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Britvic plc 12 July 2007 TR-1(i): notification of major interests in shares 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying BRITVIC plc issuer of existing shares to which voting -------------------- rights are attached(1): ------------------------------- 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 financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights ------- are attached -------------------------------------------- An event changing the breakdown of voting rights -------------------------------------------- ------- Other (please specify): -------------------------------------------- ------- 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the AXA SA, 25 Avenue Matignon, notification obligation(1): 75008 Paris and its group of ------------------------------- companies -------------------- 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different N/A from 3.)(1): -------------------- ------------------------------- 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which 10/07/2007 the threshold is crossed or reached if -------------------- different)(1): ------------------------------- 6. Date on which issuer notified: 12/07/2007 ------------------------------- -------------------- 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or 4% (See note below) reached: -------------------- ------------------------------- 8. Notified details: This notification was ------------------------------- triggered by a change in the 'Direct % of voting rights' threshold only (crossing over the 4% threshold). The 'aggregate % voting rights' threshold of 12% is unchanged. -------------------- A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering of shares the Triggering transaction(iii) transaction (ii) if Number of Number of Number of Number of voting % of voting rights possible Shares Voting shares rights ix using the Rights Direct Direct x Indirect Direct Indirect ISIN CODE viii xi Ord 27,420,427 27,420,427 8,616,384 8,616,384 18,588,208 3.99% 8.60% B0N8QD5 B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting financial date xiii Conversion Period/ rights that may be rights instrument Date xiv acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. - - - - - Total (A+B) Number of voting rights % of voting rights 27,204,592 12.59% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv: Name of Company/Fund No. of % of issued Direct/Indirect Shares capital AXA Sun Life plc (formerly Axa Equity & LawLife Assurance Society plc) 567,055 0.26248 Direct Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X 95,384 0.04415 Direct Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X 238,461 0.11038 Direct Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X 238,462 0.11038 Direct PPP Healthcare Group plc 62,500 0.02893 Direct Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd 75,000 0.03472 Direct Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd A/c 238,462 0.11038 Direct Sun Life Assurance Society Plc 236,000 0.10924 Direct AXA Insurance UK 212,500 0.09836 Direct AXA UK Group Pension Scheme 100,000 0.04629 Indirect AXA Financial, Inc 18,340,508 8.48949 Indirect Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd. 750,000 0.34716 Direct AXA Financial, Inc 147,700 0.06837 Indirect Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd 57,535 0.02663 Direct Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd LTAV UK Equity 52,883 0.02448 Direct Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd ABL High Alpha 210,200 0.09730 Direct Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd FTSE All Share Tracker 37,676 0.01744 Direct Sun Life Pensions Management LTAV UK Equity 346,103 0.16020 Direct Sun Life Pensions Management ABL High Alpha 1,014,200 0.46945 Direct Sun Life Pensions Management FTSE All Share Tracker 190,635 0.08824 Direct ASL With Profit Transition Fund 1,860,097 1.15461 Direct SLAS With Profit Transition 2,133,231 0.98743 Direct Total Direct 8,616,384 3.98837 Total Indirect 18,588,208 8.60415 TOTAL 27,204,592 12.59252 Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will N/A cease to hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold N/A voting rights: 13. Additional information: - 14. Contact name: John Price, Company Secretary, Britvic plc 15. Contact telephone number: +44 (0) 1245 261871 Notes -------------------------- (i) This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed with the competent authority. (ii) Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification, In case the situation previous to the triggering transaction was below 3%, please state 'below 3%'. vii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold , the notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is less than 3%. For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure of individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individually crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into, introducing changes to or terminating an agreement. viii Direct and indirect ix In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached 'direct holding' and voting rights 'indirect holdings', please split the voting rights number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there is no combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank. X Voting rights attached to shares in respect of which the notifying party is a direct shareholder (DTR 5.1) xi Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect shareholder (DTR 5.2.1) xii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is below 3%. xiii date of maturity / expiration of the finical instrument i.e. the date when the right to acquire shares ends. xiv If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the period- for example once every three months starting from the (date) xv The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakings through which the voting rights are held. The notification should also include the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each controlled undertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking holds 3% or more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking is intended to cover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking. xvi This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority. xvii Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the shareholder or the natural person/legal entity referred to in DTR5.2 and DTR5.3. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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