Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6813L

Kingfisher PLC

06 September 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:

KINGFISHER 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):	Due to a company reorganization, Capital Research and Mangement Company ("CRMC") and Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII") will no longer report relevant holdings under management separately. Instead the relevant holdings under management by CRCM and CGII will be reported in aggregate by The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CGC"). It is solely for this reason (and not as a reuslt of any additional acquisition or disposal) that CGC is reporting this aggregated holding.	X

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.):	See schedule A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	3 September 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	5 September 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	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
	84,693,649	84,693,649		84,693,649		84,693,649		3.5743%
Ordinary Shares (GB0033195214)

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
N/A

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
N/A					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
84,693,649	3.5743%

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

See schedule A

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:	Due to a company reorganization, Capital Research and Management Company ("CRMC") and Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII") will no longer report relevant holdings under management separately. With effect from 1 September 2012, the holdings under management of CRMC and CGII will be reported in aggregate by the group's parent company, The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
14. Contact name:	David Morris Assistant Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 644 1230

Schedule A

As of 3 September 2012

Kingfisher plc

	Number of Shares	Percentage of Outstanding
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CG") holdings	84,693,649	3.574%
Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:
·    Capital Research and Management Company	84,693,649	3.574%

 

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