30th Jan 2014 10:20
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi |
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii | Britvic Plc
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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): | ||||
3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii | TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC on behalf of the accounts listed in Exhibit B
Teachers Advisors, Inc. on behalf of the funds Listed in Exhibit C
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv | See Number 3 | |||
5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v | 29 January 2014 | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 30 January 2014 | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii | 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 | ||||||||||||
GB00B0N8QD54 | 7,611,811 | 7,611,811 | 7,337,911 | 7,337,911 | 0 | 2.980% | 0% | |||||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate xiii | Exercise/Conversion Period xiv | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | % of votingrights | ||||||||||||
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | ||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Exercise price | Expiration date xvii | Exercise/Conversion period xviii | Number of voting rights instrument refers to
| % of voting rights xix, xx
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N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A
| Nominal | Delta | ||||||||||
N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||
7,337,911 | 2.980% | |||||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi | ||
The College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF") sold 273,900 shares on January 29, 2014 bringing the holdings to 5,682,259 shares owned of Britvic Plc. CREF owns these shares through two of its investment accounts, the Global Equities Account and Stock Account. It is our understanding the total voting shares outstanding of Britvic Plc is 246,277,254 bringing CREF's ownership in your company to a 2.307% level.
For your information, CREF is a U.S. based investment company, which is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). CREF has multiple investment accounts, each with separate investment objectives and policies. All assets in the accounts are beneficially owned by CREF, and all the accounts are managed by TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC, an SEC registered investment adviser.
Additionally, affiliates of CREF own 1,655,652 shares of Britvic Plc. These holdings are owned by the TIAA-CREF Funds ("Funds"), and the TIAA-CREF Life Funds ("Life Funds"), each of which are SEC registered investment companies. The Funds and Life Funds are managed by Teachers Advisors, Inc., an SEC registered investment adviser that is affiliated with TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC. These affiliated funds, aggregated with those of CREF, own a total of 7,337,911 or 2.980% of the outstanding voting shares of your company. Because Teachers Advisors, Inc. and TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC follow the same policies when voting these funds, we are aggregating the holdings for purposes of this letter.
(See Exhibit A, B & C)
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8836Y_-2014-1-30.pdf
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Proxy Voting: | ||
10. Name of the proxy holder: | TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC/ Teachers Advisors, Inc. | |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | N/A | |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | N/A | |
13. Additional information: |
None | |
14. Contact name: | Clare Thomas, Company Secretary, Britvic plc | |
15. Contact telephone number: | +44 (0)1442 284411 | |
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Britvic