Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3325K

Britvic plc

17 December 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
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:	Newton Investment Management  Limited
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):	16/12/2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	17/12/2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Decreased from 5.02% to 4.92%
8. Notified details:	Sale of 230,100 shares

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
Ordinary Shares B0N8QD5	10,854,113	5.02%	N/A		10,624,013	N/A	4.92%

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
10,624,013	4.92%

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

Newton Investment Management Limited hold these shares as a discretionary Investment Manager.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Asif S Lalani
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares xvi

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	Newton Investment Management Ltd
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	Mellon Financial Centre 160 Queen Victoria Street  London EC4V 4LA
Phone number	[phone]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)	Rachel Wheeler

B:     Identity of the notifier, if applicable xvii
Full name	John Price, Company Secretary, Britvic plc
Contact address	Britvic House. Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1TU
Phone number	[phone]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C:    Additional information

Notes 

 

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