TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer |
Britvic Plc
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2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): |
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached |
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments |
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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Other (please specify): |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the |
TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC on behalf of the accounts listed in Exhibit B attached hereto
Teachers Advisors, Inc. on behalf of the funds Listed in Exhibit C attached hereto
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) |
See Number 3 |
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5. Date of the transaction and date on |
20 August 2013 |
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6. Date on which issuer notified: |
21 August 2013 |
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |
3% |
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8. Notified details: |
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A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix |
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Class/type of
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Situation previous |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Number of voting |
% of voting rights x |
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Direct |
Direct xi |
Indirect xii |
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Indirect |
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GB00B0N8QD54 |
7,112,957 |
7,112,957 |
7,415,047 |
7,415,047 |
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3.026% |
0% |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial |
Expiration |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting |
% of voting |
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N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial |
Exercise price |
Expiration date xvii |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
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% of voting rights xix, xx
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N/A |
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N/A
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Nominal |
Delta |
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Total (A+B+C) |
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Number of voting rights |
Percentage of voting rights |
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7,415,047 |
3.026% |
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the |
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The College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF") bought 145,999 shares on August 20, 2013 bringing its holdings to 6,106,876 shares owned of Britvic Plc. CREF owns these shares through two of its investment accounts, the Global Equities Account and Stock Account. It is our understanding that the total voting shares outstanding of Britvic Plc is 245,021,028 bringing CREF's ownership in your company to a 2.492% level.
For your information, CREF is a U.S. based investment company, which is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). CREF has multiple investment accounts, each with separate investment objectives and policies. All assets in the accounts are beneficially owned by CREF, and all the accounts are managed by TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC, an SEC registered investment adviser.
Additionally, affiliates of CREF on August 20, 2013 bought 156,091 shares bringing the total owned to 1,308,171 shares of Britvic Plc. These holdings are owned by the TIAA-CREF Funds ("Funds"), and the TIAA-CREF Life Funds ("Life Funds"), each of which are SEC registered investment companies. The Funds and Life Funds are managed by Teachers Advisors, Inc., an SEC registered investment adviser that is affiliated with TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC. These affiliated funds, aggregated with those of CREF, own a total of 7,415,047 or 3.026% of the outstanding voting shares of your company. Because Teachers Advisors, Inc. and TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC follow the same policies when voting these funds, we are aggregating the holdings for purposes of this letter.
(See Exhibit A attached hereto)
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Proxy Voting: |
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10. Name of the proxy holder: |
TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC/ Teachers Advisors, Inc. |
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease |
N/A |
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold |
N/A |
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14. Contact name: |
Clare Thomas, Company Secretary, Britvic plc |
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15. Contact telephone number: |
+44 (0)1442 284411 |
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Please click on the link below to view Exhibits A, B & C
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/2191M_-2013-8-21.pdf