Monday 26 July, 2010
Tate & Lyle PLC
Holding(s) in Company
Holding(s) in Company
Tate & Lyle PLC
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TR-1: NOTIFICATION 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:
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Tate & Lyle 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:
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Harbinger Capital Partners LLC as the investment adviser to (i)
Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd. and (ii) Harbinger
Capital Partners Special Situations Fund, L.P.
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4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):(if different from 3.): |
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Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd. and Harbinger Capital
Partners Special Situations Fund, L.P.
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5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the
threshold is crossed or
reached:
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22 July 201022 July 2010 |
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6. Date on which issuer notified:
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26 July 201026 July 2010 |
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:
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Below 5%
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8. Notified details:
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A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type of
shares
if possible usingif possible using
the ISIN CODEthe 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
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Direct
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Direct
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Indirect
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Direct
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Indirect
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Ordinary shares of £0.25
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23,734,150
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23,734,150
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22,009,150
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22,009,150
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4.78%
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ISIN Code:
GB0008754136GB0008754136 |
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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
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Exercise/
Conversion Period
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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
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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
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Exercise/
Conversion period
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Number of voting rights instrument refers to
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% of voting rights
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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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22,009,150
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4.78%
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting
rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively
held, if applicable:
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Harbinger Capital Partners LLC serves as an investment adviser to
(i) Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd (which holds
9,695,480 voting rights in the issuer (2.11%)) and (ii) Harbinger
Capital Partners Special Situations Fund, L.P. (which holds
12,313,670 voting rights in the issuer (2.68%)) The manager of
Harbinger Capital Partners LLC is Harbinger Holdings, LLC, which is
in turn controlled by Philip A. Falcone.
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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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15. Contact telephone number:
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Listed Company Contact name:
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Robert Gibber, Company Secretary
020 7626 6525
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