Holding(s) in Company

    RNS Number : 3572F
  Highway Insurance Group PLC
  08 October 2008
   

 For filings with the FSA include the annex
 For filings with issuer exclude the annex 

 TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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


 2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
                                                                             Yes
 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
                                                                             No
 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in
 the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are
 attached 
                                                                             No
 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
                                                                             No
 Other (please specify):______________

 3. Full name of person(s)        Liverpool Victoria
 subject to notification          Insurance Company
 obligation:                      Limited

 4. Full name of shareholder(s)
 (if different from 3):
                                  7 October 2008
 5. Date of transaction (and
 date on which the threshold is
 crossed or reached if
 different):
                                  8 October 2008
 6. Date on which issuer
 notified:
                                  14.03% to 16.28%
 7. Threshold(s) that is/are
 crossed or reached:


 8: Notified Details
 A: Voting rights attached to shares

 Class/type of shares            Situation previous to the triggering        Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
 If possible use ISIN code       transaction
                                 Number of shares      Number of voting      Number of shares  Number of voting rights    Percentage of
voting
                                                       rights                                                             rights

                                                                                               Direct      Indirect       Direct       
Indirect
 Ordinary Shares of 20 pence               28,662,946            28,662,946        33,262,642  33,262,642              -         16.28      
  -
 each


      

 B: Financial Instruments

 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 Type of financial instrument  Expiration date  Exercise/ conversion  No. of voting rights  Percentage of voting
                                                period/date           that may be acquired  rights
                                                                      (if the instrument
                                                                      exercised/converted)
                            -                -                     -                     -                     -


 Total (A+B)

 Number of voting rights  Percentage of voting rights
 33,262,642               16.28%



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


 Proxy Voting:

 10. Name of 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:             Steven Daniels

 15. Contact telephone name:  020 7634 4208


    For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.  


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