26th Apr 2013 14:08
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i |
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii | PZ Cussons 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): |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii | The Capital Group Companies, Inc. |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): iv | See Schedule A |
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v | 19 April 2013 |
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 22 April 2013 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii | Above 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 | |||
Ordinary Shares (ISIN: GB00B19Z1432) | 12,847,487 | 12,847,487 | 12,867,598 | 3.0013% | |||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate xiii | Exercise/ConversionPeriod xiv | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.
| % of votingrights |
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | ||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Exerciseprice | Expirationdate xvii | Exercise/Conversionperiod xviii | Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to | % of voting rights xix, xx
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Nominal | Delta
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Total (A+B+C) | |
Number of voting rights | Percentage %of voting rights |
12867,598 | 3.0013% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi |
See Schedule A |
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: | "See Schedule B" |
14. Contact name: | |
15. Contact telephone number: |
PZ Cussons plc
Number of Shares | Percent of Outstanding | |
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (“CG”) holdings | 12,867,598 | 3.001% |
Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds: | ||
Capital Research and Management Company | 12,867,598 | 3.001% |
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CGC") is the parent company of Capital Research and Managament Company ("CRMC"). CRMC is a U.S- based investment management company that manages the American Funds family of mutual funds. CGC is also the parent company of Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII"), which in turn is the parent company of five incestment management companies: Capital Guardian Trust Company, Capital International, Inc, Capital International Limited, Capital International Sarl and Capital International K.K.
Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of your company for its own account. Rather, the shares reported on this Notification are owned by accounts under the discretionary investment management of one or more of the investment management companies described above.
For the purpose of this Report, the total voting rights figure of 428,725,000 shares was used to calculate the percentage of holdings.
Related Shares:
Pz Cussons