Berkeley Grp Hlds BKG Holding(s) in Company

  Berkeley Grp Hlds (BKG) - Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7402R
Berkeley Group Holdings (The) PLC
22 November 2012
 



 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of  Berkeley Group Holdings
existing shares to which voting rights are attached:   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            Lloyds Banking Group plc
notification obligation:

 
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from   See Section 9
3.):

 
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the   20 November 2012
threshold is crossed or reached:

 
6. Date on which issuer notified:                  21 November 2012

 
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:    Indirect holdings decreased
                                                   to below 7%
 

 

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares

 
Class/type of    Situation previous  Resulting situation after the triggering
shares           to the triggering   transaction
                 transaction
if possible      Number    Number    Number  Number of voting  % of  voting
using            of        of        of      rights            rights
the ISIN CODE    Shares    Voting    shares
                           Rights    Direct  Direct  Indirect  Direct Indirect
Ord 5p shares    9,865,804 9,865,804                 9,065,185        6.905%
GB00B02L3W35

 

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/  Number of voting      % of voting
instrument        date       Conversion rights that may be    rights
                             Period     acquired if the
                                        instrument is
                                        exercised/ converted.

                                         
N/A

 

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 
Type of       Exercise   Expiration   Exercise/   Number of    % of voting
financial     price      date         Conversion  voting       rights
instrument                            period      rights
                                                  instrument    
                                                  refers to
                                                               Nominal  Delta

                                                                           

 

Total (A+B+C)

 
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
9,065,185               6.905%

 

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

8,993,482 shares (6.851%) are under the control of Scottish Widows Investment
Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Investment
Partnership Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Lloyds Banking Group plc.

 

 

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:   Notification using the total voting rights
                              figure of 131,279,677
 
14. Contact name:             Alastair Bradshaw  / Tim Robertson (Cardew
                              Group)
 
15. Contact telephone number:  01932 868555 / 0207 930 0777

 

 

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