Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8461X

Glanbia PLC

21 February 2012

 



TR1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii		Glanbia 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): Fund Rationalisation Transfers				X
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	Prudential plc group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv	See attached schedule
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	17 February 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	20 February 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	See item 13

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

IE0000669501

11,978,374

11,978,374

11,978,374

11,978,374

4.06%

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

11,978,374

4.06%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Prudential plc (parent Company) M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited) M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)
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:	Following Fund rationalisations, M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) has moved to a 4% notifiable interest triggering this notification.
14. Contact name:	James Todd / Mark Thomas M&G Investment Management Limited
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7548 2293 / 020 7548 3266

Attached Schedule

Notifiable Position Report for

GLANBIA

as at 17 February 2012

Percentage holdings are calculated using 294,532,684 Total Voting Rights

		Registered Holder	Holding		Voting Rights		% Voting Rights
Prudential plc					11,978,374		4.06		Total Notifiable Interest
Holding Type : Direct
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMBQ	457,981		457,981
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIQ	11,070,393		11,070,393
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GML2	450,000		450,000
		Sub Total :	11,978,374		11,978,374
M&G Group Limited					11,978,374		4.06
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMBQ	457,981		457,981
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIQ	11,070,393		11,070,393
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GML2	450,000		450,000
M&G Investment Management Limited					11,978,374		4.06
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMBQ	457,981		457,981
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIQ	11,070,393		11,070,393
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GML2	450,000		450,000
M&G Limited						11,978,374		4.06
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMBQ			457,981		457,981
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIQ			11,070,393		11,070,393
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GML2			450,000		450,000
M&G Securities Limited						11,978,374		4.06
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMBQ			457,981		457,981
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIQ			11,070,393		11,070,393
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GML2			450,000		450,000
						450,000

 

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