Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3984Z

Diploma PLC

05 February 2014

 



FOR FILING PURPOSES ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION 22 OF THE                             TRANSPARENCY (DIRECTIVE 204/109/EC) REGULATIONS

2007

STANDARD FORM TR-1

                       VOTING RIGHTS ATTACHED TO SHARES - ARTICLE 12(1) OF DIRECTIVE 2004/109/EC

                    FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS- ARTICLE 11(3) OF THE COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2007/14/EC

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

Diploma PLC "the Company"

2.         Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

[X]    an acquisition or disposal of voting rights

[ ]      an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

[ ]     an event changing the breakdown of voting rights

3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

I.G. International Management Limited on behalf of itself and each of the following, each of which has an individual notification obligation;

 -I.G. Investment Management, Ltd.

 -Investors Group Inc.

 -IGM Financial Inc.

4.            Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited

5.            Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
January 16, 2014

6.            Date on which issuer notified:
February 05, 2014

7.            Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 3%

Investors Group Inc. is a 100% shareholder in both I.G. Investment Management, Ltd.

and I.G. International Management Limited.

IGM Financial Inc. is a 100% shareholder in Investors Group Inc.

All of the above (except I.G, Investment Management, Ltd. and I.G. International

Management Limited) have an indirect holding of 2.998% as a result of Regulation 15(1)(e)

10.          In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold
[number] voting rights as of [date]. Not applicable.

11.          Additional information;

Contact name: Jean Carroll, I.G. International Management Limited (investment

advisor to two of the three mutual funds that hold the shares that are the subject of this

notice)

Contact telephone number: [phone]

Done at Dublin, Ireland on January 16, 2014.

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
GB0001826634	3,398,280		3,394,381				2.998%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)	3,394,381					2.998%

B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
		SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates)

Total (A+B)	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
	3,394,381	2.998%

9.     Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

The voting rights (2.998%) are held by I.G. Investment Management, Ltd. (2.998%), acting as manager and portfolio advisor, and I.G. International Management Limited (2.998%) acting as portfolio advisor, of various mutual funds, as a result of Regulation 15(l)(h).

 

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