13th Feb 2007 16:42
Britvic plc13 February 2007 TR-1[ i ]: 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[ii]: | |+-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------+|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 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 |AXA SA, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 ||notification obligation[ iii ]: |Paris and its group of companies |+-----------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different |N/A ||from 3.)[ iv ]: | |+-----------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+|5. Date of the transaction (and date on which |08/02/2007 ||the threshold is crossed or reached if | ||different)[ v ]: | |+-----------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+|6. Date on which issuer notified: |09/02/2007 |+-----------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+|7. | ||Threshold(s) | ||that is/are | ||crossed or | ||reached: | 14% |+-----------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+-+|8. Notified details: | | |+-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------+--------+-++-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------+--------+-+ +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|A: Voting rights attached to shares |+--------+---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+|Class/ |Situation previous to the |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[1] ||type of |Triggering transaction [1] | ||shares | | |+--------+---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+|if | | ||possible+-------------+-------------+------------+--------------------------+----------------+|using |Number of |Number of |Number of |Number of voting rights ix|% of voting ||the ISIN|Shares |Voting Rights|shares | |rights ||CODE | |viii +------------+------------+-------------+-------+--------+| | | |Direct |Direct x |Indirect xi |Direct |Indirect|+--------+-------------+-------------+------------+------------+-------------+-------+--------+|Ord | 30,551,138 | 30,551,138 | 9,834,162 | 9,834,162 | 20,396,408 | 4.55% | 9.44% |+--------+-------------+-------------+------------+------------+-------------+-------+--------+|B0N8QD5 | | | | | | | |+--------+-------------+-------------+------------+------------+-------------+-------+--------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|B: Financial Instruments |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii |+-----------+----------+--------------+--------------------------------+-------+|Type of |Expiration|Exercise/ |Number of voting rights that may|% of ||financial |date xiii |Conversion |be acquired if the instrument is|voting ||instrument | |Period/ Date |exercised/ converted. |rights || | |xiv | | |+-----------+----------+--------------+--------------------------------+-------+| - | - | - | - | - |+-----------+----------+--------------+--------------------------------+-------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Total (A+B) |+-------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+|Number of voting rights |% of voting rights |+-------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+| 30,230,570 | 13.99% |+-------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the||financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv: |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------+|||Name of Company/Fund |No. of Shares |% of issued capital |Direct/Indirect |||+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------+|||AXA UK Investment Co | | | ||||ICVC Distribution Fund | 175,000 | 0.08 |Indirect |||+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------+|||PPP Healthcare Group | | | ||||plc | 90,000 | 0.04 |Indirect |||+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------+|||Sun Life Pensions | | | ||||Management Ltd | 100,000 | 0.05 |Direct |||+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------+|||Sun Life Pensions | | | ||||Management Ltd A/c X | 238,462 | 0.11 |Direct |||+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------+|||Sun Life Assurance | | | ||||Society Plc | 2,469,231 | 1.14 |Direct |||+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------+|||Sun Life Unit | | | ||||Assurance Ltd A/c X | 238,462 | 0.11 |Direct |||+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------+|||Sun Life Unit | | | ||||Assurance Ltd A/c X | 95,384 | 0.04 |Direct |||+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------+|||Sun Life Unit | | | ||||Assurance Ltd A/c X | 238,461 | 0.11 |Direct |||+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------+|||Sun Life Pensions | | | ||||Management Ltd | 84,820 | 0.04 |Direct |||+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------+|||Sun Life International | | | ||||(IOM) Ltd. | 750,000 | 0.35 |Direct |||+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------+|||AXA Insurance UK | 357,550 | 0.17 |Direct |||+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------+|||AXA Sun Life plc | 3,421,300 | 1.58 |Direct |||+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------+|||AXA UK Group Pension | | | ||||Scheme Equity Fund | 100,000 | 0.05 |Indirect |||+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------+|||AXA Financial, Inc | 20,031,408 | 9.27 |Indirect |||+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------+|||Sun Life Unit | | | ||||Assurance Ltd LTAV UK | | | ||||Equity | 52,883 | 0.02 |Direct |||+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------+|||Sun Life Unit | | | ||||Assurance Ltd ABL High | | | ||||Alpha | 210,200 | 0.10 |Direct |||+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------+|||Sun Life Unit | | | ||||Assurance Ltd FTSE All | | | ||||Share Tracker | 37,676 | 0.02 |Direct |||+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------+|||Sun Life Pensions | | | ||||Management LTAV UK | | | ||||Equity | 346,103 | 0.16 |Direct |||+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------+|||Sun Life Pensions | | | ||||Management ABL High | | | ||||Alpha | 1,014,200 | 0.47 |Direct |||+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------+|||Sun Life Pensions | | | ||||Management FTSE All | | | ||||Share Tracker | 179,430 | 0.08 |Direct |||+-----------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------+|+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|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: | - |+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+|14. Contact name: |John Price, Company Secretary, Britvic plc |+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+|15. Contact telephone number: |+44 (0) 1245 261871 |+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ Notes-------------------------- [i] This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filedwith the competent authority. [ii] Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifyingthe issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate. [iii] This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the personacquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided for inDTR5.2.1 (b) to (h); (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to inDTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial instrumentsentitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights are attached,as appropriate. In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), thefollowing list is provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned: - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that acquires thevoting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and thenatural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for considerationthe voting rights; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding thecollateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights anddeclares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the collateralunder these conditions; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a lifeinterest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the voting rightsattached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the voting rights whenthe life interest is created; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent undertaking and,provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under DTR 5.1, underDTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those situations, thecontrolled undertaking; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of theshares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares depositedwith him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing the deposittaker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person that controls thevoting rights; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he canexercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has givenhis proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting rightsat his discretion. [iv] Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This shouldbe the full name of the shareholder or holder of financial instruments who isthe counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in DTR5.2. [v] The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an onexchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in thecase of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement. The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which theacquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect (seeDTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event tookeffect.[DEL: :DEL] These dates will usually be the same unless the transaction is subject to acondition beyond the control of the parties. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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