Holding(s) in Company
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1 Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to
which voting rights are attached:
Johnson Matthey plc
2 Reason for the notification:
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights.
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 if different):
26 October 2011
6 Date on which issuer notified:
28 October 2011
7 Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Above the threshold of 5%
8 Notified details:
VOTING RIGHTS ATTACHED TO SHARES:
Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN CODE):
Ordinary £1 Share
GB0004764071
US4791423092
Situation previous to the triggering transaction:
(The following answers are in respect of GB0004764071 unless otherwise
stated)
Number of shares: N/A
Number of voting rights: N/A
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:
Number of shares (direct): 264,202
Number of voting rights (direct): 264,202
Number of voting rights (indirect): 10,512,731 (plus 249 in respect of
US4791423092)
% of voting rights (direct): 0.123%
% of voting rights (indirect): 4.897%
Total voting rights: 10,777,182 (5.02%)
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
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C ZLA08 16,674
Ameriprise Financial Inc A/C 165,700
Royal Trust Corp of Canada A/C 719306 46,215
HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd A/C 2456820 31,655
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC A/C 659
State Street Nominees Limited A/C XC7N 203,138
Chase Nominees Ltd A/C 75102 22,000
KDTC KAS Depositary Trust Company A/C 223700533 86,752
Harewood Nominees Ltd A/C 1040411926G 175,988
William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd A/C 301780 39,934
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C ZLA01 60,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C ZLA03 4,218,272
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 07198 236,433
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 27642 27,769
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 10478 5,436
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C ZLA09 10,073
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 10479 5,502
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C ZLA12 219,045
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C ZLA14 59,829
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 07207 464,127
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 07196 19,950
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 07199 16,267
Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd A/C WWSF0004002 165,120
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 18667 84,533
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 10469 127,108
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 18668 116,670
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 10496 722,905
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 10492 356,060
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 10491 1,022,562
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 10488 1,090,909
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 10495 135,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 10489 237,357
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 30337 20,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C ZLA15 567,291
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC A/C 249
Contact Name:
Angela Purtill, Deputy Company Secretary, Johnson Matthey plc
Contact Telephone Number: 020 7269 8461