TIDMBVIC

RNS Number : 2191M

Britvic plc

21 August 2013

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                     Britvic Plc 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                        X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
  which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject             TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC 
  to the                                        on behalf of the accounts listed in 
  notification obligation: (iii)                Exhibit B attached hereto 
 
                                                Teachers Advisors, Inc. on behalf of 
                                                the funds 
                                                Listed in Exhibit C attached hereto 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                See Number 3 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date           20 August 2013 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:             21 August 2013 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                           3% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type     Situation previous                    Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of              to the triggering                     transaction 
 shares          transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN 
 CODE 
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                Number            Number              Number        Number of voting          % of voting rights 
                 of                of                  of shares     rights                    (x) 
                 Shares            Voting 
                                   Rights 
-------------  ----------------  ------------------  ------------  ------------------------  ----------------------------- 
                                                      Direct        Direct         Indirect   Direct         Indirect 
                                                                     (xi)           (xii) 
-------------    -----  -------  ------  -----  ---  ------------  -------------  ---------  -------------  -------------- 
 GB00B0N8QD54   7,112,957         7,112,957           7,415,047     7,415,047      0          3.026%         0% 
               ----------------  ------------------  ------------  -------------  ---------  -------------  -------------- 
 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial       Expiration       Exercise/                       Number of voting             % of voting 
  instrument              date (xiii)      Conversion Period               rights that may              rights 
                                           (xiv)                           be 
                                                                           acquired if the 
                                                                           instrument is 
                                                                           exercised/ converted. 
----------------------  ---------------  ------------------------------  ---------------------------  -------------------- 
          N/A                 N/A                      N/A                           N/A                       N/A 
----------------------  ---------------  ------------------------------  ---------------------------  -------------------- 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of          Exercise        Expiration     Exercise/          Number of voting              % of voting rights 
 financial         price           date (xvii)    Conversion         rights instrument             (xix, xx) 
 instrument                                       period             refers to 
                                                  (xviii) 
---------------  --------------  -------------  -----------------  ----------------------------  ------------------------- 
      N/A              N/A            N/A              N/A                      N/A               Nominal       Delta 
---------------  --------------  -------------  -----------------  ----------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
                                                                                                      N/A          N/A 
-------------    -----  -------  ------  -----  ---  ----------    ----  -------  ---------      ------------  ----------- 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                          Percentage of voting rights 
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 7,415,047                                                        3.026% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
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            The College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF") bought 145,999 shares on 
             August 20, 2013 bringing its holdings to 6,106,876 shares owned of Britvic 
             Plc. CREF owns these shares through two of its investment accounts, the 
             Global Equities Account and Stock Account. It is our understanding that 
             the total voting shares outstanding of Britvic Plc is 245,021,028 bringing 
             CREF's ownership in your company to a 2.492% level. 
 
             For your information, CREF is a U.S. based investment company, which 
             is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). CREF 
             has multiple investment accounts, each with separate investment objectives 
             and policies. All assets in the accounts are beneficially owned by CREF, 
             and all the accounts are managed by TIAA-CREF Investment Management, 
             LLC, an SEC registered investment adviser. 
 
             Additionally, affiliates of CREF on August 20, 2013 bought 156,091 shares 
             bringing the total owned to 1,308,171 shares of Britvic Plc. These holdings 
             are owned by the TIAA-CREF Funds ("Funds"), and the TIAA-CREF Life Funds 
             ("Life Funds"), each of which are SEC registered investment companies. 
             The Funds and Life Funds are managed by Teachers Advisors, Inc., an SEC 
             registered investment adviser that is affiliated with TIAA-CREF Investment 
             Management, LLC. These affiliated funds, aggregated with those of CREF, 
             own a total of 7,415,047 or 3.026% of the outstanding voting shares of 
             your company. Because Teachers Advisors, Inc. and TIAA-CREF Investment 
             Management, LLC follow the same policies when voting these funds, we 
             are aggregating the holdings for purposes of this letter. 
 
 
             (See Exhibit A attached hereto) 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                               TIAA-CREF Investment Management, 
                                                                 LLC/ Teachers Advisors, Inc. 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will                            N/A 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to                             N/A 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information:                                       None 
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 14. Contact name:                               Clare Thomas, Company Secretary, Britvic 
                                                                    plc 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                              +44 (0)1442 284411 
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Please click on the link below to view Exhibits A, B & C

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/2191M_-2013-8-21.pdf

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