Holding(s) in Company (5152D)

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RNS Number : 5152D

Sherborne Investors (Guernsey) A

24 March 2011

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the          Sherborne Investors (Guernsey) 
 underlying issuer of existing shares to    A Limited 
 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): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject   Aviva plc & its subsidiaries 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)           Registered Holder: BNY Norwich Union 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)             Nominees Limited 2,727,924* BNY 
                                          (Nominees) Limited 216,173* Chase (GA 
                                          Group) Nominees Limited 14,952,880* 
                                          Chase Nominees Limited 423,501* CUIM 
                                          Nominee Limited 661,497* *denotes 
                                          direct interest BNP Paribas - London 
                                          327,557 Chase Nominees Limited 
                                          1,474,060 
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 5. Date of the transaction and      22 March 2011 
 date on which the threshold is 
 crossed or reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:   23 March 2011 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are         17% to 18% Change at Direct Interest 
 crossed or reached: (vi, vii)        Level 
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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 
 shares if 
 possible        Situation previous 
 using the        to the triggering            Resulting situation after the triggering 
 ISIN CODE        transaction                   transaction 
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                                Number 
                 Number          of 
                  of             Voting        Number       Number of voting           % of voting rights 
                  Shares         Rights         of shares    rights                     (x) 
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                                                            Direct         Indirect 
                                               Direct        (xi)           (xii)      Direct     Indirect 
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 Ordinary 
  Shares 
  GG00B5M8LC56   20,500,000     20,500,000     20,783,592   18,981,975     1,801,617   18.08%     1.72% 
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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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                                                   Number of 
                                      Exercise/    voting 
 Type of                 Expiration   Conversion   rights 
 financial    Exercise   date         period       instrument   % of voting 
 instrument    price     (xvii)       (xviii)      refers to    rights (xix, xx) 
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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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 20,783,592                                        19.80% 
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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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        The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global 
       Services Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:- 
                                      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) 
 
 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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                                  Figures are based on a total number 
                                   of voting rights of 105,000,000 as 
                                   per the Company's Total Voting Rights 
 13. Additional information:       Announcement of 9/03/10 
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 14. Contact name:                Neil Whittaker, Aviva plc 
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 15. Contact telephone number:    01603 684420 
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