7th Dec 2009 15:03
| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES | |||||||||
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Amlin plc | ||||||||
| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | |||||||||
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Yes | ||||||||
| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | |||||||||
| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | |||||||||
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |||||||||
| Other (please specify): | |||||||||
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: | BlackRock, Inc. | ||||||||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | N/A | ||||||||
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: | 1 December 2009 | ||||||||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 4 December 2009 | ||||||||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: | Holding has gone above 5% | ||||||||
| 8. Notified details: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class/type ofshares if possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GB00B2988H17 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 25,539,601 | N/A | 5.16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate | Exercise/ Conversion Period | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | % of votingrights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of financialinstrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CFD | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,627,467 | Nominal | Delta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27,167,068 | 5.49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | |||||
| On 1 December 2009, the Barclays Global Investors (BGI) business was acquired by BlackRock, Inc. The combined holdings of BlackRock, Inc following this acquisition triggered this disclosure requirement.
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 27,167,068 (5.49%). | |||||
| Proxy Voting: | |||||
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | |||||
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | |||||
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | |||||
| 13. Additional information: | BlackRock Compliance Disclosures Team | ||||
| 14. Contact name: | Stuart Watchorn | ||||
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7743 5741 | ||||
| Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer | ||
| Annex: Notification of major interests in share | ||
| A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation | ||
| Full name (including legal form of legal entities) | BlackRock, Inc. | |
| Contact address (registered office for legal entities) | 33 King William Street, London EC4R 9AS | |
| Phone number & email | 020 7743 5741, [email protected] | |
| Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons) | Stuart Watchorn | |
| B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable | ||
| Full name | Amlin plc | |
| Contact address | St Helen's, 1 Undershaft, London, EC3A 8ND | |
| Phone number & email | 020 7746 1000, [email protected] | |
| Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation) | Charles Pender, Group Company Secretary | |
| C: Additional information | ||
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