Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7592O

Britvic plc

02 July 2010

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES1
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			Britvic Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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				X
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):	Notification pursuant to amended DTR5
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		The owners of the shares and financial instruments having a similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments are Eton Park Fund, L.P., Eton Park Master Fund, Ltd. and EP Cayman, Ltd. (the "owners"). Eton Park Capital Management, L.P (the "Investment Manager") has been granted discretionary investment management authority in respect of the assets of the owners. The Investment Manager has in turn delegated investment management authority in respect of the assets of the owners to its UK affiliate, Eton Park International LLP (the "sub-Manager").
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Eton Park Fund, L.P., Eton Park Master Fund, Ltd. And EP Cayman, Ltd. The holding in shares is registered in the name of the following nominee accounts: - 1,815,387 shares registered to Morstan Nominees Ltd and - 800,000 shares registered to Vidacos Nominees Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		30 June 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:		2 July 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		3%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B0N8QD54

2,615,387

1.09%

2,615,387

1.09%

1.09%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

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 xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx 1.87%

Equity Swap

N/A

23/09/2010

N/A

4,477,957

Nominal

Delta

X

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

7,093,344

2.96%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The parent undertakings of the Investment Manager are: 1.   Eton Park Capital Management, L.L.C. 2.   Eric M. Mindich The parent undertakings of the sub-Manager are : 1.   Eton Park Capital Limited 2.   The Investment Manager 3.   Eton Park Capital Management, L.L.C. 4.   Eric M. Mindich
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		Not applicable
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		Not applicable
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		Not applicable
13. Additional information:	Not applicable
14. Contact name:	John Price, Britvic plc, Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

 

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