Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8141R

Britvic plc

09 November 2011

 



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				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 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					ü
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Route One Investment Company, L.P.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Route One Fund I, L.P. Route One Fund II, L.P. Route One Offshore Master Fund, L.P.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		13 October 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		9 November 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		No aggregate threshold has been crossed (see Box 13 below)

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

BON8QD

15,082,580

15,082,580

6.25

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

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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

15,082,580

6.25

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
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:	On 13 October 2011, the Total Equity Swap in respect of 14,744,281 shares (notified on 15 July 2011) was closed out, with the effect that such number of shares became held directly - so this is a notification under DTR 5.7.1R (as supplemented by DTR 5.7.2G).  Further shares were also acquired to take the aggregate holding to 15,082,580 shares (as set out in Box 8 above) but no aggregate notifiable threshold was crossed.  The shares are held by the funds set out in Box 4 above, including 7,532,822 held by Route One Fund I, L.P. and 7,270,952 held by Route One Offshore Master Fund, L.P. (representing 3.12 % and 3.01%, respectively, of the total voting rights).  The General Partner of the Funds is Route One Investment Company, LLC and the manager of the funds is the entity set out in Box 3 above.
14. Contact name:	Emma Thomas, Company Secretary, Britvic plc
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

 

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