25 Sep 2013 17:48
TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |
1: Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Abcam Plc |
2: Reason for notification (yes/no) | ||
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 |
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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): |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | T Rowe Price Associates, Inc |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | JP Morgan Chase Bank of New York Mellon Bank, NA State Street Bank & Trust Co |
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached): | 20 September 2013 |
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 24 September 2013 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 5% |
8: Notified Details | ||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||
Class/type of share If possible use ISIN code | GB00B6774699 | |||
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Situation previous to the triggering transaction | ||||
Number of shares | Number of voting rights | |||
9,818,952 | 9,818,952 | |||
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
Number of shares | Number of voting rights | Percentage ofvoting rights | ||
Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |
10,583,060 | 0 | 10,583,060 | 0.000% | 5.30% |
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period/date | No. of voting rights that may be acquired(if the instrument exercised/converted) | Percentage of voting rights |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financialinstrument | Exerciseprice | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversionperiod | Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to | % of voting rights
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Total (A+B+C) | |
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
10,583,060 | 5.30% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc (TRPA)serves as investment advisor, with dispositive and voting authority, to various institutional clients that own shares in Abcam plc, including T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund, which owns 5,691,066 shares. Such shares are registered in the following names: JP Morgan Chase - 2,754,393 Bank of New York Mellon Bank , N.A. - 157,603 State Street Bank & Trust Co - 7,671,064
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Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
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13. Additional information:
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14. Contact name:
| Jeff Iliffe, Chief Financial Officer |
15. Contact telephone number:
| 01223 696000 |