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Meggitt PLC
20 May 2015
 



Meggitt PLC

 

The Capital Group Companies, Inc. - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

 

 


TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi



1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:
ii

Meggitt PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

YES

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 the
notification obligation:
iii

The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

4. Full name of shareholder(s)
 (if different from 3.):iv

See Section 9

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
v

18 May 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

20 May 2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:
vi, vii

Below 16%



 

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of
shares


if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of
Shares

Number
of
Voting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary

(GB0005758098)

124,758,942

124,758,942



124,282,842


15.780%


ADRs

(US58517R1041)

 

665,080

1,330,160



1,331,104


0.169%


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date
xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period
xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

n/a






C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period
xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

 

% of voting rights xix, xx

 

n/a




 

 

Nominal

Delta




Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

125,613,946

15.949%



 

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
xxi

 

As of 18 May 2015

 

 


Number of shares

Percent of outstanding

The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CG") holdings

 


125,613,946

 

15.949%

Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:

 




• Capital Guardian Trust Company

 


18,958,380

2.407%

• Capital International Limited


109,624

 

0.014%

• Capital International SÁrl

 


210,567

0.027%

• Capital International, Inc.


9,300

0.001%

• Capital Research and Management Company


106,326,075

13.500%


• EuroPacific Growth Fund

• The Growth Fund of America

 




 

Enquiries:

Meggitt PLC                                                              +44(0)1202 597597

 

Marina Thomas, Group Company Secretary (marina.thomas@meggitt.com)

Simon Grant, Company Secretarial Assistant (simon.r.grant@meggitt.com)

 

20 May 2015


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