Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0868P

Kingfisher PLC

18 March 2009

 



TR-1:   notification of major interests in shares 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		KINGFISHER PLC
2. Reason for the notification     (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			YES
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached			NO
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			NO
Other (please specify):___________________________________________			NO
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	16/03/2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	17/03/2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%
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	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
ORDINARY OF GBP 0.15714 ISIN: GB0033195214	142,120,974	142,120,974	23,924,056	23,924,056	116,521,645	1.01%	4.94%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
140,445,701	5.95%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Alliance Capital Management (Direct)	2,175,748.00	0.09216
AXA (Direct)	4,901,988.00	0.20764
AXA Colonia Konzern (Direct)	4,776,048.00	0.20230
AXA Colonia Konzern (Indirect)	208,677.00	0.00884
AXA Financial, Inc (Indirect)	45,200,182.00	1.914584354
AXA France (Indirect)	170,128.00	0.01
AXA IM UK (Direct)	3,466,368.00	0.146828036
AXA IM UK (Indirect)	362,742.00	0.015364986
AXA Rosenberg (Direct)	7,680,000.00	0.325308598
AXA Rosenberg (Indirect)	70,579,916.00	2.989616345
AXA Winterthur (Direct)	923,904.00	0.039134624

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	N/A
14. Contact name:	Kyere Tabiri
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7003 1510

Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares 

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	AXA S.A. and its group of companies
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris
Phone number
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)	AXA IM UK is a 100% direct subsidiary of AXA IM SA, which is in turn indirectly wholly owned by AXA S.A.

B:     Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	JUSTINE LITTLE ASSISTANT COMPANY SECRETARY
Contact address	3 SHELDON SQUARE, PADDINGTON, LONDON, W2 6PX
Phone number	020 7372 8008
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

 

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