RNS Announcement
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached:
Morgan Advanced Materials plc
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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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
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 thenotification obligation:
Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
Registered Holder:
BNY (Nominees) Limited 146,721*
BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 1,567,060*
Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 11,895,043*
Chase Nominees Limited 507,492*
Vidacos Nominees Limited 125,968*
*denotes direct interest
Chase Nominees Limited 409,538
Vidacos Nominees Limited 627,620
5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached:
12 August 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:
13 August 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached:
5% to 4% Change at Direct Interest Level
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type ofshares
if possible usingthe ISIN CODE
Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
NumberofShares
NumberofVotingRights
Numberof shares
Number of votingrights
% of voting rights
Direct
Indirect
Ordinary SharesGB0006027295
16,109,029
15,279,442
14,242,284
1,037,158
4.99
0.37%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Type of financialinstrument
Expirationdate
Exercise/Conversion Period
Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted
% of votingrights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Exercise price
Expiration date
Exercise/Conversion period
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
Nominal
Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
5.36
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:-
Aviva Investors Global Services Limited:
· Aviva plc (Parent Company)
· Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc)
· Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited)
· Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
See Section 4
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:
Jill Elliot
15. Contact telephone number:
01753 837 000
Holding(s) in Company
18:35:36
13 Aug 2013
Holding(s) in company
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