NBLS.L Regulatory News (NBLS)

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund Ltd

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 thenotification obligation: iii

HSBC Holdings plc

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

HSBC Trust Company (UK)

HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v8

23rd November 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

29th November 2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

Above 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GG00B3KX4Q34 GG00B3P7S359

Below Disclosure Threshold

Below Disclosure Threshold

Below Disclosure Threshold

Below Disclosure Threshold

89,385,218

Below Disclosure Threshold

5.374%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

Nil

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nil

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

89,385,218

5.374%

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

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

NA

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

NA

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

NA

13. Additional information:

This notification is based on the Voting Rights figure of 1,663,254,825 obtained from the announcement dated 22nd November 2016.

14. Contact name:

Sanjeev Kalha

15. Contact telephone number:

(central.compliance.disclosures@hsbc.com ,

sanjeev.kalha@hsbcgroup.com ,)