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24 May 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: | 20 May 2010 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 24 May 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 | 11,549,668 | 11,549,668 | 11,066,718 | 11,066,718 | 9.77 | ||
| 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 |
| 11,066,718 | 9.77 |
| 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: | 482,950 |
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | 20 May 2010 |
| 13. Additional information: | None |
| 14. Contact name: | Shaheen Hussain |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | fil-regreporting@fil.com |
| FMR | |||
| Issuer name: | DIPLOMA PLC | ||
| Current ownership percentage: | 9.77% | ||
| Total shares held: | 11,066,718 | ||
| Issued share capital: | 113,239,555 | ||
| SHARES HELD | NOMINEE | MANAGEMENT COMPANY | |
| FMR LLC is the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO) Investment Manager for US mutal Funds and FIL Management Trust Company (FMTC) and Pyramid Global Advisors Trust Company (PGATC), a US Chartered Bank which acts as a trustee or Investment Manager of various pension and trust accounts and Pyramid Global Advisors LLC (PGALLC) |
379,850 | BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO | FMRCO |
| 30,200 | BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO | PTC | |
| 362,700 | MELLON BANK N.A. | FMRCO | |
| 188,871 | MELLON BANK N.A. | PTC | |
| 123,600 | NORTHERN TRUST CO | FMRCO | |
| 2,050,000 | STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO | FMR | |
| 7,495,967 | STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO | FMRCO | |
| 68,300 | STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO | PTC | |
| 198,924 | STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO | PGATC | |
| 97,806 | CIBC MELLON TRUST (C) | FCL | |
| 70,400 | MELLON BANK NA (C) | PTC | |