Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2393I

Cookson Group PLC

14 November 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:

Cookson Group plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	Yes
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): On market transfer between indirect and direct funds	Yes

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Registered Holder: BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 5,166,798* Chase GA Group Nominees Limited   14,890,138* Chase Nominees Limited   1,438,610* CUIM Nominee Limited   3,521,454* *denotes direct interest Chase Nominees Limited   1,268,466 Vidacos Nominees Limited   65,215
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	13 November 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	14 November 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	10% to 11% Change at Direct Interest Level

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	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Shares GB00B07V4P80	Direct 23,089,325 Indirect 2,779,687	Direct 23,089,325 Indirect 2,779,687	25,017,000	25,017,000	1,333,681	11.77%	0.62%

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
N/A

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
26,350,681	12.39%

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:
14 Contact name:	Rachel Fell, Deputy Secretary Cookson Group plc
15. Contact telephone number:	Tel: + 44 (0)20 7822 0062

 

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