Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8928B

Electrocomponents PLC

12 January 2015

 



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:					Electrocomponents 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 January 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:				09 January 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:				Above the threshold of 12%
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
GB0003096442        48,411,546 48,411,546 0 0 53,055,288 0.000%                         12.064%

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
53,055,288	12.064%

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 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 41407 11,536,485 State Street Nominees Limited                                              A/c XC7N 2,340,287 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 683182 1,519,747 State Street Nominees Limited                                              A/c 2GQ6 6,972,253 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA01 740,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10479 9,302 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 18667 1,844,560 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10469 428,981 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10496 24,165,740 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10492 1,397,933 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10495 2,100,000
14 Contact name:	Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group
15. Contact telephone name:	01793 363135

 

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