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RNS Number : 2473D

Fevertree Drinks PLC

25 April 2017




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		Fevertree Drinks 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 listed in Exhibit B Teachers Advisors, LLC on behalf of the funds listed in Exhibit C
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	20 April 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:	24 April 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	3%

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

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3,530,131

3,440,054

2.985%

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

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

Nominal

Delta

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

3,440,054

2.985%

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") hereby informs you that on April 20, 2017 CREF sold 40,124 shares of Fevertree Drinks Plc bringing the total shares owned to 2,203,264. CREF owns 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 Fevertree Drinks Plc is 115,240,896, bringing CREF's ownership in Fevertree Drinks Plc to a 1.912% level. For your information, CREF is a U.S. based investment company, which is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). CREF has multiple investment accounts, each with separate investment objectives and policies. All assets in the accounts are beneficially owned by CREF, and all the accounts are managed by TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC, an SEC registered investment adviser. Additionally, affiliates of CREF on April 20, 2017 sold 49,953 shares bringing the total owned by such affiliates to 1,236,790 shares of Fevertree Drinks Plc. These holdings are owned by mutual funds which are investment portfolios of the TIAA-CREF Funds ("Funds"). The Funds are an SEC registered investment company and the Funds are managed by Teachers Advisors, LLC, an SEC registered investment adviser that is affiliated with TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC. A total of 3,440,054 or 2.985% of the outstanding voting shares of Fevertreee Drinks Plc are owned, in aggregate, by CREF and these affiliated funds. Because Teachers Advisors, LLC and TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC follow the same policies when voting on behalf of CREF and the Funds, we are aggregating the holdings for purposes of this form as required by the current FCA Disclosure and Transparency Rules. (See Exhibit A and Exhibit B)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC/ Teachers Advisors, LLC
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:	Stuart R. Brunet
15. Contact telephone number:	+1-415-882-3711

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Title: Holding(s) in Company
Time: 12:05:51
Date: 25 Apr 2017
Category: Holding(s) in company
ID: 2473D