Holding(s) in Company

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RNS Number : 9417J

Diploma PLC

23 July 2013

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES ⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ⁱⁱ

Diploma PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached		No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments		No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights		No
Other (please specify):		No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): ^iv	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	19 July 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	22 July 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	Below the threshold of 5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}
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 ^x
			Direct	Direct ^xi	Indirect ^xii	Direct	Indirect
GB0001826634	0	0	83,600	83,600	5,541,407	0.073%	4.893%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date ^xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period ^xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
5,625,007	4.967%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:

Registered Owner

Ameriprise Financial Inc	A/c	568,170
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740190	52,661
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 739874	239,754
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740311	26,003
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA01	440,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA05	238,327
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA07	2,180,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07197	83,600
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10479	2,583
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA12	83,103
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA14	21,927
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 34789	123,900
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10488	404,979
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10495	1,160,000

14. Contact name:

Stacey Dryburgh, Threadneedle Group

15. Contact telephone number:

01793 363751

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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise
price

Expiration
date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion
period ^xviii

Number of voting
rights instrument
refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

Title: Holding(s) in Company
Time: 15:00:01
Date: 23 Jul 2013
Category: Holding(s) in company
ID: 9417J