Vesuvius plc Holding(s) in Company (5854P)

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RNS Number : 5854P

Vesuvius plc

18 November 2016

 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                                                 Vesuvius PLC 
  the 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                                         x 
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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)                                    Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, 
  subject to the                                               Artisan 
  notification obligation:                                     Investments GP LLC, Artisan 
  (iii)                                                        Partners Holdings LP, 
                                                               and Artisan Partners Asset 
                                                               Management Inc. 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                               State Street Bank, Mellon 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                                  Bank, Northern Trust, Bank 
                                                               of New York, Pictet & Cie, 
                                                               US Bank 
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 5. Date of the transaction                                               November 16, 2016 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                                  November 17, 2016 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                                  Below 12% 
  crossed or 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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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 
  of              to the triggering                   triggering transaction 
  shares          transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                 Number            Number            Number          Number of                % of voting 
                  of                of                of shares       voting                   rights (x) 
                  Shares            Voting                            rights 
                                    Rights 
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                                                     Direct          Direct     Indirect      Direct        Indirect 
                                                                     (xi)        (xii) 
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  GB00B82YXW83   33,296,763        12.28%                                       31,852,769                  11.74% 
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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            Conversion                        rights that                rights 
                      (xiii)          Period (xiv)                      may be 
                                                                        acquired if 
                                                                        the 
                                                                        instrument 
                                                                        is 
                                                                        exercised/ 
                                                                        converted. 
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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           Exercise        Expiration      Exercise/         Number of voting           % of voting 
 financial          price          date            Conversion         rights instrument          rights (xix, 
 instrument                        (xvii)          period             refers to                  xx) 
                                                   (xviii) 
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                                                                                                Nominal       Delta 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                               Percentage of voting rights 
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 31,852,769                                            11.74% 
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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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               Artisan Partners Limited Partnership ("APLP"), a U.S. 
             registered investment adviser, is a limited partnership 
          organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Control 
       of APLP is vested in its general partner, Artisan Investments 
                 GP LLC ("Artisan LLC"), a limited liability company 
          organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Artisan 
               Partners Holdings LP ("Artisan Holdings") is the sole 
              member of Artisan LLC, and is the sole limited partner 
               of APLP. Control of Artisan Holdings is vested in its 
             general partner, Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. 
        ("APAM"), organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. 
 
            APAM is a publicly traded Company and has in issue three 
                 classes of common stock as well as preferred stock. 
                    No single undertaking is now in control of APAM. 
 
             Artisan International Value Fund ("ARTIV"), is a series 
        of Artisan Partners Funds Inc., a U.S. registered investment 
                 company. Certain officers and a director of Artisan 
           Partners Funds, Inc. are employees of APLP. APLP pursuant 
                to its advisory contract with ARTIV has the power to 
                 purchase and sell securities on behalf of ARTIV and 
              to vote for ARTIV. ARTIV, as of November 16, 2016, was 
                 interested in 22,822,489 shares, representing 8.41% 
                     of the 11.74% disclosed above, of Vesuvius PLC. 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:             Artisan Partners Limited 
                                            Partnership 

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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:                            Benjamin Prokash 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                  414.299.4315 
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