Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6733K

Victrex PLC

19 July 2011

 



TR1 Notification of Major Interest in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			Victrex
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		AEGON Asset Management UK
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		18th July 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		19th July 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		6%

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

GB0009292243

5,092,276

5,092,276

4,356,247

4,356,247

586,029

5.18%

0.70%

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

Contract for Difference

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Nominal

Delta

0.0%

1

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

4,942,276

5.88%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
AEGON Asset Management UK:- AEGON Asset Management UK Holdings Ltd AEGON Asset Management UK plc AEGON Investment Management UK ltd AEGON ICVC AEGON VCIC
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		AEGON Asset Management UK
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Claire Salisbury, Victrex plc
15. Contact telephone number:	01253 897477

 

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