Holding(s) in Company

 

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RNS Number : 3217I 
HSBC Global Absolute Limited 
09 March 2010 
 

 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                              | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the   | HSBC Global Absolute         | 
| underlying issuer of existing      |                              | 
| shares to which voting rights are  |                              | 
| attached:                          |                              | 
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or     | 
| boxes):                                                               | 
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|                                                               | X     | 
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                   |       | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial            |       | 
| instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares     |       | 
| already issued to which voting rights are attached            |       | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar        |       | 
| economic effect to qualifying financial instruments           |       | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights              |       | 
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|                | Change in ISC                                |       | 
| Other (please  |                                              |       | 
| specify):      |                                              |       | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject  | HSBC Holdings Plc            | 
| to the notification obligation:    |                              | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if | HSBC Global Asset Management | 
| different from 3.):                | (International) Limited      | 
|                                    | HSBC Global Asset Management | 
|                                    | (UK) Limited                 | 
|                                    | HSBC International Trustee   | 
|                                    | Limited                      | 
|                                    | HSBC Investment Management   | 
|                                    | HSBC Private Bank (Suisse)   | 
|                                    | SA                           | 
|                                    | HSBC Trustee {Hong Kong)     | 
|                                    | Limited                      | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and     | 3rd March 2010               | 
| date on which the threshold is     |                              | 
| crossed or reached:                |                              | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:  | 9th March 2010               | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are        | From 10% to 11%              | 
| crossed or 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               | Resulting situation after the                      | 
| of           | previous                | triggering transaction                             | 
| shares       | to the                  |                                                    | 
| if           | triggering              |                                                    | 
| possible     | transaction             |                                                    | 
| using        |                         |                                                    | 
| the ISIN     |                         |                                                    | 
| CODE         |                         |                                                    | 
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|              | Number     | Number     | Number    | Number of          | % of voting       | 
|              | of         | of         | of        | voting             | rights            | 
|              | Shares     | Voting     | shares    | rights             |                   | 
|              |            | Rights     |           |                    |                   | 
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|              |            |            | Direct    | Direct | Indirect  | Direct | Indirect | 
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|              |            |            |           |        |           |        |          | 
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| GB00B3CLG478 | 193,524    | 193,524    |  N/A      | N/A    | 194,321   |  N/A   | 0.38%    | 
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| GB00B03QH474 |  660,416   |  660,416   |  N/A      | N/A    | 633,899   |  N/A   | 1.25%    | 
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| GB00B03QH698 | 4,356,602  |  4,356,602 |  N/A      | N/A    | 5,014,173 |  N/A   | 9.91%    | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                 | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                | 
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| Type of       | Expiration | Exercise/  | Number of     | % of      | 
| financial     | date       | Conversion | voting        | voting    | 
| instrument    |            | Period     | rights that   | rights    | 
|               |            |            | may be        |           | 
|               |            |            | acquired if   |           | 
|               |            |            | the           |           | 
|               |            |            | instrument is |           | 
|               |            |            | exercised/    |           | 
|               |            |            | converted.    |           | 
|               |            |            |               |           | 
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|               |            |            |               |           | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to                           | 
| Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                   | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                               | 
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| Type of    | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/  | Number of   | % of               | 
| financial  | price    | date       | Conversion | voting      | voting             | 
| instrument |          |            | period     | rights      | rights             | 
|            |          |            |            | instrument  |                    | 
|            |          |            |            | refers to   |                    | 
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|            |          |            |            |             |  Nominal   |Delta  | 
|            |          |            |            |             |            |       | 
+            +          +            +            +             +------------+-------+ 
|            |          |            |            |             |            |       | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                     | 
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| Number of voting rights            | Percentage of voting rights  | 
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| 5,842,393                          | 11.55%                       | 
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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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|  N/A                                                                        | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                     | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:      | N/A                          | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy  | N/A                          | 
| holder will cease to hold:         |                              | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder     | N/A                          | 
| will cease to hold voting rights:  |                              | 
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| 13. Additional information:        | None                         | 
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| 14. Contact name:                  | Baljeet Gill                 | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:      | 0207 991 6555                | 
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