Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

Tate & Lyle 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:
Tate & Lyle 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:
  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
6. Date on which issuer notified:
3 September 20103 September 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:
Below 3%
 
   
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of
shares


if possible usingif possible using
the ISIN CODEthe 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 of £0.25 14,161,182 14,161,182 13,311,182   13,311,182   2.86%
ISIN Code:
GB0008754136GB0008754136
 
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
           
 
 
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights     Percentage of voting rights

13,311,182

2.86%

 
 
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
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.
 
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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:  
15. Contact telephone number:  
Listed Company Contact Name: Robert Gibber. Company Secretary

020 7626 6525

 

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