Holding(s) in Company (8461X)

TIDMGLB TIDMPRU

RNS Number : 8461X

Glanbia PLC

21 February 2012

 
 TR1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                 Glanbia 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): Fund Rationalisation                                   X 
  Transfers 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject             Prudential plc group of companies 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                      See attached schedule 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                   17 February 2012 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                     20 February 2012 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                      See item 13 
  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 
                 of                of                    of shares       rights                          rights (x) 
                 Shares            Voting 
                                   Rights 
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                                                        Direct          Direct (xi)    Indirect         Direct     Indirect 
                                                                                        (xii) 
-------------      ---  -------    ------  -----  ---  --------------  -------------  ---------------  ---------  ------------ 
 IE0000669501     11,978,374          11,978,374         11,978,374      11,978,374                      4.06% 
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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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 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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 11,978,374                                                        4.06% 
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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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  Prudential plc (parent Company) 
  M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) 
  M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited) 
  M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) 
  M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                          N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will                          N/A 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to                           N/A 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information:                Following Fund rationalisations, M&G 
                                             Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary 
                                             of M&G Limited) has moved to a 4% 
                                             notifiable interest triggering this 
                                             notification. 
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 14. Contact name:                          James Todd / Mark Thomas 
                                             M&G Investment Management Limited 
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 15. Contact telephone number:              020 7548 2293 / 020 7548 3266 
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Attached Schedule

Notifiable Position Report for

GLANBIA

as at 17 February 2012

Percentage holdings are calculated using 294,532,684 Total Voting Rights

 
                    Registered Holder          Holding          Voting  % Voting 
                                                                Rights    Rights 
Prudential                                                                        Total Notifiable 
 plc                                                        11,978,374      4.06   Interest 
           Holding 
     Type : Direct 
                    STATE STREET NOMS 
                     LTD A/C GMBQ              457,981         457,981 
                    STATE STREET NOMS 
                     LTD A/C GMIQ           11,070,393      11,070,393 
                    STATE STREET NOMS 
                     LTD A/C GML2              450,000         450,000 
                           Sub Total :      11,978,374      11,978,374 
 
M&G Group 
 Limited                                                    11,978,374      4.06 
                    STATE STREET NOMS 
                     LTD A/C GMBQ              457,981         457,981 
                    STATE STREET NOMS 
                     LTD A/C GMIQ           11,070,393      11,070,393 
                    STATE STREET NOMS 
                     LTD A/C GML2              450,000         450,000 
 
M&G Investment Management 
 Limited                                                    11,978,374      4.06 
                    STATE STREET NOMS 
                     LTD A/C GMBQ              457,981         457,981 
                    STATE STREET NOMS 
                     LTD A/C GMIQ           11,070,393      11,070,393 
                    STATE STREET NOMS 
                     LTD A/C GML2              450,000         450,000 
 
M&G Limited                                                 11,978,374      4.06 
 STATE STREET NOMS 
  LTD A/C GMBQ                                     457,981     457,981 
 STATE STREET NOMS 
  LTD A/C GMIQ                                  11,070,393  11,070,393 
 STATE STREET NOMS 
  LTD A/C GML2                                     450,000     450,000 
M&G Securities Limited                                      11,978,374      4.06 
 STATE STREET NOMS 
  LTD A/C GMBQ                                     457,981     457,981 
 STATE STREET NOMS 
  LTD A/C GMIQ                                  11,070,393  11,070,393 
 STATE STREET NOMS 
  LTD 
  A/C GML2                                      450,000        450,000 
                                                            450,000 
 
 

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