28th Nov 2006 16:39
HSBC Holdings PLC28 November 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES Section 198 - Companies Act 1985 The Company was notified on 27 November 2006 that Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. hada notifiable interest as at 27 November 2006 in 515,386,875 ordinary shares ofUS$0.50 each in HSBC Holdings plc, representing approximately 4.45% of theordinary shares in issue. A copy of the letter of the notification is quoted below. P A StaffordDeputy Group Company SecretaryHSBC Holdings plc Letter to HSBC Holdings plc dated 27 November 2006 from Merrill LynchInternational "Dear Sir Companies Act 1985 ss 198-202 (as amended) We are writing to notify you with regard to a change of circumstances affectingMerrill Lynch & Co., Inc's interest under the above legislation. This letter serves as notification, by reason of the provisions of section 203of the above Act, that: a) BlackRock Inc. (as asset management company in which MerrillLynch & Co., Inc owns 49.8% of the common stock) has the interests in relevantshare capital of your company disclosed in the attachments to this letter; b) Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc has in aggregate the interests inthe relevant share capital of your company disclosed in the attachment to thisletter. If you have any queries regarding the contents of this letter, please contactAlasdair Coutts-Britton on 020-7996-3565, Facsimile 020-7996-1174. Yours faithfully (signed) Duly authorised for and on behalf of The notifying companies Attachment Company: HSBC Holdings Plc as of: 17 November 2006 Class of shares: ordinary Each company named below is interested in the aggregate number of the sharesidentified above set opposite its name. Where the number includes sharesadditional to those shown in the first attachment to the accompanying letter,certain further details are also set out below. Company Aggregate number of shares interested in Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc 377,454,454BlackRock Group 137,932,421Aggregated total 515,386,875 Schedule Part 1 Name AddressBlackRock Investment 33 King William StreetManagement (UK) Limited London EC4R 9AS Part 2 Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. World Financial Center North Tower 250 Vesey Street New York NY 10281-1332" This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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