Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

Tate & Lyle PLC

 
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
     
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:
Tate & Lyle 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:
  Harbinger Capital Partners LLC as the investment adviser to (i) Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd. and (ii) Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations Fund, L.P.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):(if different from 3.):
Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd. and Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations Fund, L.P.
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:

22 July 201022 July 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:
26 July 201026 July 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:
Below 5%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of
shares


if possible usingif possible using
the ISIN CODEthe 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
Direct Direct   Indirect Direct   Indirect
Ordinary shares of £0.25 23,734,150 23,734,150 22,009,150   22,009,150   4.78%
ISIN Code:
GB0008754136GB0008754136
 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
  Expiration
date
  Exercise/
Conversion Period
  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
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
  Exercise price Expiration date   Exercise/
Conversion period
Number of voting rights instrument refers to   % of voting rights
           
 
 
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights

22,009,150

4.78%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Harbinger Capital Partners LLC serves as an investment adviser to (i) Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd (which holds 9,695,480 voting rights in the issuer (2.11%)) and (ii) Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations Fund, L.P. (which holds 12,313,670 voting rights in the issuer (2.68%)) The manager of Harbinger Capital Partners LLC is Harbinger Holdings, LLC, which is in turn controlled by Philip A. Falcone.
 
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:  
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:
 
14. Contact name:  
15. Contact telephone number:  
Listed Company Contact name:

Robert Gibber, Company Secretary

020 7626 6525

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Tate & Lyle (TATE)
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