Holding(s) in Company
Tate & Lyle PLC
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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES | |||||||||
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: |
Tate & Lyle PLC | ||||||||
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | |||||||||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Â | 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 | Â | ||||||||
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | Â | ||||||||
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | Â | ||||||||
Other (please specify): | Â | Â | Â | ||||||
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: |
 | Harbinger Capital Partners LLC as the investment adviser to (i) Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd. and (ii) Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations Fund, L.P. | |||||||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):(if different from 3.): |
Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd. and Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations Fund, L.P. | ||||||||
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: |
27 August 201027 August 2010 |
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6. Date on which issuer notified: |
3 September 20103 September 2010 |
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: |
Below 3% | ||||||||
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8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class/type of shares
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Situation previous to the triggering transaction |
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Number of Shares |
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Number of Voting Rights |
Number of shares |
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Number of voting rights |
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Direct | Direct | Â | Â | Indirect | Direct | Â | Â | Â | Indirect | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ordinary shares of £0.25 | 14,161,182 | 14,161,182 | 13,311,182 |  | 13,311,182 |  | 2.86% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISIN Code: GB0008754136GB0008754136 |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type of financial instrument |
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Expiration date |
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Exercise/ Conversion Period |
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Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. |
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% of voting rights |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type of financial instrument |
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Exercise/ Conversion period |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to | Â | Â | Â | % of voting rights | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Â | Â | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13,311,182 |
2.86% |
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting
rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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Harbinger Capital Partners LLC serves as an investment adviser to (i) Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd (which holds 997,512 voting rights in the issuer (0.21%)) and (ii) Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations Fund, L.P. (which holds 12,313,670 voting rights in the issuer (2.64%). The manager of Harbinger Capital Partners LLC is Harbinger Holdings, LLC, which is in turn controlled by Philip A. Falcone. | |||||
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Proxy Voting: | |||||
10. Name of the proxy holder: | Â | Â | |||
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: |
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |
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13. Additional information: |
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14. Contact name: | Â | ||||
15. Contact telephone number: | Â | ||||
Listed Company Contact Name: |
Robert Gibber. Company Secretary
020 7626 6525 |
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