Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6934K

Bunzl PLC

23 April 2010

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			Bunzl 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
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Registered Holder: BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited      1,713,530*    BT Globenet Nominees Limited                           2,920* Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited         10,143,272* Chase Nominees Limited                                  520,014* CUIM Nominee Limited                                  268,002* Vidacos Nominees Limited                                 19,541* BNY (Nominees) Limited                                    2,850* *denotes direct interest Chase Nominees Limited                               2,155,530 Vidacos Nominees Limited                            3,966,996
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		21 April 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:		23 April 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		4% to 3% Change at Direct Interest Level

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
Ordinary Shares GB00B0744B38	20,500,832		20,500,832		19,007,850	12,670,129		6,122,526	3.86%		1.86%
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
CFD	N/A	N/A	N/A	215,195	Nominal	Delta
					0.07%	N/A

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
19,007,850	5.79%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited and Delta Lloyd Life NV, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:- Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: ·      Aviva plc (Parent Company) ·      Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) ·      Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) ·      Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited) Delta Lloyd Life NV: ·      Aviva plc (Parent Company) ·      Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) ·      Aviva International Insurance Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) ·      Aviva Insurance Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva International Insurance Limited) ·      Aviva International Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Insurance Limited) ·      CGU International Holdings BV (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva International Holdings Limited) ·      Delta Lloyd NV (majority owned subsidiary of CGU International Holdings BV) ·      Delta Lloyd Houdstermaatschappij Belgie BV (wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Lloyd NV) ·      Delta Lloyd Life NV (wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Lloyd Houdstermaatschappij Belgie BV) The investments are administered by Commercial Union Trustees Limited, with the following chain of control: Commercial Union Trustees Limited: ·      Aviva plc (Parent Company) ·      Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) ·      Undershaft Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) ·      Commercial Union Trustees Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Undershaft Limited)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		See Section 4
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:	Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of  328,512,816.
14. Contact name:	Paul Hussey
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7725 5000

 

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