Holding(s) in Company

4th Oct 2007 15:40

Hochschild Mining PLC04 October 2007 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: Hochschild Mining PLC --------------------------------------------------------------------------------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 areattached No --------------------------------------------------------------------------------An event changing the breakdown of voting rights No--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Other (please specify):______________ No--------------------------------------------------------------------------------3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation: Eduardo Hochschild --------------------------------------------------------------------------------4. Full name of shareholder(s) (ifdifferent from 3): -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): 3 October 2007-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Date on which issuer notified: 3 October 2007--------------------------------------------------------------------------------7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: From 69.94% to 59.00% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8: Notified Details-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A: Voting rights attached to shares-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Class/type of Situation previous to shares the triggering if possible transaction Resulting situation after the triggering transactionus ISIN code -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Number Number of Number of Percentage of shares of shares voting rights voting rights voting --------------------------------------- rights Direct Indirect Direct IndirectOrdinarySharesGB00B1FW5029 214,962,500 Same 181,350,426 0 181,350,426 0 59.00%------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B: Financial InstrumentsResulting situation after the triggering transaction-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Type of Expiration Exercise/ No. of voting rights that may Percentagefinancial date conversion be acquired (if the instrument of votinginstrument period/ exercised/converted) rights date------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total (A+B)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights--------------------------------------------------------------------------------181,350,426 59.00%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Pelham Investment Corporation ("Pelham") directly owns 181,350,426 ordinaryshares of the issuer. Eduardo Hochschild controls the board of Pelham and indirectly beneficially owns100% of the share capital of Pelham.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Proxy Voting: 10. Name of proxy holder: N/A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: N/A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: N/A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------13. Additional information:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------14 Contact name: Robert C. Muffly--------------------------------------------------------------------------------15. Contact telephone name: +1 212-888-3033-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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