FORM 6
FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a - 16 or 15d - 16
of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of December 2008
HSBC Holdings plc
42nd Floor, 8 Canada Square, London
E14 5HQ, England
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F).
Form 20-F X
Form 40-F
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(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the
information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934).
Yes.......
No X
(If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file
number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-
..............).
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR
INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or
the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached
2. Reason for the notification
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification
obligation
1. Singularis Holdings Limited;
2. Awal Trust Company Limited; and
4. Full name of
shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv)
1. LBPB Nominees
Limited;
2. Daiwa Securities
SMBC Europe Limited;
3. Vidacos Nominees
Limited;
4. James Capel
(Channel Islands Nominees) Ltd; and
5. HSBC Global Custody
Nominees (UK) Limited.
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is
crossed or reached if different) (v)
Trade date 19 December
2008 (settled and crossed threshold 24 December 2008)
6. Date on which issuer notified:
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:
A: Voting rights attached to
shares
if possible using the ISIN CODE
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Situation previous to the Triggering
transaction
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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if possible using the ISIN CODE
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Resulting situation after the triggering
transaction
Type of financial
instrument
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Exercise/Conversion Period/
Date
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Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the
instrument is exercised/ converted.
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Chain of
controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial
instruments are effectively held, if
applicable
Singularis Holdings
Limited (SHL) indirectly holds 359,067,797 shares through LBPB
Nominees Limited, Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe Limited and Vidacos Nominees
Limited. SHL and another entity that holds 20,184 shares (see section 13 below)
are, respectively, wholly owned and 96.2% owned, by Awal Trust Company Limited
(ATCL) as trustee of the Saad STAR Trust (the
Trust). ATCL is therefore subject to a notification obligation
pursuant to DTR 5.2.1 (e) as a "parent undertaking" of the entities. The
Settlor of the Trust is Maan Al-Sanea. Provisions within the trust deed for the
Trust bring Mann Al-Sanea within the definition of "parent undertaking" in
respect of SHL and in respect of other entities that collectively hold 29,838
shares.
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:
ATCL indirectly holds
in total 359,087,981 shares by virtue of being a "parent undertaking" of SHL
which holds 359,067,797 shares and another entity that holds 20,184
shares.
Maan Al-Sanea
indirectly holds in total 359,097,635 shares consisting of 359,087,981 shares
attributable to him as a "parent undertaking" of SHL and another entity (see
section 9 above) and 9,654 shares that he holds in a personal capacity
indirectly through James Capel (Channel Islands Nominees)
Ltd.
14. Name of
contact and telephone number for queries
15. Name and
signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company responsible for
making this notification
Paul Stafford, Deputy
Group Company Secretary
(i) This form is to be
sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed with the competent
authority.
(ii) Either the full
name of the legal entity or another method for identifying the issuer or
underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and
accurate.
(iii) This should be
the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the person acquiring, disposing of or
exercising voting rights in the cases provided for in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h); (c)
all the parties to the agreement referred to in DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct
or indirect holder of financial instruments entitled to acquire shares already
issued to which voting rights are attached, as
appropriate.
In relation to the
transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), the following list is
provided as indication of the persons who should be
mentioned:
- in the circumstances
foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that acquires the voting rights and is
entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the natural person or legal
entity who is transferring temporarily for consideration the voting
rights;
- in the circumstances
foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding the collateral, provided the
person or entity controls the voting rights and declares its intention of
exercising them, and person lodging the collateral under these
conditions;
- in the circumstances
foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a life interest in shares if that
person is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to the shares and the
person who is disposing of the voting rights when the life interest is
created;
- in the circumstances
foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent undertaking and, provided it has a
notification duty at an individual level under DTR 5.1, under DTR5.2.1 (a) to
(d) or under a combination of any of those situations, the controlled
undertaking;
- in the circumstances
foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of the shares, if he can exercise
the voting rights attached to the shares deposited with him at his discretion,
and the depositor of the shares allowing the deposit taker to exercise the
voting rights at his discretion;
- in the circumstances
foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person that controls the voting
rights;
- in the circumstances
foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he can exercise the voting
rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has given his proxy to the
proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting rights at his
discretion.
(iv) Applicable in the
cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This should be the full name of the
shareholder who is the counterparty to the natural person or legal entity
referred to in DTR5.2.
(v) The date of the
transaction should normally be, in the case of an on exchange transaction, the
date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the case of an off exchange
transaction, date of the entering into an agreement.
The date on which
threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which the acquisition,
disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect (see DTR 5.1.1R
(3)). For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event took
effect.
(vi) Please refer to
the situation disclosed in the previous notification, In case the situation
previous to the triggering transaction was below 3%, please state 'below
3%'.
(vii) If the holding
has fallen below the minimum threshold , the notifying party should not be
obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is
less than 3%.
For the case provided
for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure of individual holdings per
party to the agreement unless a party individually crosses or reaches an
Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into, introducing changes to or
terminating an agreement.
In case of
combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached 'direct holding' and
voting rights 'indirect holdings', please split the voting rights number and
percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there is no combined
holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.
Voting rights
to shares in respect of which the notifying party is a direct shareholder (DTR
5.1)
Voting rights held by
the notifying party as an indirect shareholder (DTR 5.2.1)
If the holding
has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party should not be
obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is
below 3%.
date of
maturity / expiration of the financial instrument i.e. the date when the right
to acquire shares ends.
If the financial
instrument has such a period-please specify the period- for example once every
three months starting from the (date)
The notification
should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakings through which the
voting rights are held. The notification should also include the amount of
voting rights and the percentage held by each controlled undertaking, insofar
as individually the controlled undertaking holds 5% or more, and insofar as the
notification by the parent undertaking is intended to cover the notification
obligations of the controlled undertaking.
This annex is only to
be filed with the competent authority.
Whenever another
person makes the notification on behalf of the shareholder or the natural
person/legal entity referred to in DTR5.2 and DTR5.3
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
HSBC Holdings plc
By:
Name: P A Stafford
Title: Assistant Group Secretary
Date:
December 30, 2008