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15 March 2010
Holding(s) in Company
| 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 | X | |
| 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: | 11 March 2010 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 15 March 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 |
11,072,791 |
11,072,791 |
11,372,791 |
11,372,791 |
10.04 |
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| 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 |
11,372,791 |
10.04% |
| 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: | 300,000 |
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | 11 March 2010 |
| 13. Additional information: | None |
| 14. Contact name: | Evangelos Karatzas |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | fil-regreporting@fil.com |
| FMR | ||
| Issuer name: | DIPLOMA PLC | |
| Current ownership percentage: | 10.04% | |
| Total shares held: | 11,372,791 | |
| Issued share capital: | 113,239,555 | |
| SHARES HELD | NOMINEE | MANAGEMENT COMPANY | |
| FMR LLC is the parent holding company of Fidelity | 673,000 | BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO | FMRCO |
| Management & Research Company (FMRCO) Investment | 47,300 | BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO | PTC |
| Manager for US Mutal Funds and FIL Management Trust | 574,700 | MELLON BANK N.A. | FMRCO |
| Company (FMTC) and Pyramid Global Advisors Trust Company | 166,300 | MELLON BANK N.A. | PTC |
| (PGATC), a US Chartered Bank which acts as a trustee | 193,500 | NORTHERN TRUST CO | FMRCO |
| or Investment Manager of various pension and trust accounts | 1,800,000 | STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO | FMR |
| and Pyramid Global Advisors LLC (PGALLC) | 7,495,967 | STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO | FMRCO |
| 311,624 | STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO | PGATC | |
| 110,400 | MELLON BANK NA (C) | PTC |