Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2526E

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28 May 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:

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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		X
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	FMR LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See attached schedule.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	25 May 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	28 May 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	14%

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
			Indirect	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0032089863	23,218,544	23,218,544	23,217,644		23,217,644		14.01%

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
23,217,644	14.01%

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

Brown Brothers Harriman and Co - 16,818,800 PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY CIBC Mellon Trust (C) - 15,900 PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC JP Morgan Chase Bank - 4,712,144 PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY Mellon Bank NA (C) - 27,500 PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY National Bank Trust (C) - 8,000 PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC Northern Trust Co (C) - 26,700 PGATCH-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY Royal Trust-Toronto (C) - 26,100 PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC State Street Bank and TR Co - 1,575,800 PGATCH-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY US Bank NA (C) - 6,700 FIIS-FIIS - FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES CO, INC Grand Total       23,217,644

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	FMR LLC
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire:	900
12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire voting rights:	25 May 2012

13. Additional information:	Decrease of voting rights to 165,676,864
14. Contact name:	Nina Collomosse
15. Contact telephone number:	[e-mail] 01737 837092

 

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