20th Feb 2006 13:07
Hiscox PLC20 February 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of listed company Hiscox plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Fidelity International Limited (FIL), parent holding company forvarious direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity InvestmentServices Ltd (FISL) and Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), investmentmanagers for various non-US investment companies and institutionalclients. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of MrEdward C Johnson 3rd, a principal shareholder of Fidelity InternationalLimited. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a nonbeneficial interest; orin the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouseor children under the age of 18 As 2 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 Percentage of Company Held capital (%)JP Morgan, Bournemouth FPM 1,705,893 0.44State Street Bank and Trust Co London FPM 1,639,205 0.42Northern Trust London FPM 1,488,222 0.38Citibank London FPM 509,302 0.13HSBC Bank plc FPM 403,383 0.10Bank of New York Brussels FPM 330,695 0.08Mellon Bank FPM 44,404 0.01JP Morgan, Bournemouth FISL 24,433,866 6.23State Street Bank and Trust Co London FIL 157,285 0.04Bank of New York Europe London FII 1,592,665 0.41JP Morgan, Bournemouth FII 1,210,531 0.31 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 5,133,700 8. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 1.31% 9. Class of security Ordinary 5p shares 10. Date of transaction Not disclosed 11. Date listed company informed 20 February 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 33,515,451 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) 8.55% 14. Any additional information The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorised unit trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant to section 209(1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarity and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C Johnson 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 where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a rightconferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such rights, 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 20 February 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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