Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4922R
Bunzl PLC
09 December 2016
 

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

Bunzl 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

MFS Investment Management

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

MFS invests in securities of the issuer on behalf of its various mutual funds and institutional account clients.

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

7 December 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

8 December 2016

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

10.00%

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

GB00B0744B38

33,452,090

33,452,090



33,482,646


9.98%


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

33,482,646

9.98%

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









Entity


Holding

Percentage Held





MFS Investment Management (LUX) S.A.


75,410

0.02%

MFS Investment Management Canada Ltd.


120,038

0.04%

MFS Investment Management


30,266,483

9.02%

MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc.


732,167

0.22%

MFS International (U.K.) Ltd.


1,975,322

0.59%

MFS Investment Management K.K.


209,379

0.06%

MFS International Singapore Pte. Ltd.


103,847

0.03%

Notifiable Interest


 

33,482,646

 

 

9.98%

 





Shares Outstanding


335,583,504


 

 

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

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:



14. Contact name:

Paul Hussey, Company Secretary, Bunzl plc

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7725 5000

 


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