Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1007Y

Bunzl PLC

04 September 2015

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Bunzl PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		ü
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:	William H. Gates III
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Cascade Investment, L.L.C. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	September 1, 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	September 3, 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Over 6%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
	19,570,938	19,570,938			20,570,938		6.14%
GB00B0744B38

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	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
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
20,570,938	6.14%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Cascade Investment, L.L.C. -    4.36% of voting rights (14,618,458 shares) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust -  1.78% of voting rights (5,952,480 shares)
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:	None
14. Contact name:	Paul Hussey, Company Secretary, Bunzl plc
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7725 5000

 

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