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03 January 2008
Holding(s) in Company
I hereby inform you that as at 20-December-07 Barclays PLC no longer held reportable voting rights attaching to shares in your Company.
Full details of our interest are set out in the attached notification.
As you will be aware, following the implementation of the Transparency Directive in the UK, the requirements for the notification of major shareholdings have changed. The obligation to notify is now based upon control over the exercise of voting rights attached to shares and financial instruments rather than "interests in shares". Additionally we now have the opportunity to disaggregate certain holdings held for the benefit of clients from our notification.
The result of these changes is that the interest set out in this notification may be inconsistent with previous disclosures made to you but will be the basis of notifications going forward.
From: Geoff Smith (Barclays Compliance)
| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES | |
| DIPLOMA PLC | |
| (1). Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | |
| 2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No): | ( ) |
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: | (X) |
| An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: | ( ) |
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: | ( ) |
| Other (please specify): | ( ) |
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | ( ) |
| BARCLAYS PLC | |
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | |
| BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD | |
| BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS LTD | |
| BARCLAYS LIFE ASSURANCE CO LTD | |
| BARCLAYS STOCKBROKERS LTD | |
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): | |
| 20 DECEMBER 2007 | |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | |
| 24 DECEMBER 2007 | |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | |
| 4% TO 1% | |
| 8. Notified details: |
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||
Class/type of sharesif possible using the ISIN CODE |
Situation previous to the Triggering |
|
| Number of shares | Number of voting Rights | |
| GB0001826634 | 986,704 | 986,704 |
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |
| Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | % of voting rights | ||
| Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||
| GB0001826634 | NOT REPORTABLE | NOT REPORTABLE | NOT REPORTABLE | NOT REPORTABLE | NOT REPORTABLE |
| B: Financial Instruments | |||||
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration Date | Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date |
Number of voting rights that
may |
% of voting rights | |
| Total (A+B) | |
| Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
| NOT REPORTABLE | NOT REPORTABLE |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | |
| BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD | |
| BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS LTD | |
| BARCLAYS LIFE ASSURANCE CO LTD | |
| BARCLAYS STOCKBROKERS LTD | |
| Proxy Voting: | |
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | |
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: | |
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | |
| 13. Additional information | |
| 14. Contact name: | |
| GEOFF SMITH | |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | |
| 020 7116 2913 |