HWY Highway Ins.

RNS Number:3374T
Highway Insurance Holdings PLC
20 March 2007

TR-1:  Notification of major interests in shares

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

Highway Insurance Holdings Plc


2. Reason for the notification     (please state Yes/No):



An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Yes



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): No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

AXA S.A., 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): N/A

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

2 March 2007

6. Date on which issuer notified:

19 March 2007

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Above 3%



8. Notified details:




A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of  Situation previous to    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares         the Triggering
               transaction
 if possible   Number of    Number of   Number of    Number of voting rights   % of voting rights
using the ISIN Shares       Voting      shares
CODE                        Rights      Direct       Direct       Indirect     Direct   Indirect


Ordinary
shares                                  1,846,682    1,846,682    8,469,513    0.90     4.14


GB 0006561137


B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial    Expiration date Exercise/ Conversion      Number of voting rights    % of voting
instrument                           Period/ Date              that may be acquired if    rights
                                                               the instrument is
                                                               exercised/ converted.



Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights                            % of voting rights


10,316,195                                         5.05%



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



AXA UK Investment Co ICVC
UK Smaller Companies Fund                      676,962 (0.33131%)
Indirect

AXA Colonia Konzern                          1,449,394 (0.70933%)
Direct

AXA France                                     500,000 (0.24470%)
Indirect

AXA Rosenberg                                7,292,551 (3.56898%)
Indirect

Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd                55,666 (0.02724%)
Direct

Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd                10,293 (0.00504%)
Direct

Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd                     35,709 (0.01748%)
FTSE All Share Tracker
Direct

Sun Life Pensions Management                   295,620 (0.14468%)
FTSE All Share Tracker
Direct

Total Direct                                 1,846,682 (0.90377%)
Total Indirect                               8,469,513 (4.14498%)

TOTAL                                      10,316,195  (5.04875%)




Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the 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:

14. Contact name: Philip Lampshire, Company Secretary, Highway Insurance 
Holdings Plc

15. Contact telephone number: 01277 266308






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