AVACTA GROUP PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2015

Nov 6, 2015

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RNS Number : 8520E

Avacta Group PLC

06 November 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				Avacta Group Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					√
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		Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		Registered Holder: BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited   31,865,063* Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited     555,424,900*             * denotes direct interest   Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited       45,138,729 Chase Nominees Limited                            16,155,912 Vidacos Nominees Limited                         26,415,401
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		04 November 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		05 November 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		<10% to 10% Change at Combined Interest Level

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
Ordinary Shares ORD GBP0.001 GB0033519546	640,000,000	640,000,000	675,000,005	587,289,963	87,710,042	8.71%	1.30%

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

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
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
675,000,005	10.01%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:- Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: ·      Aviva plc (Parent Company) ·      Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) ·      Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) ·    Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	See Section 4
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:	Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of 6,741,139,464 as per the Company's Issue of Equity annoucement of 30 October 2015.
14. Contact name:	Neil Whittaker, Aviva plc
15. Contact telephone number:	01603 684420

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