TR-1:Notification of Major Interest in Shares
For filings with the FSA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are Avingtrans plc
attached:ii
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights √
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 Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
notification obligation:
iii
Registered Holder:
BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 110,303*
4. Full name of
shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):
iv Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 724,697*
*denotes direct interest
5. Date of the
transaction and date on
which the threshold is 07 March 2011
crossed or
reached: v
6. Date on which issuer 08 March 2011
notified:
7. Threshold(s) that is/
are crossed or <3% to 3% Change at Direct Interest Level
reached: vi, vii
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
of to the triggering
shares transaction
Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights
if possible of of of shares rights x
using Shares Voting
the ISIN Rights Direct Direct Indirect xii Direct Indirect
CODE xi
Ordinary
Shares
No No
previous Previous 835,000 835,000 None 3.28% Nil
GB0009188797 Disclosure Disclosure
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
financial date xiii Conversion Period xiv rights that may be rights
instrument acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights % of voting
financial price date xvii Conversion instrument refers to rights xix, xx
instrument period xviii
Nominal Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
835,000 3.28%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
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 total number of voting rights of
25,480,577 as per the Company's Total Voting Rights
Announcement of 7 July 2009.
14. Contact name: Neil Whittaker, Aviva plc
15. Contact telephone number: 01603 684420
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