Tyman Regulatory News (TYMN)

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:

Tyman 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:

F&C Asset Management plc

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

See box 9 below

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

10th February 2014

6. Date on which issuer notified:

11th February 2014

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

11%

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

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary

GB00B29H4253

18,029,257

18,029,257

18,683,152

-

18,683,152

-

11.02%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/ConversionPeriod

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exerciseprice

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversionperiod

Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to

% of voting rights

-

Nominal

Delta

-

-

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

18,683,152

11.02%

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

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of proxy holder:

F&C Asset Management plc

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

Based on Total Voting Rights of 169,521,902

(effective 31 May 2013)

14 Contact name:

Vik Sharma, F&C Asset Management plc

15. Contact telephone name:

0131 718 1094