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Britvic plc 27 March 2008 TR-1(i): notification of major interests in shares 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing BRITVIC plc shares to which voting rights are attached(ii): 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 financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached An event changing the breakdown of voting rights Other (please specify): 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation AXA SA, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris (iii): and its group of companies 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(iv): 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is 25/03/2008 crossed or reached if different)(v): 6. Date on which issuer notified: 26/03/2008 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 15% 8. Notified details: . A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering transaction(vii) shares the Triggering transaction (vi) if possible Number of Number of Number of Number of voting rights % of voting rights using the ISIN Shares Voting shares ix CODE Rights viii Direct Direct x Indirect xi Direct Indirect Ord 33,155,298 33,155,298 5,067,414 5,067,414 27,279,361 2.35% 12.63% B0N8QD5 B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii Type of financial Expiration date Exercise/ Conversion Number of voting rights % of voting instrument xiii Period/ Date xiv that may be acquired if rights the instrument is exercised/ converted. - - - - - Total (A+B) Number of voting rights % of voting rights 32,346,775 14.97% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv: Name of Company/Fund No. of Shares % of issued capital Direct/Indirect AXA Sun Life plc (formerly Axa Equity & Law 381,570 0.17662 Direct Life Assurance Society plc) AXA Rosenberg 568,000 0.26292 Direct Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X 95,384 0.04415 Direct Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X 238,461 0.11038 Direct Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X 238,462 0.11038 Direct AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Distribution Fund 200,000 0.09258 Indirect AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Ethical Fund 125,000 0.05786 Indirect AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Extra Income Fund 50,000 0.02314 Indirect AXA UK Investment Co ICVC UK Equity Income Fund 275,000 0.12729 Indirect PPP Healthcare Group plc 34,300 0.01588 Direct Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd 40,000 0.01852 Direct Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd A/c 238,462 0.11038 Direct Sun Life Assurance Society Plc 226,430 0.10481 Direct AXA Rosenberg 432,000 0.19997 Direct AXA Insurance UK 151,285 0.07003 Direct AXA UK Group Pension Scheme 100,000 0.04629 Indirect AXA Financial, Inc 17,678,985 8.18328 Indirect Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd. 500,000 0.23144 Direct AXA Rosenberg 8,702,676 4.02831 Indirect AXA Financial, Inc 147,700 0.06837 Indirect Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd LTAV UK Equity 40,000 0.01852 Direct Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd ABL High Alpha 147,300 0.06818 Direct Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd FTSE All Share 37,676 0.01744 Direct Tracker Sun Life Pensions Management LTAV UK Equity 276,103 0.12780 Direct Sun Life Pensions Management ABL High Alpha 1,014,200 0.46945 Direct Sun Life Pensions Management FTSE All Share 190,635 0.08824 Direct Tracker AXA Sun Life With Profits Passive 144,422 0.06685 Direct AXA Sun Life With Profits Passive 72,724 0.03366 Direct Total Direct 5,067,414 2.34561 Total Indirect 27,279,361 12.62712 TOTAL 32,346,775 14.97274 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: John Price, Company Secretary, Britvic plc 15. Contact telephone number: +44 (0) 1245 261871 Notes -------------------------- (i) This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed with the competent authority. (ii) Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifying the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate. (iii) This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the person acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided for in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h); (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to in DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights are attached, as appropriate. In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), the following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned: - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that acquires the voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for consideration the voting rights; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding the collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and declares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the collateral under these conditions; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a life interest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the voting rights when the life interest is created; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent undertaking and, provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under DTR 5.1, under DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those situations, the controlled undertaking; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of the shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares deposited with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing the deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person that controls the voting rights; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he can exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has given his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting rights at his discretion. (iv) Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This should be the full name of the shareholder or holder of financial instruments who is the counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in DTR5.2. (v) The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the case of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement. The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which the acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect (see DTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event took effect. These dates will usually be the same unless the transaction is subject to a condition beyond the control of the parties. (vi) Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification, In case the situation previous to the triggering transaction was below 3%, please state 'below 3%'. vii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold , the notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is less than 3%. For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure of individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individually crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into, introducing changes to or terminating an agreement. viii Direct and indirect ix In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached 'direct holding' and voting rights 'indirect holdings', please split the voting rights number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there is no combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank. X Voting rights attached to shares in respect of which the notifying party is a direct shareholder (DTR 5.1) xi Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect shareholder (DTR 5.2.1) xii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is below 3%. xiii date of maturity / expiration of the finical instrument i.e. the date when the right to acquire shares ends. xiv If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the period- for example once every three months starting from the (date) xv The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakings through which the voting rights are held. The notification should also include the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each controlled undertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking holds 3% or more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking is intended to cover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking. xvi This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority. xvii Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the shareholder or the natural person/legal entity referred to in DTR5.2 and DTR5.3. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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