Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9741B

C&C Group Plc

24 April 2012

 



Standard Form TR-1
Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/EC
Financial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC

1.         Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: C&C Group Plc

2.         Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

[ ]      an acquisition or disposal of voting rights

[ ]      an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

[X]     an event changing the breakdown of voting rights

3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company ("MassMutual") on behalf of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. ("OFI") and OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. ("OFII")

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

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

            30 January 2012

            This is a supplemental filling to inform of the addition of a new intermediate holding company, MM Asset Management Holding LLC, effective February 29, 2012.

6.         Date on which issuer notified:

            31 January 2012

                        The issuer was notified of the supplemental filling on 23 April 2012

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

            6% (from 6.0093% to 5.8863%) (in aggregate)

As of February 29, 2012 holdings were 5.8773%. 

8.         Notified details:

A) Voting rights attached to shares
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
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary shares
OFI	18,239,764	18,239,764	18,210,130	18,210,130		5.3689%
OFII	1,724,152	1,724,152	1,724,153	1,724,153		0.5083%
Total (OFI +OFII)	19,963,917	19,963,917	19,934,283	19,934,283		5.8773%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)	Same as above	Same as above	Same as above	Same as above		Same as above

B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise/Conversion  Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
		SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates)

Total (A+B)	number of voting rights	% of voting rights
19,934,283	19,934,283	5.8773%

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

MassMutual is the ultimate parent company of several subsidiaries, including for purposes of this matter, MassMutual Holding LLC, Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., OppenheimerFunds, Inc., and OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc..

MassMutual Holding LLC is a holding company for certain MassMutual subsidiaries, including MM Asset Management Holding LLC, a newly formed intermediate holding company, effective February 29, 2012. 

MM Asset Management Holding LLC is a newly formed intermediate holding company for certain MassMutual subsidiaries, including Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., which is the holding company for OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

OppenheimerFunds, Inc. and OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. are investment managers that idependently exercise their respective voting powers on behalf of clients and investment funds whose assets they are managing.

10.       In case of proxy voting:[name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [number] voting rights as of [date].

11.       Additional information:

Done at New York, NY, USA (trades placed by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. and OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.).

 

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