Oxford Instruments Holding(s) in Company

 
TIDMOXIG 
 
TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares 
 
 
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                 Oxford Instruments PLC 
issuer of existing shares to which voting rights 
are attached: 
 
 
2. Reason for notification (yes/no) 
 
                                                                                                     Yes 
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
 
                                                                                                     No 
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 
 
                                                   Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group 
3. Full name of person(s) subject to 
notification obligation: 
 
                                                   HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited 
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if                 Nortrust Nominees LTD 
different from 3):                                 Securities Services Nominees Limited 
                                                   State Street Bank & Trust Boston 
                                                   State Street Nominees Limited 
                                                   Vidacos Nominees Ltd 
 
 
5. Date of transaction and date on which           26 January 2017 
the threshold is crossed or reached: 
 
                                                   27 January 2017 
6. Date on which issuer notified: 
 
                                                   Above the threshold of 11% 
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or 
reached: 
 
 
8: Notified Details 
 
A: Voting rights attached to shares 
 
Class/type of  Situation previous to       Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
shares         the triggering 
If possible    transaction 
use ISIN code 
               Number of      Number of    Number     Number of voting Percentage of voting rights 
               shares         voting       of         rights 
                              rights       shares 
 
 
                                           Direct     Direct Indirect  Direct                         Indirect 
 
GB0006650450   5,785,267      5,785,267    31,506     31,506 6,477,061 0.055%                         11.303% 
 
 
 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 
Type of           Expiration        Exercise/           No. of voting rights that may Percentage of voting rights 
financial         date              conversion          be acquired if the instrument 
instrument                          period              is exercised/converted. 
 
 
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
Instruments 
 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 
Type of      Exercise   Expiration         Exercise /     No. of  Percentage of voting rights 
financial    Price      date               conversion     voting 
instrument                                 period         rights 
                                                          instrument 
                                                          refers 
                                                          to 
 
                                                                  Nominal                                                    Delta 
 
 
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              N/A 
holder will cease to hold: 
 
 
12. Date on which proxy holder will            N/A 
cease to hold voting rights: 
 
 
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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January 30, 2017 11:43 ET (16:43 GMT)