Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8987K

Majestic Wine PLC

21 April 2015

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Majestic Wine 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):	CHANGE TO THE NUMBER OF VOTING RIGHTS IN ISSUE				√
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Registered Holder: Available on Request                                         3,350*    *denotes direct interest Chase Nominees Limited                                 840,497 Vidacos Nominees Limited                           2,622,966
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		16 April 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		17 April 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		5% to <5% Change at Combined Interest Level

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
Ordinary Shares GB00B021F836	3,185,757		3,185,757		3,466,813	3,350		3,463,463	0.00%		4.91%
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
3,466,813	4.91%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:- Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: ·      Aviva plc (Parent Company) ·      Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) ·      Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) ·      Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited) The voting rights are managed and controlled by Friends Provident International Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:- Friends Provident International Limited: ·      Aviva plc (Parent Company) ·      Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) ·      Aviva Life Holdings UK Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) ·      Friends Life FPG Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Life Holdings UK Limited) ·      Friends Life FPL Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Friends Life FPG Limited) ·      Friends Life Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Friends Life FPL Limited) ·      Friends Life and Pensions Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Friends Life Limited) ·      Friends Provident International Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Friends Life and Pensions Limited)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		See Section 4
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:	Figures are based on a revised total number of voting rights of  70,577,212 as per the companys 'Director/PDMR Shareholding' announcement on 16th April 2015.
14. Contact name:	Neil Whittaker, Aviva plc
15. Contact telephone number:	01603 684420

 

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