19th Dec 2007 16:42
Britvic plc19 December 2007 TR-1: notification of major interests in shares +---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | Britvic PLC ||issuer of existing shares to which voting | ||rights are attached: | |+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+|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 | |+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+|Other (please specify):______________ | |+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+-----------+|3. Full name of person(s) subject to the | Legal & General Group Plc ||notification obligation: | (Group) || | || | Legal & General Investment || | Management Limited (LGIM) || | || |Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)|+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different | Legal & General Assurance ||from 3.): | (Pensions Management) Limited || | (PMC) |+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+|5. Date of the transaction (and date on which| 12/12/07 ||the threshold is crossed or reached if | ||different): | |+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+|6. Date on which issuer notified: | 18/12/07 |+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | Above 5% (Group) ||reached: | || | Above 5% (LGIM) || | || | From 4% - 5% (L&G) |+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+-----------++---------------------------------------------+-------------------+-----------++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|8. Notified details: |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------++---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|A: Voting rights attached to shares |+--------+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------+|Class/ |Situation previous |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction||type of |to the Triggering | ||shares |transaction | || | | ||if +---------+---------+----------+--------------------+--------------------+|possible|Number of|Number of|Number of |Number of voting |% of voting rights ||using |Shares |Voting |shares |rights | ||the ISIN| |Rights | | | ||CODE | | +----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+| | | |Direct |Direct |Indirect |Direct |Indirect || | | | | | | | |+--------+---------+---------+----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+|Ord GBP | BELOW 5 % (LGIM) |10,928,687|10,928,687|682,771 |5.058 |0.316 ||0.20 +---------+---------+ | | | | || |8,845,302|8,845,302| | | | | || |(L&G) |(L&G) | | | | | |+--------+---------+---------+----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|B: Financial Instruments |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+|Type of |Expiration |Exercise/ |Number of voting |% of voting||financial |date |Conversion Period/|rights that may be |rights ||instrument | |Date |acquired if the | || | | |instrument is | || | | |exercised/ | || | | |converted. | |+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+| | | | | |+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Total (A+B) |+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|Number of voting rights |% of voting rights |+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+| 11,611,458 | 5.37 |+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or ||the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) ||(Group) (11,611,458 - 5.37%= Total Position) ||Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) ||Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (11,611,458 ||- 5.37% = Total Position) ||Legal & General Investment Management Limited ||(Indirect) (LGIM) (11,611,458 - 5.37% = Total ||Position) || Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (10,928,687 - 5.05% = LGAS, LGPL & || PMC) ||Legal & General Investment Management Legal & General Insurance Holdings ||(Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) Limited (Direct) (LGIH) ||(9,977,582-4.61%=PMC) ||Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Legal & General Assurance Society ||Management) Limited (PMC) Limited (LGAS & LGPL) ||(9,977,582-4.61% = PMC) || Legal & General Pensions Limited || (Direct) (LGPL) |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Proxy Voting: |+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+|10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A |+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will | N/A ||cease to hold: | |+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to | N/A ||hold voting rights: | |+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+ +--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+| 13. Additional information: | Notification using the total voting rights || | figure of 216,037,795 || | || | Please note this notification has been || | delayed due to the large number of || |disclosures required following a substantial|| |amount of new business which has come to us || | in the form of an in-specie transfer. |+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+|14. Contact name: | John Price, Company Secretary, Britvic plc |+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+|15. Contact telephone number: | 01245 261871 |+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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