5 Jul 2012 16:00

Financial Services Authority
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: Â | 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.  | |||||
 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: | Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) | ||||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) Â (if different from 3.): | N/A | ||||
 5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached:  | 03 July 2012 | ||||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 04 July 2012 | ||||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: Â | L&G (Above 3%) | ||||
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8. Notified details: Â | ||||||||||||||
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 | Â Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights | ||||||||||
Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||
Ordinary 5p | Below 3% Â (As at 11/05/2012) | Â 3,400,476 | Â 3,400,476 | 3.00% | ||||||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||
 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 | ||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||
 Type of financialinstrument  |  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 | |||||||||||||
  3,400,476  | 3.00% | |||||||||||||
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Proxy Voting: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
13. Additional information: | Notification using the total voting rights figure of  113,239,555 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
14. Contact name: | Paul Toon (LGIM) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
15. Contact telephone number: | 020 3124 3854 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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