22nd Dec 2005 13:26
Britvic plc22 December 2005 Britvic plc 22 December 2005 HOLDING(S) IN THE COMPANY In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.7, I hereby inform you that Britvic plc (the"Company") was notified on 21 December 2005 pursuant to section 198 of theCompanies Act 1985, that the following entities have the following interests inthe ordinary shares of 20p each in the capital of the Company (the "OrdinaryShares"): The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Inc") of 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004,USA, as at 19 December 2005, had an interest in a total of 10,889,049 OrdinaryShares, by attribution only, representing 5.07% of the Company's issued sharecapital. The interest in 10,889,049 Ordinary Shares consisted of: (i) an interest in 2,450,000 Ordinary Shares (representing 1.14% of theCompany's issued share capital) arising from an interest held by Goldman, Sachs& Co., a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of GS Inc, acting as custodian for itscustomers; and (ii) an interest in 8,439,049 Ordinary Shares (representing 3.93% of theCompany's issued share capital) arising from a beneficial interest held byGoldman Sachs International, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of GS Inc. Lehman Brothers International (Europe) had an interest as at 15 December 2005 in11,802,657 Ordinary Shares, representing 5.48% of the Company's issued sharecapital. John Price, Company SecretaryBritvic plc This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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