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Highway Insurance Holdings PLC04 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 ENTITIESLISTED 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: BARCLAYS BANK PLC 1,478,122BARCLAYS LIFE ASSURANCE CO LTD 1,777,350BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS LTD 18,142,396BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD 4,017,322GERRARD LTD 64,120 TOTAL 25,479,310 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired: NOT DISCLOSED 6. Percentage of issued class: N/A 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed: N/A 8. Percentage of issued class: N/A 9. Class of security: ORDINARY SHARES OF 20P EACH. 10. Date of transaction: NOT DISCLOSED 11. Date company informed: 1 DECEMBER 2006 12. Total holding following this notification: 25,479,310 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 12.47% 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 4 DECEMBER 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Barclays