16th Aug 2006 15:08
Hiscox PLC16 August 2006 This announcement replaces Hiscox Plc 'Holding(s) in company' RNS no. 7481H released at 14.44pm. Section 16, Date of notification has been amended from 13 February 2006 to 16 August 2006. NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of listed company Hiscox plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest (a) FMR Corp, parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company(FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management TrustCompany (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investmentmanager of various pension and trust accounts. (b) Fidelity International Limited (FIL), parent holding company for variousdirect and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd(FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited(FIA(K)L), Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FidelityPension Management (FPM), and Fidelity Investments International (FII),investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutionalclients. (c) The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of MrEdward C Johnson 3rd, a principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and FidelityInternational Limited. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a non-beneficial interest; orin the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouseor children under the age of 18 Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries,being non-beneficial holders. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Registered Holder Management No. Shares Held Percentage of Company capital (%) JP Morgan Bournemouth FPM 4,034,793 1.03Northern Trust London FPM 1,956,922 0.50State Street Bankand Trust Co London FPM 1,033,105 0.26Citibank London FPM 509,302 0.13HSBC Bank plc FPM 443,383 0.11Bank of New YorkBrussels FPM 161,771 0.04JP Morgan, Bournemouth FISL 22,699,563 5.78JP Morgan, Bournemouth FIL 511,203 0.13State Street Bankand Trust Co London FIL 171,285 0.04Bank of New YorkEurope London FII 1,850,465 0.47JP Morgan Bournemouth FII 1,184,531 0.30 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired N/A 6 Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) N/A 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed 1,062,100 8. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 0.27% 9. Class of security Ordinary 5p shares 10. Date of transaction Not disclosed 11. Date listed company informed 16 August 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 34,556,323 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) 8.79% 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 16 August 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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