Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6778N

Melrose PLC

20 February 2009

 



For filings with the FSA include the annex For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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

Melrose plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
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 notification obligation:	Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Registered Holder: BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited                       5,355,370* Chase GA Group Nominees Limited                     17,046,904* Chase Nominees Limited               294,042* CUIM Nominee Limited             3,222,579* * denotes direct interest    Chase Nominees Limited        10,789,616 Vidacos Nominees Limited          5,683,020
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	19 February 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	20 February 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	3% to 5% Change at Direct Interest level

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B23DKN29	34,847,578	34,847,578	25,918,895	25,918,895	16,472,636	5.21%	3.31%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights
		N/A

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
42,391,531	8.52%

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 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 total number of voting rights of 497,586,779.
14 Contact name:	Diane Thirkettle
15. Contact telephone number:	01603 687803

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. 

 

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