Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9964E

Severfield-Rowen PLC

15 April 2011

 



SEVERFIELD-ROWEN PLC

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:

Severfield-Rowen plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
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:	Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                   (if different from 3.):	Registered Holder: BNY (Nominees) Limited                        85,050* BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited     643,521* Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited      3,141,838* Chase Nominees Limited                        207,094 CUIM Nominee Limited                           99,963* Vidacos Nominees Limited                     3,467* *     Denotes direct interest   Chase Nominees Limited                        88,165 Vidacos Nominees Limited                     225,601
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	23 March 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	24 March 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	<5% to 5% Change at Combined Interest Level

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
Ordinary Shares GB00B27YGJ97	3,792,683	3,792,683	4,494,699	4,180,933	313,766	4.69%	0.35%

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
4,494,699	5.04%

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

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)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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 total number of voting rights of 89,251,076
14 Contact name:	Neil Whitaker, Aviva plc
15. Contact telephone name:	01603 684420

 

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