Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7902F
HSBC Infrastructure Company Limited
19 January 2010
 





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:

  

HSBC Infrastructure Company Limited


2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):


An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

 


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):

  

X 


3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:


 BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited as Trustee of The BT Pension Scheme.  See Section 9 for further information

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):


 Hermes Equity Ownership Services Ltd

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:


 15 January 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:


 18 January 2010

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:


 4%

  

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

V
oting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

 GB00B0T4LH64


GBP0.0001

 9,891,786

 9,891,786

 0

 0

 18,797,333

 0%

4.138%

 


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

 

 

 

 

 


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


 

 

 

 

 

Nominal

Delta


 

 






Total (A+B+C)


Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 18,797,333

 4.138%


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

 BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited is the parent undertaking of Britel Fund Trustees Limited, which is the parent undertaking of Hermes Pensions Management Limited. Hermes Pensions Management Limited is the parent undertaking of:


  • Hermes Investment Management Limited (voting rights held in this issuer: 0.00%)

  • Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited (voting rights held in this issuer: 4.138%)


Please see Section 13 for further information.


Proxy Voting:


10. Name of the proxy holder:


 See Comment in Section 13

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:


 See Comment in Section 13

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:


 See Comment in Section 13


13. Additional information:


Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited hold the voting rights under a standing proxy contained in the services agreements for the provision of corporate governance services to various underlying clients.


Hermes Investment Management Limited hold the voting rights under a standing proxy contained in investment management agreements with various underlying clients, which includes all the shares owned directly by BT Pension Scheme.


All voting rights held on behalf of the above entities are aggregated for the purposes of DTR 5.2.1(a). The aggregation is made at the lower threshold of 3% and above because Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited does not manage investments for the purposes of the investment manager exemption contained in DTR 5.1.5.


This disclosure is made by BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited, which is the ultimate parent undertaking for the purposes of DTR 5.2.1(e).


14. Contact name:


 

Margaret Moss / Valerie Davidson

15. Contact telephone number:


 020 7680 2125 / 020 7680 2177



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