REG-PZ CUSSONS PLC Holding(s) in Company
Released: 20/10/2009

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RNS Number : 1164B  
  
PZ CUSSONS PLC  
  
20 October 2009  
  
 
  TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                                                 
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
  1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                               PZ Cussons PLC                 
  of existing shares to which voting rights are                                                                   
  attached:ii                                                                                                     
  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                                   M&G Investment Funds 1                            
  4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv                                                       
                                                                Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MEJ01                    
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
  5. Date of the transaction and date on                        19 October 2009                                   
  which the threshold is crossed or                                                                               
  reached:v                                                                                                       
  6. Date on which issuer notified:                             20 October 2009                                   
  7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                        5%                                                
  reached: vi, vii                                                                                                
  
  
 
  8. Notified details:                                                                                                                                                                                       
  A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix                                                                                                                                                                
  Class/type of        Situation previous                                                  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                              
  shares               to the triggering                                                                                                                                                                     
  if possible using    transaction                                                                                                                                                                           
  the ISIN CODE                                                                                                                                                                                              
                       Number                         Number                               Number                Number of voting                           % of voting rights x                             
                       of                             of                                   of shares             rights                                                                                      
                       Shares                         Voting                                                                                                                                                 
                                                      Rights                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                           Direct                Direct xi                   Indirect xii   Direct                          Indirect         
  GB00B19Z1432         21,394,513                     21,394,513                           21,544,513            21,544,513                                 5.02%                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                             
  B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                                                                                        
  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                                                                       
  Type of financial                         Expiration             Exercise/                                                   Number of voting                                    % of voting               
  instrument                                date xiii              Conversion Period xiv                                       rights that may be                                  rights                    
                                                                                                                               acquired if the                                                               
                                                                                                                               instrument is                                                                 
                                                                                                                               exercised/ converted.                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                             
  C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi                                                                                                          
  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                                                                       
  Type of financial               Exercise price      Expiration date xvii      Exercise/                        Number of voting rights instrument refers to             % of voting rights xix, xx         
  instrument                                                                    Conversion period xviii                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                          Nominal                    Delta   
                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                             
  Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                                                                              
  Number of voting rights                                                                             Percentage of voting rights                                                                            
  21,544,513                                                                                          5.02%                                                                                                  
  
  
 
  9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the                   
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:xxi                                    
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                   
  Proxy Voting:                                                                                    
  10. Name of the proxy holder:                                    N/A                             
  11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease              N/A                             
  to hold:                                                                                         
  12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                N/A                             
  voting rights:                                                                                   
                                                                                                   
  13. Additional information:     With reference to item 3, M&G Investments Funds 1 is an Open     
                                  Ended Investment Company (OEIC) and is not a Prudential group    
                                  company and must be separately disclosed.                        
                                  This OEIC Fund is managed by M&G Investment Management Limited   
                                  (a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) and will have been 
                                  previously attributed to Prudential plc solely on the basis that 
                                  M&G Investment Management Ltd has direct fund management control 
                                  over the shares identified in this notification.                 
                                  Therefore the 5.02% holding being disclosed in this notification 
                                  is encompassed in the 6.94 % already disclosed under The         
                                  Prudential plc group of companies on 20/07/2009 and is NOT in    
                                  addition to it.                                                  
                                                                                                   
                                  Calculations based on a Total Voting Rights figure of            
                                  428,724,960.                                                     
  14. Contact name:               Dipesh Varsani / Mark Thomas                                     
                                  M&G Investment Management Limited                                
  15. Contact telephone number:   020 7548 3261 / 020 7548 3266                                    
  
  
 
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