Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4467M

Diploma PLC

24 May 2010

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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

Diploma Plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		ü
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:	FMR LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See attached schedule
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	20 May 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	24 May 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	10%

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	11,549,668	11,549,668	11,066,718		11,066,718		9.77

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	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
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
11,066,718	9.77

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

See attached schedule

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	FMR LLC
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	482,950
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	20 May 2010

13. Additional information:	None
14. Contact name:	Shaheen Hussain
15. Contact telephone number:	[e-mail]

FMR
Issuer name:	DIPLOMA PLC
Current ownership percentage:	9.77%
Total shares held:	11,066,718
Issued share capital:	113,239,555
	SHARES HELD	NOMINEE	MANAGEMENT COMPANY
FMR LLC is the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO) Investment Manager for US mutal Funds and FIL Management Trust Company (FMTC) and Pyramid Global Advisors Trust Company (PGATC), a US Chartered Bank which acts as a trustee or Investment Manager of various pension and trust accounts and Pyramid Global Advisors LLC (PGALLC)	379,850	BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO	FMRCO
	30,200	BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO	PTC
	362,700	MELLON BANK N.A.	FMRCO
	188,871	MELLON BANK N.A.	PTC
	123,600	NORTHERN TRUST CO	FMRCO
	2,050,000	STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO	FMR
	7,495,967	STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO	FMRCO
	68,300	STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO	PTC
	198,924	STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO	PGATC
	97,806	CIBC MELLON TRUST (C)	FCL
	70,400	MELLON BANK NA (C)	PTC

 

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