9th Nov 2005 11:49
HSBC Holdings PLC09 November 2005 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES Section 198 - Companies Act 1985 The Company was notified on 08 November that Credit Suisse First Boston, throughits subsidiaries listed below, had a notifiable interest as at 04 November 2005in 625,414,299 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each in HSBC Holdings plc,representing approximately 5.52% of the ordinary shares in issue. A copy of the letter of notification is quoted below. N S Black Assistant Secretary HSBC Holdings plc Letter to HSBC Holdings plc dated 08 November from Rob Daborn, Vice President,Equities Compliance, Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Limited "Dear Sirs HSBC Holdings plc (the "Company") This notification relates to the ordinary shares of the Company (the "shares")and is given in fulfilment of the obligations imposed under Section 198 of theCompanies Act 1985 (the "Act"). We hereby notify you that on 04 November, CSFB (as defined below) holds thefollowing interests in the issued share capital of the Company: 1. Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Limited ("CSFBEL"): 31,926,221 shares. CSFBEL is interested in these shares under section under section 208(5) of the act by virtue of the right to redelivery of equivalent securities under stock lending arrangements. 2. Credit Suisse First Boston International ("CSFBi"): 196,858,275 shares. CSFBi has an interest of 3,694,904 of these shares under section 208(5) of the act by virtue of the right to redelivery of equivalent securities under stock lending arrangements. 3. Credit Suisse First Boston (Hong Kong) Limited ("CSFBHK"): 396,554,358 shares. 4. Credit Suisse First Boston LLC ("CSFBLL): 63,795 shares. 5. Credit Suisse First Boston Capital LLC ("CSFBC"): 11,650 shares. CSFB now holds a total interest of 625,414,299 shares being equivalent toapproximately 5.52% of the issued share capital of the Company. CSFBEL, CSFBi, CSFBLLC and CSFBHK are members of the investment banking businessof Credit Suisse and reference to CSFB in this letter includes all of thesubsidiaries and affiliates of Credit Suisse operating under the Credit SuisseFirst Boston name. Those CSFB companies, which are direct or indirect holdingcompanies of CSFBEL, CSFBi, CSFBC, CSFBLLC and CSFBHK are under the terms ofsection 203 of the Act, each interested by attribution in any shares in whichCSFBEL, CSFBi, CSFBC, CSFBLLC and CSFBHK are interested. Yours faithfully Rob Daborn Vice President - Equities Compliance" This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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