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Avacta Group PLC
05 August 2015
 



 

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

AVACTA GROUP PLC

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

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):

CHANGE TO THE NUMBER OF VOTING RIGHTS IN ISSUE, FOLLOWING THE RECENT PLACING

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:
iii

Aviva plc & its subsidiaries    

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

Registered Holder:

 

BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited   31,278,563*

 

Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited     532,646,944*

            * denotes direct interest  

Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited       38,887,888

Chase Nominees Limited                            10,771,204

 

Vidacos Nominees Limited                         26,415,401

 

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

03 August 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

04 August 2015

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

11% to 9% Change at Direct Interest Level and

12% to <10% Change at Combined Interest Level

 

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 Shares

ORD GBP0.001

GB0033519546

 

 

 

No previous

 

 

 

No previous

640,000,000

563,925,507

76,074,493

8.37%

1.13%


 

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






 

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

 






Nominal

Delta



 

 

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

640,000,000

9.50%

 

 

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

The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:-

 

Aviva Investors Global Services Limited:

·      Aviva plc (Parent Company)

·      Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc)

·      Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited)

·    Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited)

 

 

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

See Section 4

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:


Figures are based on a revised total number of voting rights of 6,739,649,550 as per the Company's Result of General Meeting annoucement of 31 July 2015.

 

14. Contact name:

     Diane Thirkettle, Aviva plc

15. Contact telephone number:

     01603 687803

 

 


This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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