Associated British Foods PLC Tr-1: Notification Of Major Interest In Shares (7572G)

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RNS Number : 7572G

Associated British Foods PLC

31 May 2017

 
 
 Associated British Foods plc 
 
  31 May 2017 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                          Associated British Foods plc 
  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                                                 X 
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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): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                                The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                    See Section 9 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date on                                             15 May 2017 
  which the threshold is crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                  16 May 2017 
                                                                               (received 31 May 2017) 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                               Below 10% - Aggregate of voting rights from shares 
  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 of          Situation previous                Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
  shares                 to the triggering 
                         transaction 
  if possible using 
  the ISIN CODE 
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                        Number           Number           Number         Number of voting          % of voting rights (x) 
                         of               of               of shares      rights 
                         Shares           Voting 
                                          Rights 
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                                                          Direct         Direct       Indirect     Direct         Indirect 
                                                                         (xi)         (xii) 
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   Ordinary Shares 
 (ISIN: GB0006731235)     78,915,038       78,915,038                                 78,019,594                    9.855% 
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         ADRs 
 (ISIN: US0455194029)      264,376          264,376                                    264,604                      0.033% 
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 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 (xiv)         rights that may be          rights 
                                                                            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 rights     % of voting rights 
  instrument              price          date (xvii)    Conversion       instrument refers to        (xix, xx) 
                                                        period (xviii) 
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                                                                                                     Nominal        Delta 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                    Percentage of voting rights 
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                        78,284,198                                                      9.8884% 
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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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                                               Number of        Percent 
                                                 Shares      of Outstanding 
    The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 
     ("CG") holdings                           78,284,198   9.8884% 
 
    Holdings by CG Management Companies 
     and Funds: 
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    -- Capital Guardian Trust Company(1) 
    -- Capital International, Inc. 
     (1) 
    -- Capital International Limited(1) 
    -- Capital International Sàrl(1) 
    -- Capital Research and Management 
     Company(2)                                76,258,440   9.633% 
 
          *    EuroPacific Growth Fund(3)      40,488,553            5.114% 
 (1) Indirect subsidiaries of Capital Research and Management Company. 
  (2) Subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 
  (3) Mutual fund managed by Capital Research and Management Company. 
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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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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: 
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 14. Contact name:                                          Director of Group Secretarial, Associated British Foods 

                                                                                      plc 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                                   020 7299 3641 
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