Noble Investments - Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:7940L
Noble Investments (UK) PLC
15 January 2008

TR-1: Notification of major interests in shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing Noble Investments (UK) plc
shares to which voting rights are attached:

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 financial instruments
which may result in the acquisition of
shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification Allianz SE / Allianz Insurance Plc
obligation:

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

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is 11th January 2008
crossed or reached if different):

6. Date on which issuer notified: 14th January 2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 8%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transaction(i)
shares Triggering transaction

if possible Number of Number of Number of Number of voting % of voting rights
using the ISIN Shares Voting shares rights
CODE Rights
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect

GB00B29KF658 1,156,500 1,156,500 1,411,636 1,411,636 8.25%

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

1,411,636 8.25%

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

Allianz SE is the ultimate holding company of Allianz Holdings plc which is a
holding company of Allianz Insurance Plc. The shares in Allianz Holdings Plc are
held by Allianz UK Limited, which is a 66.7% owned subsidiary of Allianz Europe
Limited ("Allianz Europe"). The other 33.3% of shares in Allianz UK Limited are
owned by Allianz Liebensversicherungs GmbH, which is itself an indirect
subsidiary of Allianz SE. Allianz Europe is an 85% owned subsidiary of AZ-Argos
10 Vermogensverwaltungsgesellschaft GmbH which in its turn is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Allianz SE. Allianz SE is also the owner of the other 15% of
Allianz Europe.

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: The disclosed holding is based on the issuers' 'Total Voting
Rights' annoucement dated 31 August 2007 of 17,110,140.

14. Contact name: Denis O'Leary

15. Contact telephone number: +44 (0)20 7930 6879

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