Notification of major interest in shares

RNS Number : 4368E

Associated British Foods PLC

18 July 2016

 

Associated British Foods plc 18 July 2016
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Associated British Foods plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					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
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		See Section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		14 July 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		15 July 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Above 10% - aggregate of voting rights from shares

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary Shares (ISIN: GB0006731235)

78,563,170

78,563,170

79,274,402

10.0135%

ADRs (ISIN: US0455194029)

118,468

118,468

118,376

0.0150%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

Not applicable

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Not applicable

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

79,392,778

10.0285%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Number of Shares Percent of Outstanding The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CG") holdings 79,392,778 10.0285% Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds: • Capital Guardian Trust Company1 • Capital International, Inc. 1                • Capital International Limited1 • Capital International Sàrl1 • Capital Research and Management Company2 77,502,954 9.7898% -     EuroPacific Growth Fund3 46,049,964 5.8168%
1Indirect subsidiaries of Capital Research and Management Company. 2Subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 3Mutual fund managed by Capital Research and Management Company.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Rosalyn Schofield, Director of Group Secretarial, Associated British Foods plc
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7299 3641

 

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