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: |
Oxford Instruments 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): Voluntary baseline disclosure in line with
the UK implementation of the Amended Transparency Directive |
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): |
HSBC
Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited
Nortrust Nominees LTD
Securities Services Nominees Limited
State Street Bank & Trust Boston
State Street Nominees Limited
Vidacos Nominees Ltd |
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is
crossed or reached: |
26 January 2017 |
6. Date on which issuer notified: |
27 January 2017 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: |
Above the threshold of
11% |
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 |
GB0006650450 |
5,785,267 |
5,785,267 |
31,506 |
31,506 |
6,477,061 |
0.055% |
11.303%
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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 |
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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 |
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Nominal |
Delta |
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Total (A+B+C) |
Number of voting
rights |
Percentage of voting
rights |
6,508,567 |
11.358% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting
rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if
applicable: |
Threadneedle Asset
Management Limited (11.358%)
Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC
Financing Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle
Asset Management Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by
TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by
Threadneedle Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned
by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL, which is itself
wholly owned by Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is
itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. |
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: |
The Shares referred to in section 9 of this form are held in
portfolios and funds managed on a discretionary basis by the
entities set out in section 9.
Please note that the Shares are held through certain nominee
companies. |
14 Contact name: |
Susan Johnson-Brett
Company Secretary |
15. Contact telephone name: |
01865 393 200 |
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