27th Dec 2006 14:18
Highway Insurance Holdings PLC27 December 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of Company: HIGHWAY INSURANCE HOLDINGS PLC 2. Name of Shareholder having a major interest: BARCLAYS PLC 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect ofholding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficialinterest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of thatperson's spouse or children under the age of 18: NOTIFICATION BY BARCLAYS PLC OF A NOTIFIABLE INTEREST THROUGH THE LEGAL ENTITIES/REGISTERED HOLDERS LISTED IN 4 BELOW. 4. Name of the legal entities / registered holder(s) and, if more thanone holder, the number of shares held by each of them: Legal Entity Holding Percentage HeldBarclays Bank plc 1,478,122 0.7234Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 1,834,288 0.8977Barclays Global Investors Ltd 17,362,334 8.4971Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 2,102,078 1.0288Gerrard Ltd 94,083 0.0460 TOTAL 22,870,905 11.1930 Registered Holder Account Designation HoldingBank of Ireland 258227 277,266Bank of Ireland 4239749 562,254Bank of Ireland 427057 273,658Bank of New York 210405 365,301Bank of New York 221428 119,324Bank of New York 768198 54,135Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited CREST ID. 11X13 1,212,433Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited CREST ID. 11X13 265,689Barclays Capital Nominees Ltd 2,102,078Chase Nominees Ltd 16376 114,164Chase Nominees Ltd 20947 7,823,607Chase Nominees Ltd 21359 410,300Chase Nominees Ltd 25772 267,667Chase Nominees Ltd 27797 106,373Chase Nominees Ltd 27800 646,091Chase Nominees Ltd 28270 275,973Chase Nominees Ltd 31961 902,788Citibank 6010782807 492,195HSBC 845315 4,222J P Morgan (BGI Custody) 16331 192,132J P Morgan (BGI Custody) 16341 781,952J P Morgan (BGI Custody) 16344 249,511J P Morgan (BGI Custody) 16345 334,720J P Morgan (BGI Custody) 16400 1,302,423J P Morgan (BGI Custody) 16482 844,144J P Morgan (BGI Custody) 16612 346,439J P Morgan (BGI Custody) 16901 111,126J P Morgan (BGI Custody) 18409 170,538J P Morgan (BGI Custody) 38245 25,901Midland Bank (HSBC Bank plc) 772823 718,219Northern Trust CVS21 401,048Northern Trust TNF01 485,878Northern Trust UKE01 537,273R C Greig Nominees Limited 38,600R C Greig Nominees Limited 29,030R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 7,620R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 12,133R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 6,700 TOTAL 22,870,905 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired: N/A 6. Percentage of issued class: N/A 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed: NOT DISCLOSED 8. Percentage of issued class: N/A 9. Class of security: ORDINARY SHARES OF 20P EACH. 10. Date of transaction: 14 DECEMBER 2006 11. Date company informed: 27 DECEMBER 2006 12. Total holding following this notification: 22,870,905 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 11.19% 14. Any additional information: 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries: P J LAMPSHIRE, 01277 266308 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsiblefor making this notification: P J LAMPSHIRE, COMPANY SECRETARY Date of Notification 27 DECEMBER 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Barclays