Thursday 12 November, 2009
Assoc British Foods
Axa notification Nov 09
RNS Number : 4205C Associated British Foods PLC 12 November 2009
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TR-1: NOTIFICAION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached: ii
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Associated British Foods plc
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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
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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 to the
notification obligation: iii
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AXA S.A., 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies
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4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv
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5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached: v
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09/11/09
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6. Date on which issuer notified:
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Notification dated 10/11/09; received by Issuer on 11/11/09
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii
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Decrease in total holdings from 5.62% to 4.97%
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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 of
shares
if possible using
the ISIN CODE
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Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Number
of
Shares
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Number
of
Voting
Rights
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Number
of shares
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Number of voting
rights
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% of voting rights x
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Direct
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Direct xi
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Indirect xii
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Direct
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Indirect
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44,492,796
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44,492,796
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1,258,693
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1,258,693
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38,091,547
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0.16
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4.81
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673123
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial
instrument
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Expiration
date xiii
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Exercise/
Conversion Period xiv
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Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
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% of voting
rights
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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 financial
instrument
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Exercise price
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Expiration date xvii
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Exercise/
Conversion period xviii
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Number of voting rights instrument refers to
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% of voting rights xix, xx
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Nominal
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Delta
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights
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Percentage of voting rights
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39,350,240
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4.97%
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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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Name of the Company/Fund
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Number of Shares
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% of issued share capital
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Alliance Capital Management
Direct
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432,400.00
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0.05462
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AXA
Direct
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760,298.00
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0.09604
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AXA Colonia Konzern
Direct
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9,500.00
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0.00120
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AXA Financial, Inc
Indirect
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37,538,324.00
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4.74164
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AXA IM UK
Direct
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56,495.00
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0.007136144
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AXA IM UK
Indirect
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127,950.00
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0.02
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AXA Rosenberg
Indirect
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425,273.00
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0.053718192
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Total Direct
Total Indirect
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1,258,693
38,091,547
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0.15899
4.81152
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TOTAL
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39,350,240
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4.97051
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Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:
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13. Additional information:
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14. Contact name:
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Rosalyn Schofield,
Director of Company Secretariat & Solicitor
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15. Contact telephone number:
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020 7299 3641
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