Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2863M

Bunzl PLC

20 May 2010

 



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

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: iii

Invesco Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

19 May 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

20 May 2010

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii

10%, 9%

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 32.14857p Shares

35,743,311

35,743,311

32,571,686

9.91%

GB00B0744B38

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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

32,571,686

9.91%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Bank of New York - 23,834,955 Bank of New York, London - 89,720 Boston Safe Deposit - 42,286 Chase Bank Hong Kong - 93,973 HSBC Bank plc London - 381,434 Mellon Bank Pittsburg - 168,419 State Street Trust & Banking Co, London - 4,132,135 Trust & Custody Services - 3,307 Northern Trust Company, London - 226,263 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Limited - 6,853 AiM Private Asset Management (ADR's Ratio 5:1) - 1,934,585 Invesco AiM Advisors Inc. - 1,483,395 Other - 55,858
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:	Paul Hussey
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7725 5000

 

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