Lancashire Holdings Regulatory News (LRE)

19 Sep 2011 17:40

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer

Lancashire Holdings

of existing shares to which voting rights are Limited attached:ii

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X 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 Other (please specify): 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the Franklin

Templeton

notification obligation:iii Institutional, LLC JP Morgan Chase Bank London The Bank of NY London 4. Full name of shareholder(s) Northern Trust Co. (if different from 3.):iv London Mellon Bank London State Street Bank and Trust

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or 15 September 2011 reached: v 6. Date on which issuer notified: 16

September 2011

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or Less than

3% reached: vi, vii 8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction shares to the triggering transaction if possible Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights xusing of of of shares rights the ISIN CODE Shares Voting Rights Direct Direct xi Indirect xii Direct Indirect Ordinary 6,047,828 3.88% Less than 3%BMG5361W1047

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting instrument date xiii Conversion Period xiv rights that may be rights acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Exercise Expiration date Exercise/ Number of voting rights % of voting rightsfinancial price xvii Conversion period instrument refers to xix, xx instrument xviii Nominal Delta Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights Less than 3 %

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

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 information: Lori A. Weber 14. Contact name: Assistant Secretary, Franklin Resources, Inc. 15. Contact telephone number: 954-847-2283