Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5238M

Genus PLC

07 May 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:		Genus 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:	5th May 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	6th May 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below the threshold of 5%

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
GB0002074580      3,048,717 3,048,717 33,851 33,851 3,013,575 0.056% 4.943%

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
3,047,426	4.999%

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 39364 1,238,087 The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited                                  A/c 52401 81 36,611 The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited                                  A/c PTG 10972 123,371 The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited                                  A/c PTG 14556 2,960 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 740190 16,667 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 739874 87,639 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 740311 8,799 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZPS11 142,778 Chase Nominees Ltd                                                          A/c 44729 65,947 Securities Services Nominees Limited                                       A/c 07000000700 189,117 State Street Bank & Trust Boston                                           A/c MKCB 219,916 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA05 107,424 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA07 554,056 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 07197 33,851 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10479 1,228 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA12 23,962 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA14 7,323 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c 34789 63,156 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10488 124,534
14 Contact name:	Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group
15. Contact telephone name:	[phone]

 

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