Holding(s) in Company
Amlin Plc
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii |
Amlin plc | ||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii |
 | BlackRock, Inc. | |||||||||
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv |
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5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v |
7th February 2012 | ||||||||||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 8th February 2012 | ||||||||||
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii |
Holding has gone below 5% | ||||||||||
| 8. Notified details: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class/type of shares
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Situation previous to the triggering transaction |
 | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Number of Shares |
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Number of Voting Rights |
Number of shares |
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Number of voting rights |
 | % of voting rights x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct | Direct xi | Â | Indirect xii | Direct | Â | Indirect | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ordinary 28.125p
 GB00B2988H17 |
23,954,906 | 23,954,906 | N/A | N/A | 22,056,099 | N/A | 4.44% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Type of financial instrument |
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Expiration date xiii |
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Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv |
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Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. |
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% of voting rights |
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Type of financial instrument |
 | Exercise price | Expiration date xvii |  |
Exercise/ Conversion period xviii |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to | Â | % of voting rights xix, xx | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CFD | Â | Â | Â | 2,109,053 | Nominal | Â | Delta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.42% | 0.42% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total (A+B+C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Â | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24,165,152 | 4.87% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting
rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi |
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BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited – 24,165,152 (4.87%) |
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| Proxy Voting: | ||||
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | Â | Â | ||
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: |
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |
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13. Additional information: |
Amlin plc | |||
| 14. Contact name: | Mark Stevens, Company Secretary | |||
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7746 1000 | |||