RNS Number:0612S
Goshawk Insurance Holdings PLC
13 November 2003


                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     Goshawk Insurance Holdings PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust PLC

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
     
     As in 2 above

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

     See below

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     793,000

6)   Percentage of issued Class

     0.4%

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     -

8)   Percentage of issued Class

     -

9)   Class of security

     Ordinary 5p

10)  Date of transaction

     12-11-03

11)  Date company informed

     12-11-03

12)  Total holding following this notification

     5,478,000
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     3.11%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     Kati Lees
     020 7621 6364

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification      Andrew Castell

     Date of Notification          13-11-03



Letter to: Goshawk Insurance Holdings PLC
Dated 12 November 2003


Disclosure of Interest in Ordinary Shares of 5p

We hereby give notice for the purposes of Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 that 
today we have become aware that Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc has a 
notifiable interest in 5,478,000 Ordinary Shares of 5p each which, based on the 
information available to us, represents 3.11% of the issued share capital of the 
above company.

The shares to which this notification relates are, or will be, registered as 
follows:

Registered Holder                                       Number of Shares
 
Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited             5,478,000
A/C ABERFIT1
 

Please note that this disclosure arises due to changes across Aberforth 
Partners' clients. 


From: Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc



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