Holding(s) in Company
Tate & Lyle PLC
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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES | |||||||||
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: |
Tate & Lyle PLC | ||||||||
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | |||||||||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Â | X | |||||||
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | Â | ||||||||
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | Â | ||||||||
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | Â | ||||||||
Other (please specify): | Â | Â | Â | ||||||
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: |
 | Harbinger Capital Partners LLC as the investment adviser to (i) Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd. and (ii) Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations Fund, L.P. | |||||||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):(if different from 3.): |
Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd. and Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations Fund, L.P. | ||||||||
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: |
22 July 201022 July 2010 |
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6. Date on which issuer notified: |
26 July 201026 July 2010 |
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: |
Below 5% |
8. Notified details: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class/type of shares
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Situation previous to the triggering transaction |
 | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of Shares |
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Number of Voting Rights |
Number of shares |
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Number of voting rights |
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Direct | Direct | Â | Indirect | Direct | Â | Indirect | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ordinary shares of £0.25 | 23,734,150 | 23,734,150 | 22,009,150 |  | 22,009,150 |  | 4.78% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISIN Code: GB0008754136GB0008754136 |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type of financial instrument |
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Expiration date |
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Exercise/ Conversion Period |
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Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. |
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% of voting rights |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type of financial instrument |
 | Exercise price | Expiration date |  |
Exercise/ Conversion period |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to | Â | % of voting rights | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total (A+B+C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Â | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22,009,150 |
4.78% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting
rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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Harbinger Capital Partners LLC serves as an investment adviser to (i) Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd (which holds 9,695,480 voting rights in the issuer (2.11%)) and (ii) Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations Fund, L.P. (which holds 12,313,670 voting rights in the issuer (2.68%)) The manager of Harbinger Capital Partners LLC is Harbinger Holdings, LLC, which is in turn controlled by Philip A. Falcone. | ||
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Proxy Voting: | ||
10. Name of the proxy holder: | Â | |
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: | Â | |
15. Contact telephone number: | Â | |
Listed Company Contact name: |
Robert Gibber, Company Secretary 020 7626 6525 |