TR-1:Notification of Major Interest in Shares

For filings with the FSA include the annex                                              
                                                                                        
For filings with issuer exclude the annex                                               
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
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                     Avingtrans plc        
attached:ii                                                                             
                                                                                        
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):                                                                 
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s)                                                               
subject to the            Aviva plc & its subsidiaries                                  
notification obligation:                                                                
iii                                                                                     
                                                                                        
                          Registered Holder:                                            
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                          BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited         110,303*           
                                                                                        
4. Full name of                                                                         
shareholder(s)                                                                          
 (if different from 3.):                                                                
iv                        Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited             724,697*        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                          *denotes direct interest                                      
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
5. Date of the                                                                          
transaction and date on                                                                 
which the threshold is    07 March 2011                                                 
crossed or                                                                              
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer   08 March 2011                                                 
notified:                                                                               
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/                                                                
are crossed or            <3% to 3% Change at Direct Interest Level                     
reached: vi, vii                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

 

 

8. Notified details:                                                                         
                                                                                             
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                 
                                                                                             
Class/type   Situation previous    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction      
of           to the triggering                                                               
shares       transaction                                                                     
                                                                                             
             Number     Number     Number          Number of voting      % of  voting rights 
if possible  of         of         of shares       rights                x                   
using        Shares     Voting                                                               
the ISIN                Rights     Direct          Direct  Indirect xii  Direct      Indirect
CODE                                               xi                                        
                                                                                             
Ordinary                                                                                     
Shares                                                                                       
                                                                                             
             No         No                                                                   
             previous   Previous   835,000         835,000     None      3.28%         Nil   
GB0009188797 Disclosure Disclosure                                                           
                                                                                             
                                                                                             
                                                                                             
                                                                                             
                                                                                             
                                                                                             
                                                                                             
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                          
                                                                                             
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                         
                                                                                             
Type of       Expiration   Exercise/               Number of voting            % of voting   
financial     date xiii    Conversion Period xiv   rights that may be          rights        
instrument                                         acquired if the                           
                                                   instrument is                             
                                                   exercised/ converted.                     
                                                                                             
                                                                                             
                                                                                             

 

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial           
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                     
                                                                                        
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                    
                                                                                        
Type of    Exercise Expiration  Exercise/     Number of voting rights  % of voting      
financial  price    date xvii   Conversion    instrument refers to     rights xix, xx   
instrument                      period xviii                                            
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                       Nominal     Delta
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Total (A+B+C)                                                                           
                                                                                        
Number of voting rights                Percentage of voting rights                      
                                                                                        
835,000                                3.28%                                            
                                                                                        

 

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 total number of voting rights of   
                              25,480,577 as per the Company's Total Voting Rights       
                              Announcement of 7 July 2009.                              
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                  Neil Whittaker, Aviva plc                            
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:      01603 684420