Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6166U

CATCo Reinsurance Opps Fund Ltd

23 December 2011

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

CatCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Baillie Gifford & Co
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	16 December 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	22 December 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	10%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of  voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Shares BMG1961Q1006 C Shares BMG1962E1066	8491654 13388269	8491654 13388269	8491654 22893972		8491654 22893972		2.56 6.90

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
N/A					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
31,385,626	9.46

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

In the narrative below, the figures in [ ] indicate the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each controlled undertaking where relevant. Baillie Gifford & Co, a discretionary investment manager, is the parent undertaking of an investment management group.  Its wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited [1,162,011; 0.35%] is also a discretionary investment manager. Its wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking Baillie Gifford & Co Limited [23,662,270; 7.13%] is an OEIC Authorised Corporate Director and Unit Trust Manager which has delegated its discretionary investment management role to Baillie Gifford & Co.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Nikki Hightower
15. Contact telephone number:	0131 247 3047

 

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