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Fevertree Drinks PLC
17 February 2017
 

 




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

Fevertree Drinks Plc

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 the
notification obligation: iii

TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC on behalf of the accounts listed in Exhibit B

 

Teachers Advisors, LLC on behalf of the funds

listed in Exhibit C

 

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

See Number 3

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

15 February 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

17 February 2017

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

3%


 

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

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Less than 3%

Less than 3%

3,469,860

3,469,860

0

3.011%

0%



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

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 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

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

3,469,860

3.011%


 

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

The College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF") hereby informs you that on February 15, 2017 we bought 23,932 shares of Fevertree Drinks Plc bringing the total shares owned to 2,217,342.  CREF owns these shares through two of its investment accounts, the Global Equities Account and CREF Stock Account.  It is our understanding the total voting shares outstanding of Fevertree Drinks Plc is 115,240,896, bringing CREF's ownership in Fevertree Drinks Plc to a 1.924% 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 on February 15, 2017  bought 107,395 shares bringing the total owned by such affiliates to 1,252,518 shares of Fevertree Drinks Plc.  These holdings are owned by mutual funds which are investment portfolios of the TIAA-CREF Funds ("Funds").  The Funds are an SEC registered investment company and the Funds are managed by Teachers Advisors, LLC, an SEC registered investment adviser that is affiliated with TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC.  A total of 3,469,860 or 3.011% of the outstanding voting shares of Fevertree Drinks Plc are owned, in aggregate, by CREF and these affiliated funds. Because Teachers Advisors, LLC and TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC follow the same policies when voting on behalf of CREF and the Funds, we are aggregating the holdings for purposes of this form.

 

 

(See Exhibits A, B and C)

 


Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC/ Teachers Advisors, LLC

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A



13. Additional information:


None

14. Contact name:

Stuart R. Brunet

15. Contact telephone number:

+1-415-882-3711

 


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