Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1042V

Britvic plc

22 May 2008

 



TR-1:   notification of major interests in shares 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	BRITVIC 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 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 notification obligation:	AXA SA, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	19/05/2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	21/05/2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	14%
8. Notified details:	.

A: Voting rights attached to shares
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 viii	Number of shares	Number of voting rights ix		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct  x	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
Ord B0N8QD5	30,607,000	30,607,000	4,266,794	4,266,794	25,310,981	1.98%	11.72%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
-	-	-	-	-

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
29,577,775	13.69%

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 Shares % of issued capital Direct/Indirect AXA Sun Life plc (formerly Axa Equity & Law Life Assurance Society plc) 381,570 0.17662 Direct AXA Rosenberg 568,000 0.26292 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 AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Ethical Fund 100,000 0.04629 Indirect AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Extra Income Fund 15,000 0.00694 Indirect AXA UK Investment Co ICVC UK Equity Income Fund 225,000 0.10415 Indirect PPP Healthcare Group plc 34,300 0.01588 Direct Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd A/c 238,462 0.11038 Direct Sun Life Assurance Society Plc 210,580 0.09747 Direct AXA Rosenberg 432,000 0.19997 Direct AXA Insurance UK 90,015 0.04167 Direct AXA UK Group Pension Scheme 100,000 0.04629 Indirect AXA Financial, Inc 16,292,911 7.54169 Indirect Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd. 100,000 0.4629 Direct AXA Rosenberg 8,380,370 3.87912 Indirect AXA Financial, Inc 147,700 0.06837 Indirect Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd LTAV UK Equity 40,000 0.01852 Direct Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd ABL High Alpha 147,300 0.06818 Direct Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd FTSE All Share Tracker 37,676 0.01744 Direct Sun Life Pensions Management LTAV UK Equity 276,103 0.12780 Direct Sun Life Pensions Management ABL High Alpha 730,700 0.33823 Direct Sun Life Pensions Management FTSE All Share Tracker 190,635 0.08824 Direct AXA Sun Life With Profits Passive 144,422 0.06685 Direct AXA Sun Life With Profits Passive 72,724 0.03366 Direct AXA UK Distribution OEIC 50,000 0.02314 Indirect Total Direct Total Indirect  4,266,794 25,310,981 1.97502 11.71600 TOTAL 29,577,775 13.69102

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:	John Price, Company Secretary, Britvic plc
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

Notes 

 

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