Holding(s) in Company

Britvic plc
16 March 2007



TR-1(i): notification of major interests in shares

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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying    |           BRITVIC plc            |
|issuer of existing shares to which voting      |                                  |
|rights are attached(1):                        |                                  |
+-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------+
|2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or     |          |
|boxes)                                                                 |          |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                            |    X     |
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|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                       |          |
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|Other (please specify):                                                |          |
+-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------+
|3. Full name of person(s) subject to the       |Barclays PLC, 1 Churchill Place,  |
|notification obligation(1):                    |London E14 5HP                    |
+-----------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different   |Barclays Bank PLC                 |
|from 3.)(1):                                   |                                  |
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|                                               |Barclays Capital Securities Ltd   |
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|                                               |Barclays Global Investors Japan   |
|                                               |Ltd                               |
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|                                               |Barclays Global Investors Ltd     |
+-----------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
|                                               |Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd    |
+-----------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
|                                               |Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd         |
+-----------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
|                                               |Gerrard Ltd                       |
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|5. Date of the transaction (and date on which  |14 Mar 2007                       |
|the threshold is crossed or reached if         |                                  |
|different)(1):                                 |                                  |
+-----------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
|6. Date on which issuer notified:              |15 Mar 2007                       |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:|9% to 8%                          |
+-----------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+-+
|8. Notified details:                           |                                | |
+-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------+--------+-+
+-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------+--------+-+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                  |
+------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
|Class/type  |Situation previous to|Resulting situation after the triggering          |
|of shares   |the Triggering       |transaction(1)                                    |
|            |transaction (1)      |                                                  |
+------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
|if possible |                     |                                                  |
|using the   +----------+----------+----------+-------------------+-------------------+
|ISIN CODE   |Number of |Number of |Number of |Number of voting   |% of voting rights |
|            |Shares    |Voting    |shares    |rights ix          |                   |
|            |          |Rights    +----------+--------+----------+--------+----------+
|            |          |viii      |Direct    |Direct x|Indirect  |Direct  |Indirect  |
|            |          |          |          |        |xi        |        |          |
+------------+----------+----------+----------+--------+----------+--------+----------+
|GB00BON8QD54|20,281,635|20,281,635|19,233,335|0       |19,233,335|0.00    |8.90      |
+------------+----------+----------+----------+--------+----------+--------+----------+
|B: Financial Instruments                                                             |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii                             |
+-----------------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------+-----------+
|Type of financial|Expiration   |Exercise/ Conversion |Number of voting   |% of voting|
|instrument       |date xiii    |Period/ Date xiv     |rights that may be |rights     |
|                 |             |                     |acquired if the    |           |
|                 |             |                     |instrument is      |           |
|                 |             |                     |exercised/         |           |
|                 |             |                     |converted.         |           |
+-----------------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------+-----------+
|        -        |-            |          -          |-                  |-          |
+------------+----+-----+-------+--+----------+-------++----------+-------++----------+
+------------+----+-----+-------+--+----------+-------++----------+-------++----------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Total (A+B)                                                                   |
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|Number of voting rights                    |% of voting rights                |
+-------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
|19,233,335                                 |8.90                              |
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+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the    |
|financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv:                     |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|
||Barclays Bank PLC                                                               ||
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||Barclays Capital Securities Ltd                                                 ||
|+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|
||Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd                                             ||
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||Barclays Global Investors Ltd                                                   ||
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||Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd                                                  ||
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||Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd                                                       ||
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||Gerrard Ltd                                                                     ||
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|Proxy Voting:                                                                     |
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|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:       |Identity of Notifier: Geoff Smith, Barclays    |
|                                  |Compliance, Telephone: [phone]           |
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|14. Issuer Contact name:          |John Price, Company Secretary, Britvic plc     |
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|15. Contact                       |                                               |
|telephone                         |                                               |
|number:                           |[phone]                            |
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Notes
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(i) This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed
with the competent authority.



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