Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8321G
Hiscox Ltd
08 February 2010
 



 




TR-1: NOTIFICATIONS OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



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

Hiscox Limited

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

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:

Invesco Limited

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:

05 February 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

08 February 2010

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

13%



 

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 5p Shares

45,074,753

45,074,753



48,909,615


13.04%

BMG4593F1041


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

48,909,615

13.04%



 

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

Brown Brothers Harriman (New Jersey) - 126,554

Bank of Ireland (Dublin) - 307,198

Bank of New York - 40,530,383

JP Morgan Chase - 98,695

HSBC Bank plc (London) - 851,576

Mellon Bank Pittsburgh - 244,841

State Street Trust & Banking (Boston) - 100,508

State Street Trust & Banking (London) - 6,141,853

Northern Trust Company (London) - 498,205

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Ltd  - 9,802

 


Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:


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:

Sam Edwards

15. Contact telephone number:

01491 416381



 

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in share


A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name

(including legal form of legal entities)

 


Contact address

(registered office for legal entities)

 


Phone number & email

 


Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

 




B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

 

Invesco Limited

Contact address

 

Registered address:

30 Finsbury Square

London

EC2A 1AG

Phone number & email

 

020 7638 0731

Other useful information

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)



C: Additional information


 

 


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