Britvic plc Holding(s) in Company (8401X)

TIDMBVIC TIDMPRU

RNS Number : 8401X

Britvic plc

10 May 2016

 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                                                 Britvic 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                                     X 
  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                                               Prudential plc group of companies 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                                                              Prudential plc 
                                                                                          M&G Group Limited 
                                                                                  M&G Investment Management Limited 
                                                                                             M&G Limited 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                                                        09 May 2016 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                          10 May 2016 
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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 rights 
                       of                 of                  of shares       rights                  (x) 
                       Shares             Voting 
                                          Rights 
-------------------  -----------------  ------------------  --------------  ----------------------  --------------------------- 
                                                             Direct          Direct     Indirect     Direct        Indirect 
                                                                             (xi)        (xii) 
-------------------      -------------    --------------    --------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  ------------- 
     ORD GBP0.2 
    GB00B0N8QD54          13,144,535          13,144,535      13,082,275        0       13,082,275        0           4.98% 
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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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       ORD GBP0.2                                                                      153,346                   0.05% 
      GB00B0N8QD54 
    (Right of Recall) 
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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 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                       Percentage of voting rights 
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 13,235,621                                                    5.03% 
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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) -13,235,621 (5.03%) 
   M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) - 13,230,028 
   (5.03%) 
   M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) 
   - 13,230,028 (5.03%) 
   M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited) - 13,230,028 
   (5.03%) 
 
 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:                                               Prudential plc has moved below a 5% 
                                                                            indirect notifiable interest, excluding 
                                                                            the right of recall under the Qualifying 

                                                                            Financial Instruments. 
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 14. Contact name:                                                        John Baker / Owen Smith / James Todd 
                                                                           M&G Investment Management Limited 
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                                                                          020 7548 2561 / 020 7004 4517 / 020 
 15. Contact telephone number:                                             7548 2293 
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