Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9963S

Morgan Crucible Co PLC

29 November 2011

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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

The Morgan Crucible Company 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:	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	23 November 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	25 November 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below the threshold of 5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB000602 7295	14,938,399	14,938,399	62,500	62,500	13,107,696	0.023%	4.799%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	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
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
13,170,196	4.822%

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 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 Chase Nominees Ltd  A/c 41407 1,407,607 State Street Nominees Ltd A/c XC7N 1,137,180 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA01 425,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA05 133,500 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA07 1,370,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07197 62,500 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10479 7,271 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA12 46,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA14 12,700 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 34789 116,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 18667 549,532 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10469 625,368 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10496 4,370,950 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10492 1,660,588 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10488 296,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10495 950,000
14. Contact name:	Jill Elliot
15. Contact telephone number:	01753 837000

 

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