Lancashire Holdings Regulatory News (LRE)

13 Sep 2010 17:59

TR-1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares

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

Holdings Limited 2. Reason for the notification (yes/no) An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Yes

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in No the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are

attached An event changing the breakdown of voting rights No Other (please specify): ______________ No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation: Wellington

Management Company, LLP

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): BBH ISL Nominees

Ltd. Goldman Sachs International JP Morgan Chase Nominees Limited Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd. Nortrust Nominees Limited ROY Nominees Limited State Street Nominees Limited Vidacos Nominees Limited

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is 16 November 2009 crossed or reached if different):

6. Date on which issuer notified: 17 November 2009 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 5% 8. Notified Details A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering shares to the triggering transaction transaction If possible use ISIN CODE Number of Number of Number of Number of voting Percentage of Shares voting shares rights voting rights rights Direct Indirect Direct Indirect BMG5361W10477 9,382,650 9,382,650 8,465,693 8,465,693 4.90% Common Shares B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expiration Exercise/ No. of voting Percentage of financial date conversion period rights that voting rights instrument may be acquired (if the instrument is exercised/ converted) C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Exercise Expiration date Exercise/ No. of Percentage of voting financial Price conversion voting rights instrument period rights instrument refers to Nominal Delta Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 8,465,693 4.90%

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

BBH ISL Nominees Ltd. - 4,846 shares Goldman Sachs International - 859,877 shares JP Morgan Chase Nominees Limited - 373,596 shares Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd. - 631,098 shares Nortrust Nominees Limited - 1,108,989 shares ROY Nominees Limited - 3,159,772 shares State Street Nominees Limited - 2,321,819 shares Vidacos Nominees Limited - 5,696 shares 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 It was advised on 10 September 2010 that this notification information: was originally sent electronically by the shareholder to the Company on 17 November 2009. At that time the total number of common shares in issue with voting rights (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 173,069,895. It has been confirmed that as of 13 September 2010 the shareholder no longer holds a notifiable interest in the Company. 14. Contact name: Robert J. Toner 15. Contact (617) 790-7084 telephone number: