Oxford Instruments plc
Notification of Major Interest in Shares
Oxford Instruments plc was notified on 26 January 2010 that Ameriprise
Financial, Inc and its group, which through intermediate holding companies
controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Management Luxembourg SA and
Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited (which itself controls the
voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Limited, Threadneedle
International Limited and Threadneedle Pensions Limited), has an interest in
5,083,787 Ordinary Shares of 5p each which represents 10.288% of the issued
share capital of Oxford Instruments plc.
It has voting rights over 5,083,787 shares (of which 66,752 (0.135%) are direct
and 5,017,035 (10.153%) are indirect).
The shares to which this notification relates are registered as follows:
No of
Shares
Littledown Nominees Limited A/C 05577 102,707
Littledown Nominees Limited A/C 05576 1,247,871
Littledown Nominees Limited A/C 07197 66,752
Littledown Nominees Limited A/C 07203 56,433
Littledown Nominees Limited A/C 21667 21,058
Littledown Nominees Limited A/C 34789 100,389
Littledown Nominees Limited A/C 10496 2,700,000
Littledown Nominees Limited A/C 10488 272,077
Littledown Nominees Limited A/C 10490 516,500
27 January 2010
Susan Johnson-Brett
Company Secretary
01865 393324