Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMSIAG TIDMAV. 
 
RNS Number : 4499I 
Sherborne Investors (Guernsey) A 
11 March 2010 
 
 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR                                                      | 
| INTEREST IN SHARES                                                               | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the           | Sherborne Investors (Guernsey) A    | 
| underlying issuer                          | Limited                             | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights  |                                     | 
| are                                        |                                     | 
| attached:                                  |                                     | 
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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                             |   v    | 
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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   | Aviva plc & its subsidiaries               | 
| to the                              |                                            | 
| notification obligation:            |                                            | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)      | Registered Holder:                         | 
|  (if different from 3.):            |                                            | 
|                                     | BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited         | 
|                                     | 2,016,490*                                 | 
|                                     |                                            | 
|                                     | Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited          | 
|                                     | 11,970,160*                                | 
|                                     |                                            | 
|                                     | Chase Nominees Limited                     | 
|                                     | 385,506*                                   | 
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|                                     | CUIM Nominee Limited                       | 
|                                     | 641,380*                                   | 
|                                     | *denotes direct interest                   | 
|                                     |                                            | 
|                                     | BNP Paribas - London                       | 
|                                     | 307,557                                    | 
|                                     |                                            | 
|                                     | Chase Nominees Limited                     | 
|                                     | 1,382,737                                  | 
|                                     |                                            | 
|                                     | State Street Nominees Limited              | 
|                                     | 3,796,170                                  | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date | 09 March 2010                              | 
| on                                  |                                            | 
| which the threshold is crossed or   |                                            | 
| reached:                            |                                            | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:   | 11 March 2010                              | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed | 0% to 19% Change at Combined Interest      | 
| or                                  | Level                                      | 
| reached:                            |                                            | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                                                         | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                                          | 
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| Class/type   | Situation previous                | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                      | 
| of           | to the triggering                 |                                                                           | 
| shares       | transaction                       |                                                                           | 
| if possible  |                                   |                                                                           | 
| using        |                                   |                                                                           | 
| the ISIN     |                                   |                                                                           | 
| CODE         |                                   |                                                                           | 
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|              | Number            | Number        | Number      | Number of voting         | % of  voting                     | 
|              | of                | of            | of          | rights                   | rights                           | 
|              | Shares            | Voting        | shares      |                          |                                  | 
|              |                   | Rights        |             |                          |                                  | 
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|              |                   |               | Direct      | Direct       | Indirect  | Direct          | Indirect       | 
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| Ordinary     | Nil               | Nil Holding   | 20,500,000  | 15,013,536   | 5,486,464 | 14.30%          | 5.22%          | 
| Shares       | Holding           |               |             |              |           |                 |                | 
| GG00B5M8LC56 |                   |               |             |              |           |                 |                | 
+--------------+                   +               +             +              +           +                 +                + 
|              |                   |               |             |              |           |                 |                | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                          | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                         | 
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| Type of                    | Expiration | Exercise/                     | Number of voting             | % of voting         | 
| financial                  | date       | Conversion Period             | rights that may              | rights              | 
| instrument                 |            |                               | be                           |                     | 
|                            |            |                               | acquired if the              |                     | 
|                            |            |                               | instrument is                |                     | 
|                            |            |                               | exercised/                   |                     | 
|                            |            |                               | converted.                   |                     | 
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|                            |            |                               |                              |                     | 
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|              |             |     |      |        |             |        |     |           |            |    |                | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying                         | 
| Financial Instruments                                                                       | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                        | 
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| Type of      | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/  | Number of voting | % of voting          | 
| financial    | price    | date       | Conversion | rights           | rights               | 
| instrument   |          |            | period     | instrument       |                      | 
|              |          |            |            | refers to        |                      | 
|              |          |            |            |                  |                      | 
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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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| 20,500,000                          | 19.52%                               | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or  | 
| the                                                                         | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                  | 
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|      The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global | 
|     Services Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:- | 
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|                                    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) | 
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| 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  105,000,000.    | 
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| 14. Contact name:                   |      Neil Whittaker                  | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:       |      01603 684420                    | 
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