Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9380F

Persimmon PLC

15 October 2008

 



TR-1:                           Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

PERSIMMON

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):______________

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	AXA S.A. 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	13/10/2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	14/10/2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares Direct	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
0682538	15,440,421	15,440,421	3,180,965	3,180,965	11,786,356	1.06	3.93

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
14,967,321	4.99%

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

Name of the Company/Fund	Number of Shares	% of issued share capital
Alliance Capital Management Direct	393,400.00	0.13105
AXA Direct	614,674.000	0.20476
AXA Colonia Konzern Direct	9,000.00	0.00300
AXA Defensive Distribution Indirect	30,000.000	0.00999
AXA Financial, Inc Indirect	11,122,411.000	3.705180371
AXA Framlington Indirect	12,000.000	0.00
AXA France Indirect	6,390.00	0.002128684
AXA IM UK Direct	1,830,050.00	0.609639883
AXA IM UK Indirect	353,755.00	0.1178455
AXA Rosenberg Indirect	261,800.00	0.087212765
AXA Winterthur Direct	333,841,00	0.1112116
Total Direct Total Indirect	3,180,965 11,786,356	1.05967 3.92636
TOTAL	14,967,321	4.98603

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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:	Kyere Tabiri
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7003 1510

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. 

 

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