RNS Number : 8167P

Britvic plc

10 June 2015



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 attached: ii				Britvic 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 notification obligation: iii		TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC on behalf of the accounts referred to in Exhibit A Teachers Advisors, Inc. on behalf of the funds referred to in Exhibit A Nuveen Investments, Inc. on behalf of the entities referred to in Exhibit A
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		See Number 3
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		5 June 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		9 June 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		6%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B0N8QD54

13,690,367

13,690,367

13,686,667

13,686,667

0

5.510%

0%

US1111901047 (ADRs in relation to Ordinary Shares with ISIN GB00B0N8QD54)

606,900

1,213,800

606,900

1,213,800

0

0.489%

0%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Nominal

Delta

N/A

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

14,900,467

5.999%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF"), managed by TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC ("TCIM"),  hereby informs you as of June 5, 2015 it held 11,748,116 shares of Britvic Plc.  CREF owned these shares through two of its investment accounts, the Global Equities Account and Stock Account. It is our understanding the total voting shares outstanding of Britvic Plc is 248,400,822 bringing CREF's ownership in your company to a 4.729% level. Additionally, affiliates of CREF on June 5, 2015 sold 3,700 shares bringing the total owned to 1,931,126 shares of Britvic Plc. These shares are owned by the TIAA-CREF Funds and the TIAA-CREF Life Funds, each of which is a U.S.-based SEC registered investment company that is managed by Teachers Advisors, Inc. ("TAI"), an SEC registered investment adviser.  TAI is affiliated with TCIM and both are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America ("TIAA"), a New York insurance company. Nuveen Investments, Inc. ("NII") owns an additional 7,425 ordinary shares and 606,900 ADRs correlating to 1,213,800 ordinary shares in Britvic Plc (We note that one ADR equals two ordinary shares). The combined TIAA-Nuveen enterprise now has aggregated holdings of 14,900,467 shares or 5.999% of the issued and outstanding voting shares in Britvic Plc.  Each of TCIM, TAI and NII are aggregating their holdings in Britvic Plc as required by current FCA Disclosure and Transparency Rules.  However, each of TCIM, TAI and NII separately and independently vote all proxies for shares held in Britvic Plc.  (See Exhibit A)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC / Teachers Advisors, Inc. / Nuveen Investments, Inc.
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:	None
14. Contact name:	Jonathan Adelman, General Counsel (Interim)
15. Contact telephone number:	+44 (0)1442 284411

EXHIBIT A

TIAA-CREF

Summary of Holdings of Britvic PLC

Between June 4, 2015 - June 5, 2015

ORDINARY (GB00B0N8QD54)

	TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC    ("TCIM")				Teachers Advisors, Inc. ("TAI")				Nuveen Investments, Inc ("NII")			Aggregate Holding
	Global Equities Account	Stock Account	Total CREF Holdings	Total CREF %	TIAA-CREF Growth and Income Fund	TIAA-CREF Life Growth and Income Fund	Total Mutual Funds  Holdings	Total Mutual Funds %	Nuveen Investments, Inc	Total Nuveen	Total Nuveen %	Total Holdings	Total %
Holdings as of June 4, 2015	4,915,677	6,832,439	11,748,116	4.729%	1,877,057	57,769	1,934,826	0.779%	7,425	7,425	0.003%	13,690,367	5.511%
Transactions as of June 5, 2015	-	-	-	0.000%	(3,700)	-	(3,700)	-0.001%	-	-	0.000%	(3,700)	-0.001%
Holdings as of June 5, 2015	4,915,677	6,832,439	11,748,116	4.729%	1,873,357	57,769	1,931,126	0.777%	7,425	7,425	0.003%	13,686,667	5.510%

ADR (US1111901047)

	Nuveen Investments, Inc (NII)
	Nuveen Investments, Inc	Total Nuveen	Converted 1 ADR=2 ORD	Total Nuveen %	Total Holdings
Holdings as of June 4, 2015	606,900	606,900	1,213,800	0.489%	1,213,800
Transactions as of June 5, 2015	-	-	-	0.000%	-
Holdings as of June 5, 2015	606,900	606,900	1,213,800	0.489%	1,213,800

Total Voting Rights: 248,400,822  

Total CREF/TAI/NII holdings: 14,900,467

Total percentage: 5.999%

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