Hochschild Mining PLC
12 February 2007
12th February 2007
Hochschild Mining plc
Notification of Major Interests in Shares
TR - 1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):
Hochschild Mining plc
2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):
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): (Yes - Declaration of Major Shareholding as per FSA
Transitional Provision 7)
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):
BlackRock Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) (iv):
Not disclosed
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached
(v):
N/a
6 Date on which issuer notified:
9 February 2007
7. Threshhold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Above 5%
8 Notified details:
N/a
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible Situation previous to the
Using the ISIN Code Triggering transaction (vi)
No of No of
Shares voting rights (viii)
GB00B1FW5029 N/a N/a
Resulting situation after triggering the transaction (vii):
Class/type of shares No of shares No of voting rights % of voting rights
if possible using (ix)
the ISIN Code
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
(x) (xi)
GB00B1FW5029 N/a N/a 22,633,411 N/a 7.36%
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)
Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
Financial date (xiii) conversion rights that may be rights
Instrument period/date acquired if the
xiv) instrument is
exercised/converted
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
22,633,411 7.36%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd - 22,633,411 (7.36%)
Proxy Voting
10. Name of proxy holder:
N/a
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
N/a
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
N/a
13. Additional information:
N/a
14. Contact name:
N/a
15. Contact telephone number:
N/a
Annex to Notification of Major Interests in Shares (xvi)
A. Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities):
BlackRock Inc.
Contact address (registered office for legal entities):
33 King William Street, London, EC4R 9AS
Phone Number:
020 7743 2098
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons):
Thomas Hone
B. Identity of notifier, if applicable (xvii):
Full name:
Christopher Stamp
Contact address:
Hochschild Mining plc, 1 Grosvenor Crescent, London, SW1X 7EF
Phone Number:
020 7152 6011
Other useful information:
N/a
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