Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8599C

PZ CUSSONS PLC

08 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:

PZ Cussons 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:	Prudential plc group of companies
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:	03 May 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	04 May 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	See item 13

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
GB00B19Z1432	47,213,153	47,213,153	47,237,909	45,837,515	1,400,394	10.69%	0.32%

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
47,237,909	11.01%

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

Prudential plc (Parent Company) M&G Group Limited (Wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential Plc) M&G Limited (Wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited) M&G Investment Management Limited (Wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) M&G Securities Limited (Wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	M&G Investment Management Limited (Wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) has moved from a 10% to a 11% notifiable interest triggering this notification
14. Contact name:	James Todd / Mark Thomas M&G Investment Management Limited
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7548 2293/ 020 7548 3266

 Notifiable Position Report for

  PZ CUSSONS

 as at 03 May 2012

 

Percentage holdings are calculated using 428,725,000 Total Voting Rights

 

 

 

		Registered Holder	Holding	Voting Rights	% Voting Rights
Prudential plc				47,237,909	11.01	Total Notifiable Interest
	Holding Type:Direct
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NO (UK) PAC AC	1,218,939	1,218,939
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NO (UK) PPL AC	149,048	149,048
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMBM	38,264,983	38,264,983
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMGQ	2,150,000	2,150,000
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIF	54,545	54,545
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIN	4,000,000	4,000,000
		Sub Total	45,837,515	45,837,515
	Holding Type:Indirect
		JNL/M&G GLOBAL BASICS FUND	1,387,434	1,387,434
		PRUDENTIAL HOLBORN PENSIONS LD	12,960	12,960
		Sub Total	1,400,394	1,400,394
M&G Group Limited				47,224,949	11.01
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	1,218,939	1,218,939
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	149,048	149,048
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMBM	38,264,983	38,264,983
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMGQ	2,150,000	2,150,000
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIF	54,545	54,545
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIN	4,000,000	4,000,000
		JNL/M&G GLOBAL BASICS FUND	1,387,434	1,387,434
M&G Investment Management Limited				47,170,404	11.00
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	1,218,939	1,218,939
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	149,048	149,048
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMBM	38,264,983	38,264,983
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMGQ	2,150,000	2,150,000
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIN	4,000,000	4,000,000
		JNL/M&G GLOBAL BASICS FUND	1,387,434	1,387,434
M&G Limited				47,224,949	11.01
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	1,218,939	1,218,939
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	149,048	149,048
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMBM	38,264,983	38,264,983
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMGQ	2,150,000	2,150,000
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIF	54,545	54,545
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIN	4,000,000	4,000,000
		JNL/M&G GLOBAL BASICS FUND	1,387,434	1,387,434
M&G Securities Limited				44,469,528	10.37
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMBM	38,264,983	38,264,983
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMGQ	2,150,000	2,150,000
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIF	54,545	54,545
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIN	4,000,000	4,000,000

 

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