Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7790J

Elementis PLC

10 August 2012

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		Elementis PLC
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Yes
An acquisition or disposal of 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 notification obligation:	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	07 August 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	09 August 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above the threshold of 5%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0002418548	N/A		N/A	293,000	293,000	22,325,551	0.065%	4.935%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period	No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	Percentage of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise Price	Expiration date	Exercise / conversion period	No. of voting rights instrument refers to	Percentage of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
22,618,551	5.000%

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

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 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
	The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited	A/c 52401 81	142,237
	HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd	A/c 5000212310	629,240
	The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited	A/c PTG 10972	59,237
	State Street Nominees Limited	A/c XC7N	1,310,366
	Vidacos Nominees Ltd	A/c 6012918307	760,375
	HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 683182	330,758
	HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740190	191,000
	HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 739874	975,391
	HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740311	92,600
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA05	739,000
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA07	7,245,000
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07197	293,000
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10479	10,638
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA12	337,000
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA14	76,665
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 34789	380,000
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10496	5,806,044
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10488	1,615,000
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10490	1,625,000

14 Contact name:	Stacey Dryburgh, Threadneedle Group
15. Contact telephone name:	01793 363751

This notification is made in accordance with Rule 5.8.12 R(1) of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules sourcebook.

Wai Wong

Company Secretary

020 7408 9303

10 August 2012

 

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