Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7162K
Wolseley PLC
23 April 2010
 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

 

Wolseley 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):

  

 

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: 

AXA S.A., 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: 

22/04/2010

6. Date on which issuer notified: 

23/04/2010

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

 

5%

  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

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

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16,551,642

 16,551,642

247,739 

247,739 

14,071,404 

0.09 

4.96 

 

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration

date

Exercise/  Conversion Period

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights 

 

 

 

 

 

Nominal

Delta

 

 

 

 

Total (A+B+C)

 

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

14,319,143

5.04%

 

  

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

Name of Company / Fund

Number of shares

% of issued share capital

Alliance Bernstein (Direct)

92,200

0.032481

Alliance Capital Management (Direct)

53,900

0.018988

AXA Financial, Inc  (Indirect)

14,027,708.30

4.941753

AXA IM UK  (Direct)

101,639

0.035806

AXA IM UK  (Indirect)

43,696

0.015393

 

 

 

Total Direct

247,739

0.08727

Total Indirect

14,071,404

4.95715

Total

14,319,143

5.04442

 

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:

 

 Alison Drew

15. Contact telephone number:

0118 929 8700

 


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