Holding(s) in Company

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}

RNS Number : 1556V

Avacta Group PLC

05 August 2015

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			AVACTA GROUP PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				√
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):	CHANGE TO THE NUMBER OF VOTING RIGHTS IN ISSUE, FOLLOWING THE RECENT PLACING			√
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ		Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv		Registered Holder: BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 31,278,563* Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 532,646,944* * denotes direct interest Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 38,887,888 Chase Nominees Limited 10,771,204 Vidacos Nominees Limited 26,415,401
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v		03 August 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		04 August 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}		11% to 9% Change at Direct Interest Level and 12% to <10% Change at Combined Interest Level

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 ORD GBP0.001 GB0033519546	No previous	No previous	640,000,000	563,925,507	76,074,493	8.37%	1.13%

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

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
640,000,000	9.50%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi

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:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	See Section 4
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:

Figures are based on a revised total number of voting rights of 6,739,649,550 as per the Company's Result of General Meeting annoucement of 31 July 2015.

14. Contact name:

Diane Thirkettle, Aviva plc

15. Contact telephone number:

01603 687803

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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