Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMTOMK 
 
RNS Number : 8492S 
Tomkins plc 
16 September 2010 
 
 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                  | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the          |            TOMKINS PLC              | 
| underlying issuer                         |                                     | 
| 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                            |   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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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject  | CREDIT SUISSE GROUP AG                     | 
| to the                             |                                            | 
| notification obligation:           |                                            | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)     |                                            | 
|  (if different from 3.):           | CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (EUROPE) LTD      | 
|                                    | CREDIT SUISSE AG                           | 
|                                    | CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC         | 
|                                    | CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC         | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and     | 13.09.10                                   | 
| date on                            |                                            | 
| which the threshold is crossed or  |                                            | 
| reached:                           |                                            | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:  | 15.09.10                                   | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are        | 13%                                        | 
| crossed or                         |                                            | 
| 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                  | % of  voting rights              | 
|              | of                         | of               | of             | voting                     |                                  | 
|              | Shares                     | Voting           | shares         | rights                     |                                  | 
|              |                            | Rights           |                |                            |                                  | 
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|              |                            |                  | Direct         | Direct       | Indirect    | Direct            | Indirect     | 
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|              |                            |                  |                |              |             |                   |              | 
| ORD          | 107,484,738                | 107,484,738      | N/A            | N/A          | 114,592,121 | N/A               | 12.9765%     | 
| GB0008962655 |                            |                  |                |              |             |                   |              | 
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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               | Conversion Period               | rights that may be         | rights                  | 
|                                 |                    |                                 | acquired if the            |                         | 
|                                 |                    |                                 | instrument is              |                         | 
|                                 |                    |                                 | exercised/ converted.      |                         | 
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| AMERICAN CALL                   | 17/9/2010          | ANYTIME                         | 85,000                     | 0.0096%                 | 
| OPTION-  SEPT 320               |                    |                                 |                            |                         | 
|                                 |                    |                                 |                            |                         | 
| AMERICAN CALL                   | 17/9/2010          | ANYTIME                         | 187,000                    | 0.0212%                 | 
| OPTION -SEPT 270                |                    |                                 |                            |                         | 
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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      | % of voting rights               | 
| financial                  | price     | date           | Conversion period               | voting         |                                  | 
| instrument                 |           |                |                                 | rights         |                                  | 
|                            |           |                |                                 | instrument     |                                  | 
|                            |           |                |                                 | refers to      |                                  | 
|                            |           |                |                                 |                |                                  | 
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|                            |           |                |                                 |                | Nominal             | Delta      | 
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|                            |           |                |                                 |                |                     |            | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                 | 
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| Number of voting rights                                                    | Percentage of voting rights                                      | 
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|                                     114,864,121                            |                            13.0073%                              | 
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|              |             |    |      |  |          |  |    |             |  |        |  |  |             |        |          | |            | 
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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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| 1.    Credit Suisse Group AG                                                    | 
| 2.    Credit Suisse AG                                                          | 
| 2.1. Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd                                      | 
| 2.2. Credit Suisse Asset Management LLC                                         | 
| 2.3. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC                                         | 
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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:                    | Denise Burton, Company Secretary,        | 
|                                      | Tomkins plc                              | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        | [phone]                     | 
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