Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0747U
Wolseley PLC
20 December 2012
 



 

 

 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

X

 

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:

 

 

The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

 

Capital Guardian Trust Company

 

Capital Research and Management Company

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

 

 

18 December 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

 

19 December 2012

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

 

Holding has gone above 3%



 

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

 Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

JE00B8N69M54

7,906,988

 7,906,988

 N/A

 8,364,048

 N/A

8,364,048

 N/A

 3.0526%

 

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

 8,364,048

3.0526%

 

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

 

 

Capital Guardian Trust Company - 1,400,064 (0.511%)

 

Capital Research and Management Company - 6,963,984 (2.542%) 

 

 

 

 

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:

 

The Capital Group of Companies, Inc ("CGC") is the parent company of Capital Research and Management Company ("CMRC"). CRMC is a US-based investment management company that manages the American Funds family of mutual funds.  CGC is also the parent company of Capital Group International, Inc ("CGII"), which in turn is the parent company of five investment management companies:  Capital Guardian Trust Company, Capital International, Inc., Capital International Limited, Capital International Sarl and Capital International K.K.

 

Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of Wolseley plc for its own account. The shares reported on this notification are owned by accounts under the discretionary investment management of one or more of the investment management companies described above.

14. Contact name:

 

 Graham Middlemiss

15. Contact telephone number:

 

 0118 929 8700

 


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