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Holding(s) in Company

21st Aug 2013 15:35

RNS Number : 2191M
Britvic plc
21 August 2013
 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

Britvic 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 thenotification obligation: iii

TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC on behalf of the accounts listed in Exhibit B attached hereto

 

Teachers Advisors, Inc. on behalf of the funds

Listed in Exhibit C attached hereto

 

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

See Number 3

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

20 August 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

21 August 2013

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

3%

 

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B0N8QD54

7,112,957

7,112,957

7,415,047

7,415,047

0

3.026%

0%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

 

% of voting rights xix, xx

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Nominal

Delta

N/A

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

7,415,047

3.026%

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

The College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF") bought 145,999 shares on August 20, 2013 bringing its holdings to 6,106,876 shares owned of Britvic Plc. CREF owns these shares through two of its investment accounts, the Global Equities Account and Stock Account. It is our understanding that the total voting shares outstanding of Britvic Plc is 245,021,028 bringing CREF's ownership in your company to a 2.492% level.

 

For your information, CREF is a U.S. based investment company, which is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). CREF has multiple investment accounts, each with separate investment objectives and policies. All assets in the accounts are beneficially owned by CREF, and all the accounts are managed by TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC, an SEC registered investment adviser.

 

Additionally, affiliates of CREF on August 20, 2013 bought 156,091 shares bringing the total owned to 1,308,171 shares of Britvic Plc. These holdings are owned by the TIAA-CREF Funds ("Funds"), and the TIAA-CREF Life Funds ("Life Funds"), each of which are SEC registered investment companies. The Funds and Life Funds are managed by Teachers Advisors, Inc., an SEC registered investment adviser that is affiliated with TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC. These affiliated funds, aggregated with those of CREF, own a total of 7,415,047 or 3.026% of the outstanding voting shares of your company. Because Teachers Advisors, Inc. and TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC follow the same policies when voting these funds, we are aggregating the holdings for purposes of this letter.

 

 

(See Exhibit A attached hereto)

 

 

 

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC/ Teachers Advisors, Inc.

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

None

14. Contact name:

Clare Thomas, Company Secretary, Britvic plc

15. Contact telephone number:

+44 (0)1442 284411

 

 

Please click on the link below to view Exhibits A, B & C

 

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/2191M_-2013-8-21.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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