Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8914H

Kingfisher PLC

26 June 2013

 



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		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.):	See schedule A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	24 June 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	25 June 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above 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
	118,295,934	118,295,934			126,559,469		5.3337%
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
126,559,469	5.3337%

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:
14. Contact name:	Vivan Tan
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

Schedule A

As of 24 June 2013

Kingfisher plc

	Number of Shares	Percentage of Outstanding
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CG") holdings	126,559,469	5.334%
Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:
·    Capital Research and Management Company  ·              Capital World Growth and Income Fund	126,559,469	5.334%

 

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