Cable & Wireless Worldwide PLC Holding(s) in Company (5951I)

TIDMCW. TIDMBAC

RNS Number : 5951I

Cable & Wireless Worldwide PLC

26 July 2012

 
 
 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying 
  issuer                                              Cable & Wireless Worldwide 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           Bank of America Corporation 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)              Merrill Lynch International 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date         23 July 2012 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:           25 July 2012 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed         Above 5%, 6%, 7%, 8% and 9% 
  or 
  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          Indirect   Direct        Indirect 
                                                                     (xi)            (xii) 
-------------      ---  -------  ---  -----  ------  ------------  --------------  ---------  ------------  ------------- 
                Below 
                disclosable       Below disclosable 
 GB00B5WB0X89   threshold          threshold          272,253,029   272,253,029     -          9.86%         - 
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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           rights that may              rights 
                                               (xiv)                       be 
                                                                           acquired if the 
                                                                           instrument is 
                                                                           exercised/ converted. 
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 -                       -                    -                           -                            - 
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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            Exercise           Expiration     Exercise/     Number of voting             % of voting rights 
 financial           price              date (xvii)    Conversion    rights instrument            (xix, xx) 
 instrument                                            period        refers to 
                                                       (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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 272,253,029                                                        9.86% 
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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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 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:                         Paul Moore, Head of Company Secretariat 
                                            Cable & Wireless Worldwide plc 
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 15. Contact telephone number:             [phone] 
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