Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMHBOS 
 
RNS Number : 7031L 
HBOS PLC 
15 January 2009 
 
 
TR-1:notification of major interests in shares 
 
 
 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying    |            HBOS Plc             | 
| issuer of existing shares to which voting      |                                 | 
| rights are attached:                           |                                 | 
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| 2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                              | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                          | Yes       | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result |           | 
| in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights   |           | 
| are attached                                                         |           | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                     |           | 
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| Other (please specify):______________                                |           | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the       |    The Commissioners of Her     | 
| notification obligation:                       |       Majesty's Treasury        | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different   |  The Solicitor for the Affairs  | 
| from 3.):                                      |    of Her Majesty's Treasury    | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which  |        15 January 2009          | 
| the threshold is crossed or reached if         |                                 | 
| different):                                    |                                 | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:              |        15 January 2009          | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or         |              57%                | 
| reached:                                       |                                 | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                        | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                            | 
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| Class/type    | Situation previous      | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                 | 
| of shares     | to the Triggering       |                                                                      | 
| if            | transaction             |                                                                      | 
| possible      |                         |                                                                      | 
| using the     |                         |                                                                      | 
| ISIN CODE     |                         |                                                                      | 
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|               | Number of  | Number     | Number of      | Number of voting          | % of voting rights      | 
|               | Shares     | of         | shares         | rights                    |                         | 
|               |            | Voting     |                |                           |                         | 
|               |            | Rights     |                |                           |                         | 
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|               |            |            |                | Direct         | Indirect | Direct      | Indirect  | 
|               |            |            |                |                |          |             |           | 
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|  Ord 25p      | -          | -          | 7,464,701,471  | 7,464,701,471  |          |   57.92%    |           | 
|  GB0030587504 |            |            |                |                |          |             |           | 
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| B: Financial Instruments                                                              | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                  | 
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| Type of         | Expiration | Exercise/ Conversion | Number of voting   | % of       | 
| financial       | date       | Period/ Date         | rights that may be | voting     | 
| instrument      |            |                      | acquired if the    | rights     | 
|                 |            |                      | instrument is      |            | 
|                 |            |                      | exercised/         |            | 
|                 |            |                      | converted.         |            | 
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|                 |            |                      |                    |            | 
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| Total (A+B)                                                                    | 
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| Number of voting rights               | % of voting rights                     | 
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|            7,464,701,471              |                57.92%                  | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or  | 
| the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:              | 
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| UK Financial Investments Limited, a company wholly-owned by Her Majesty's   | 
| Treasury, is entitled to exercise control over the voting rights which are  | 
| the subject of this notification (pursuant to certain management            | 
| arrangements agreed with Her Majesty's Treasury)                            | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                   |                            | 
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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:    |    The Solicitor for the Affairs of Her    | 
|                                 |  Majesty's Treasury is acting as nominee   | 
|                                 |        for Her Majesty's Treasury          | 
|                                 |                                            | 
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| 14. Contact name:               |                Rebecca Lane                | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:   |               020 7270 5665                | 
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