14th Dec 2011 15:13
| 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: |
TATE & LYLE PLC | ||||||||||||
| 2. Reason for notification (yes/no) | |||||||||||||
| 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 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 notification obligation: | BlackRock, Inc. | ||||||||||||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): | |||||||||||||
| 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): | 9 December 2011 | ||||||||||||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 13 December 2011 | ||||||||||||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | Holding has gone below 5% | ||||||||||||
| 8: Notified Details | |||||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||||||||||
| 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
Direct | Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||
| Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
| Ordinary 25p shares GB0008754136 | 23,019,296 | 23,019,296 | N/A | N/A | 22,854,118 | N/A | 4.89% | ||||||||
| B: Financial Instruments | |||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period | No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted) | Percentage of voting rights | |||||
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||
| 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 | 355,735 | 0.08% | 0.08% | ||||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | |||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | ||
| 23,209,853 | 4.97% | ||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 23,209,853 (4.97%) |
| Proxy Voting: | |||
| 10. Name of 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: | BlackRock International Threshold Reporting Team | ||
| 14. Contact name: | Andrew Manchester | ||
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7743 5773; [email protected] | ||
| Listed Company Contact name: | Mathew Wootton Group VP, Investor and Media Relations 020 7977 6211 |
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