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Hiscox Ltd15 March 2007 Notification of major interests in shares Hiscox Ltd announces that on 13 March 2007 it received the following notificationfrom Fidelity International Limited (FIL) pursuant to the Disclosure and Transparency Rules. Robin Mehta, Company Secretary, Hiscox Ltd.Tel. +1 441 278 8320 TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: Hiscox Ltd 2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No): ( ) An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( ) An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( ) An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( ) Other (please specify) : (X) Revised due to DTR rules - see Section 13 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: Fidelity International Limited (FIL) 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): Nominee Shares Held Management Company STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 170,587 FPMSTATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 127,785 FILNORTHERN TRUST LONDON 815,099 FPMJP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 470,506 FPMJP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 8,547,467 FISLJP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 9,694,303 FILJP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 761,894 FIIHSBC BANK PLC 443,383 FPMBANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN 2,145,565 FIIBANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 161,771 FPM Fidelity International Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for variousdirect and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Fund Management Limited(FFML), Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST),Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), Fidelity InvestmentsManagement (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM),Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and Fidelity Investments International (FII),investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutionalclients. 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): Revised due to DTR rules 6. Date on which issuer notified: 12 March 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: N/A 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN CODE): BMG4593F1041 Situation previous to the triggering transaction: Number of shares: 23,338,360 Number of voting rights: 23,338,360 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction: Number of shares (direct): 0 Number of voting rights (direct): 0 Number of voting rights (indirect): 23,338,360 % of voting rights (direct): 0.00% % of voting rights (indirect): 5.92% Total voting rights: 23,338,360 shares (5.92%) 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: Nominee Shares Held Management Company STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 170,587 FPMSTATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 127,785 FILNORTHERN TRUST LONDON 815,099 FPMJP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 470,506 FPMJP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 8,547,467 FISLJP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 9,694,303 FILJP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 761,894 FIIHSBC BANK PLC 443,383 FPMBANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN 2,145,565 FIIBANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 161,771 FPM Fidelity International Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for variousdirect and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Fund Management Limited(FFML), Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST),Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), Fidelity InvestmentsManagement (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM),Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and Fidelity Investments International (FII),investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutionalclients. Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: Fidelity International Limited (FIL) 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: N/A 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights N/A 13. Additional information: As discussed with the FSA, prior to the implementation of the EU TransparencyDirective, we aggregated the interests in shares of FMR Corp (FMR) and FidelityInternational Limited (FIL) together for the purposes of shareholder reporting.According to the new DTR rules we are now reporting the indirect holdings of FMRand FIL separately. For this issuer FMR Corp currently has no holdings. Pleasenote these holdings are correct as of close of business 08 March 2007. 14. Contact name: Laura Cotterell 15. Contact telephone number: [email protected] This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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