Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3226A

AstraZeneca PLC

06 October 2009

 



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: ii				ASTRAZENECA 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		Invesco Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)   (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		25 September 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:		29 September 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		5%

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

ORD USD 0.25

71,350,087

71,350,087

72,776,277

5.02%

GB0009895292

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

72,776,277

5.02%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
ABN Amro Bank - 107,707 Brown Brothers Harriman (Jersey) - 139,464 Bank of Ireland (Dublin) - 211,751 Bank of New York - 57,484,090 Banque Paribas - 93,520 Banque Paribas (Frankfurt) - 86,507 Bank of New York (Brussels) - 21,624 Bank of New York (Singapore) - 10,612 Boston Safe Deposit - 31,088 Chase Bank - 84,396 JP Morgan Chase - 821,587 Chase (Frankfurt) - 80,337 Citibank Luxembourg - 3,862 Citibank New York - 6,405 Citibank - 202,156 Credit Agricole Indosuez - 218,865 Credit Agricole Indosuez (Luxembourg) - 66,700 Deutsche Bank UK - 10,073 Erst Group Bank AG (Austria) - 46,096 HSBC Bank Plc (London) - 21,893 Japan Trustee Services Bank - 12,910 KAS Bank, Amsterdam - 47,031 Landersbank Hessen-Thuringen Girozentrale - 10,288 Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh - 395,588 B.Metzler seel.Sohn & Co.KG (Frankfurt) - 19,377 Morgan Stanley (London) - 21,833 Master Trust Bank JP - 18,245 National Custody Services AU - 4,935 Nomura Trust & Banking JP - 8,437 State Street (Sydney) - 1,155 State Street Trust & Banking Co (Boston) - 37,299 State Street Trust & Banking Co (Hong Kong) - 23,928 State Street Trust & Banking Co (London) - 8,035,348 Trust & Custody Services JP - 2,263 Northern Trust Company London - 854,287 UBS Zurich - 42,590 Vorarlberger Landes-Und Hypothekenbk Akti - 633 ADR's - 679,538 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management - 19,834  Invesco Global Asset Management NA Inc - 1,555,366 Invesco Hong Kong Limited - 11,767 Invesco Asset Management (Japan) - 31,132 Invesco National Trust Company & Invesco Global Asset Management Inc - 179,104 Invesco Global Asset Management (NA) Inc - 595,623  Invesco Institutional NA Inc - 87,329 Other - 331,704
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:	Samantha Edwards
15. Contact telephone number:	01491 416381

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in share
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name  (including legal form of legal entities)
Contact address  (registered office for legal entities)
Phone number & email
Other useful information  (at least legal representative for legal persons)
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Invesco Limited
Contact address	Registered address: 30 Finsbury Square, London. EC2A 1AG
Phone number & email	020 7638 0731
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

 

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