RNS Number:5044R
Highway Insurance Holdings PLC
20 September 2005


NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1.   Name of Company:

     HIGHWAY INSURANCE HOLDINGS PLC

          
2.   Name of Shareholder having a major interest:
          
     -    NORTH ATLANTIC VALUE LLP
     -    NORTH ATLANTIC SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
     -    ORYX INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND LIMITED
     -    JOHCM ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS LLP
     
3.   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a 
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18:

     SHAREHOLDERS NAMED IN 2 ABOVE.
     
4.   Name of the legal entities / registered holder(s) and, if more than one 
     holder, the number of shares held by each of them:


     NORTH ATLANTIC VALUE LLP                                      10,397,126
     NORTH ATLANTIC SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC          8,532,344
     ORYX INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND LIMITED                         1,883,087
     JOHCM ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS LLP                              4,707,717

     TOTAL                                                         25,520,274


5.   Number of shares / amount of stock acquired:

     N/A


6.   Percentage of issued class:

     -


7.   Number of shares / amount of stock disposed:

     NOT DISCLOSED


8.   Percentage of issued class:

     -
     

9.   Class of security:

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 20P EACH.


10.  Date of transaction:

     NOT DISCLOSED


11.  Date company informed:

     19 SEPTEMBER 2005


12.  Total holding following this notification:

     25,520,274


13.  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:

     NORTH ATLANTIC VALUE LLP                                          5.16%
     NORTH ATLANTIC SMALLER COMPANIES                                  4.23%

     INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
     ORYX INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND LIMITED                            0.93%
     JOHCM ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS LLP                                 2.33%

     TOTAL                                                            12.65%

14.  Any additional information:

     NORTH ATLANTIC VALUE LLP, NORTH ATLANTIC SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST 
     PLC, ORYX INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND LIMITED AND JOHCM ALTERNATIVE 
     INVESTMENTS LLP ARE PARTIES TO AN AGREEMENT TO WHICH SECTION 204 OF THE 
     COMPANIES ACT 1985 APPLIES. BY VIRTUE OF SECTIONS 204 AND 205 OF THE 
     COMPANIES ACT 1985 EACH OF THOSE PARTIES IS DEEMED TO BE INTERESTED IN THE 
     25,520,274 SHARES REFERRED TO ABOVE, BEING 12.65% OF THE COMPANY'S ISSUED 
     SHARE CAPITAL.


15.  Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

     P J LAMPSHIRE, 01277 266308

     
16.  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible
     for making this notification:

     P J LAMPSHIRE, COMPANY SECRETARY


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