Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0566B

PZ CUSSONS PLC

10 February 2011

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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

PZ Cussons 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:	Prudential plc group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See attached schedule
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	09 February 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	10 February 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	10% - 11%

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
GB00B19Z1432	47,116,018	47,116,018	47,175,633	46,360,336	815,297	10.81%	0.19%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	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
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
47,175,633	11.00%

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

Prudential plc (Parent Company) M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited) M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)

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:	Ryan Dowling / Mark Thomas M&G Investment Management Limited
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7548 3261 / 020 7548 3266

Notifiable Position Report for

PZ CUSSONS

as at 09 February 2011

 

Percentage holdings are calculated using 428,724,960 Total Voting Rights

 

 

 

	Registered Holder	Holding	Voting Rights	% Voting Rights
Prudential plc
Holding Type: Direct			47,175,633	11.00	Total Notifiable Interest
	GEMS	1,338,000	1,338,000
	HSBC SEOUL GL BASICS MOTHER FD	8,222	8,222
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHE01	700,000	700,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHF01	47,545	47,545
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MNC01	2,054,885	2,054,885
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MEJ01	39,591,957	39,591,957
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	2,430,460	2,430,460
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	189,267	189,267
	Sub Total:	46,360,336	46,360,336
Holding Type: Indirect
	JNL/M&G GLOBAL BASICS FUND	802,337	802,337
	PRUDENTIAL HOLBORN PENSIONS LD	12,960	12,960
	Sub Total:	815,297	815,297
M&G Group Limited			47,162,673	11.00
	GEMS	1,338,000	1,338,000
	HSBC SEOUL GL BASICS MOTHER FD	8,222	8,222
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHE01	700,000	700,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHF01	47,545	47,545
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MNC01	2,054,885	2,054,885
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MEJ01	39,591,957	39,591,957
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	2,430,460	2,430,460
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	189,267	189,267
	JNL/M&G GLOBAL BASICS FUND	802,337	802,337
M&G Investment Management Limited			47,115,128	10.98
	GEMS	1,338,000	1,338,000
	HSBC SEOUL GL BASICS MOTHER FD	8,222	8,222
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHE01	700,000	700,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MNC01	2,054,885	2,054,885
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MEJ01	39,591,957	39,591,957
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	2,430,460	2,430,460
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	189,267	189,267
	JNL/M&G GLOBAL BASICS FUND	802,337	802,337
M&G Limited			47,162,673	11.00
	GEMS	1,338,000	1,338,000
	HSBC SEOUL GL BASICS MOTHER FD	8,222	8,222
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHE01	700,000	700,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHF01	47,545	47,545
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MNC01	2,054,885	2,054,885
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MEJ01	39,591,957	39,591,957
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	2,430,460	2,430,460
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	189,267	189,267
	JNL/M&G GLOBAL BASICS FUND	802,337	802,337
M&G Securities Limited			43,732,387	10.20
	GEMS	1,338,000	1,338,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHE01	700,000	700,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHF01	47,545	47,545
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MNC01	2,054,885	2,054,885
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MEJ01	39,591,957	39,591,957
	End of Report

 

 

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