Ordinary 5p shares 10. Date of transaction Not disclosed 11. Date listed company informed 8 February 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 39,551,051 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage) 10.09% 14. Any additional information The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorised unittrust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuantto section 209(1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notificationsof interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarityand efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FidelityInternational Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward CJohnson 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 wherea person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a rightconferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of suchrights, 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 companyresponsible for making this notification S J Bridges, Company Secretary Date of notification 8 February 2006 The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of thisdocument or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damagesfor loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwisefrom the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained init, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document orany such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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