Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7890Y

Victrex PLC

27 February 2013

 



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:			Victrex 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
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		BlackRock, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		25th February 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		26th February 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Holding has gone above 16%

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 x

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB0009292243

12,195,182

12,195,182

N/A

N/A

12,298,606

N/A

14.53%

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 xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights,

CFD

1,332,123

Nominal

Delta

1.57%

1.57%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

13,630,729

16.11%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 13,630,729 (16.11%)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
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:	Victrex plc
14. Contact name:	Claire Lowry
15. Contact telephone number:	01253 897477

 

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