17th Sep 2013 17:00
TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares | |||
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: |
Berendsen PLC | ||
2. Reason for notification (yes/no) | |||
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 acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | No | ||
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | No | ||
Other (please specify):___________________________ | No | ||
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation: | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group | ||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): | See additional information under 13. | ||
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: | 16 September 2013 | ||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 17 September 2013 | ||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | Below the threshold of 5% | ||
8: Notified Details | ||||||||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type of shares If possible use 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 | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||||||||||||
Direct |
Direct |
Indirect |
Direct |
Indirect | ||||||||||||||||
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period | No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted. | Percentage of voting rights |
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial instrument | Exercise Price | Expiration date | Exercise / conversion period | No. of voting rights instrument refers to | Percentage of voting rights | |
Nominal | Delta | |||||
CFD | 5,221 | 0.003% | ||||
Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
8,614,259 | 4.996% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd. |
Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of 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:
| Registered Owner
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14 Contact name:
| Stacey Dryburgh, Threadneedle Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15. Contact telephone name:
| 01793 363751 |
Related Shares:
Berendsen