Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7882K

Victrex PLC

27 June 2014

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			VICTREX PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				X
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: iii		T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A. JP Morgan Chase Northern Trust Company State Street Bank & Trust Co.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		24 June 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		26 June 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		5%

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

4,304,682

4,245,253

4,364,431

4,300,353

5.04%

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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

4,300,353

5.04%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (TRPA) serves as investment adviser, with dispositive and voting authority, to various institutional clients that own shares of Victrex PLC, including the T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund, which owns 1,306,458 shares.  Such shares are registered in the following name(s): Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A. - 258,523 JP Morgan Chase - 1,145,732 Northern Trust Company - 45,802 State Street Bank & Trust Co. - 2,850,296
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:
14. Contact name:	Muireann Jacobs, Deputy Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone number:	01253 897597

 

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