Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9417J

Diploma PLC

23 July 2013

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii

Diploma PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached		No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments		No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights		No
Other (please specify):		No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): iv	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	19 July 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	22 July 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	Below the threshold of 5%

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
GB0001826634	0	0	83,600	83,600	5,541,407	0.073%	4.893%

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
5,625,007	4.967%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
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:	Registered Owner Ameriprise Financial Inc                                                   A/c 568,170 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 740190 52,661 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 739874 239,754 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 740311 26,003 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA01 440,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA05 238,327 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA07 2,180,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 07197 83,600 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10479 2,583 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA12 83,103 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA14 21,927 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 34789 123,900 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10488 404,979 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 10495 1,160,000
14. Contact name:	Stacey Dryburgh, Threadneedle Group
15. Contact telephone number:	01793 363751

 

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