Vesuvius plc Holding(s) in Company (8682J)

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RNS Number : 8682J

Vesuvius plc

14 September 2016

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES (i) 
 
 
 1. Identity of the issuer or the        Vesuvius plc 
  underlying issuer of existing shares 
  to which voting rights are attached: 
  (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box 
  or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                        YES 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already 
  issued to which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar 
  economic effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject            Aberforth Partners LLP 
  to the notification obligation: 
  (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)            Shareholder: Shares 
  (if different from 3.): (iv) 
                                            1. Aberforth Smaller Companies 
                                            Trust plc 8,877,561 
                                            2. Aberforth UK Small Companies 
                                            Fund 1,521,991 
                                            3. Aberforth Geared Income Trust 
                                            plc 2,909,300 
                                            4. The National Trust for Places 
                                            of Historic 548,894 
                                            Interest or Natural Beauty 
 
                                            Shares are registered in the name 
                                            of Nortrust Nominees Ltd 
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 5. Date of the transaction                         13/09/2016 
  and date on which the threshold 
  is crossed or reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                  14/09/2016 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are 
  crossed or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                    5% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type       Situation previous       Resulting situation after the triggering 
  of               to the triggering        transaction 
  shares           transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                  Number       Number      Number       Number of voting      % of voting rights 
                   of           of          of shares    rights                (x) 
                   Shares       Voting 
                                Rights 
---------------  -----------  ----------  -----------  --------------------  --------------------- 
                                                        Direct   Indirect     Direct     Indirect 
                                                         (xi)     (xii) 
---------------  -----------  ----------  -----------  -------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 Ordinary         Below        Below 
  GB00B82YXW83     5%           5%         13,857,746   N/A      13,857,746   N/A        5.11 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial   Expiration     Exercise/       Number of voting         % of voting 
  instrument          date (xiii)    Conversion      rights that              rights 
                                     Period (xiv)    may be 
                                                     acquired if 
                                                     the 
                                                     instrument is 
                                                     exercised/ converted. 
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  N/A                 N/A            N/A             N/A                      N/A 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying 
  Financial Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial   Exercise   Expiration   Exercise/     Number of voting     % of voting 
  instrument          price      date         Conversion    rights instrument    rights (xix, 
                                 (xvii)       period        refers to            xx) 
                                              (xviii) 
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                                                                                Nominal    % 
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 N/A                 N/A        N/A          N/A           N/A                   N/A        N/A 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights 
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  13,857,746                5.11 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
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   Held by Aberforth Partners LLP 
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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:          N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy      N/A 
  holder will cease to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will    N/A 
  cease to hold voting rights: 
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 13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name:                 Pauline Robson, Aberforth Partners 
                                    LLP 
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 15. Contact telephone number:     0131 220 0733 
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