Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3993Y

Melrose PLC

04 July 2008

 



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       (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
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):  CHANGE TO THE NUMBER OF VOTING RIGHTS IN ISSUE, FOLLOWING THE RECENT PLACING, OPEN OFFER AND SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENTS.	X

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                                                   3,164,516*      Chase GA Group Nominees Limited                                                   6,615,325* Chase Nominees Limited        350,699* CUIM Nominees Limited       2,317,114* * donates direct interest Chase Nominees Limited     6,622,198 Vidacos Nominees Limited  4,628,608
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	01 July 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	03 July 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	>5% to <5% Change at Combined 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
Ordinary        Shares GB00B23DKN29	8,602,893	8,602,893	12,447,654	12,447,654	11,250,806	2.50%	2.26%

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
23,698,460	4.76%

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

See Section 4

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 revised total number of voting rights of 497,586,779
14 Contact name:	Neil Whittaker
15. Contact telephone name:	01603 684420

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

 

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