Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3645C
Bunzl PLC
15 October 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:

October 12, 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

October 14, 2015

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

Over 7%

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


 

 

23,328,182

 

 

23,328,182

 

 


 

 

23,503,182


 

 

 

7.02%

 

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

23,503,182

7.02%

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. -    5.24% of voting rights (17,550,702 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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