Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2347Q

Wolseley PLC

06 April 2009

 



TR-1:   notification of major interests in shares 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	Wolseley plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	Yes
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): Change to the number of Voting Rights in issue following the recent placing and capital reorganisation	Yes
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Aviva plc and its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited (540,540) BT Globenet Nominees Limited (880) Chase GA Group Nominees Limited (1,964,827) Chase Nominee Limited (64,088) CUIM Nominee Limited (296,321) Vidacos Nominees Limited (2,375)
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	03 April 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	06 April 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above 3% at direct interest level

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	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
ORD GBP 0.10	14,991,112	14,991,112	2,869,031	2,869,031	not disclosable	3.24%	not disclosable
	Pre Consolidation

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

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
2,869,031	3.24%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
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 revised total number of  voting rights of 88,698,854
14. Contact name:	Alison Drew
15. Contact telephone number:	0118 929 8700

 

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