AA PLC Holding(s) in Company (1219L)

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RNS Number : 1219L

AA PLC

23 April 2015

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying             AA plc 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
  which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please specify): 
                               CHANGE TO THE NUMBER OF VOTING RIGHTS IN ISSUE, 
                               FOLLOWING THE RECENT PLACING AND OPEN OFFER 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject              Aviva plc & its subsidiaries 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                      Registered Holder: 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
                                                      BNY (Nominees) Limited 
                                                      5,419,283* 
 
                                                      Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 
                                                      48,654,386* 
 
                                                      Chase Nominees Limited 
                                                      885,702* 
                                                      *denotes direct interest 
 
                                                      BNY (Nominees) Limited 
                                                      226,244 
 
                                                      Chase Nominees Limited 
                                                      2,266,148 
 
                                                      Vidacos Nominees Limited 2,859,598 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date            21 April 2015 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:              22 April 2015 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed            8% to 9% Change at Direct Interest 
  or                                             Level 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type         Situation previous                 Resulting situation after the triggering 
  of                 to the triggering                  transaction 
  shares             transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                    Number             Number          Number       Number of voting          % of voting rights 
                     of                 of              of shares    rights                    (x) 
                     Shares             Voting 
                                        Rights 
-----------------  -----------------  --------------  -----------  ------------------------  ------------------------ 
                                                       Direct       Direct        Indirect    Direct     Indirect 
                                                                     (xi)          (xii) 
-----------------  ------  ---------  ----  --------  -----------  ------------  ----------  ---------  ------------- 
 Ordinary Shares 
 
 
 
 
  GB00BMSKPJ95         53,721,900       53,721,900     60,311,361   54,959,371    5,351,990    9.07%        0.88% 
                   -----------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ----------  ---------  ------------- 
 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial          Expiration       Exercise/              Number of voting              % of voting 
  instrument                 date (xiii)      Conversion Period      rights that may               rights 
                                              (xiv)                  be 
                                                                     acquired if the 
                                                                     instrument is 
                                                                     exercised/ converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial   Exercise   Expiration     Exercise/     Number of voting     % of voting rights 
  instrument          price      date (xvii)    Conversion    rights instrument    (xix, xx) 
                                                period        refers to 
                                                (xviii) 
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                                                                                  Nominal      Delta 
------------------  ---------  -------------  ------------  -------------------  -----------  -------- 
 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights 
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 60,311,361                9.95% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
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            The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global 
           Services Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:- 
 
                                          Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: 
                                                   *    Aviva plc (Parent Company) 
 
 
                        *    Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary 
                                                                     of Aviva plc) 
 
 
                               *    Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned 
                                       subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) 
 
 
                        *    Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned 
                                   subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited) 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                         See Section 4 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information:               Figures are based on a total number 
                                            of voting rights of 605,937,502 as 
                                            per the Company's Results of Placing 
                                            and Open Offer Announcement of 
                                            17 April 2015. 
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 14. Contact name:                             Neil Whittaker, Aviva plc 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                 01603 684420 
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