Company Announcements

Oxford Instruments Plc - Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

 

ISIN

GB0006650450

 

Issuer Name

OXFORD INSTRUMENTS PLC

 

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

 

2. Reason for Notification

Clarification of current position.

 

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Aggregate of abrdn plc affiliated investment management entities with delegated voting rights on behalf of multiple managed portfolios

 

City of registered office (if applicable)

Edinburgh

 

Country of registered office (if applicable)

United Kingdom

 

4. Details of the shareholder

 ___________________________________________________________
|Name|City of registered office|Country of registered office|
|____|_________________________|____________________________|


 

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

26-Feb-2024

 

6. Date on which Issuer notified

27-Feb-2024

 

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

 _____________________________________________________________________________
|               |               |% of voting    |             |               |
|               |% of voting    |rights through |Total of both|Total number of|
|.              |rights attached|financial      |in % (8.A +  |voting rights  |
|               |to shares      |instruments    |8.B)         |held in issuer |
|               |(total of 8.A) |(total of 8.B 1|             |               |
|               |               |+ 8.B 2)       |             |               |
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_____________|_______________|
|Resulting      |               |               |             |               |
|situation on   |               |               |             |               |
|the date on    |6.079609       |0.000000       |6.079609     |3,518,690      |
|which threshold|               |               |             |               |
|was crossed or |               |               |             |               |
|reached        |               |               |             |               |
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_____________|_______________|
|Position of    |               |               |             |               |
|previous       |5.086127       |0.000000       |5.086127     |               |
|notification   |               |               |             |               |
|(if applicable)|               |               |             |               |
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_____________|_______________|


 

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

 

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

 _____________________________________________________________________________
|Class/Type of   |Number of direct|Number of      |% of direct  |% of indirect|
|shares ISIN code|voting rights   |indirect voting|voting rights|voting rights|
|(if possible)   |(DTR5.1)        |rights         |(DTR5.1)     |(DTR5.2.1)   |
|                |                |(DTR5.2.1)     |             |             |
|________________|________________|_______________|_____________|_____________|
|GB0006650450    |0               |3,518,690      |             |6.079609     |
|________________|________________|_______________|_____________|_____________|
|Sub Total 8.A   |3,518,690                       |6.079609                   |
|________________|________________________________|___________________________|


 

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

 _____________________________________________________________________________
|              |          |                   |Number of voting   |           |
|Type of       |Expiration|Exercise/conversion|rights that may be |% of voting|
|financial     |date      |period             |acquired if the    |rights     |
|instrument    |          |                   |instrument is      |           |
|              |          |                   |exercised/converted|           |
|______________|__________|___________________|___________________|___________|
|Sub Total 8.B1|                              |                   |           |
|______________|______________________________|___________________|___________|


 

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

 ___________________________________________________________________________
|Type of   |Expiration|Exercise/conversion|Physical or|Number of|% of voting|
|financial |date      |period             |cash       |voting   |rights     |
|instrument|          |                   |settlement |rights   |           |
|__________|__________|___________________|___________|_________|___________|
|Sub Total |                                          |         |           |
|8.B2      |                                          |         |           |
|__________|__________________________________________|_________|___________|


 

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

2. Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entities (please add additional rows as necessary)

 

 _____________________________________________________________________________
|           |                |               |% of voting    |                |
|           |                |% of voting    |rights through |Total of both if|
|Ultimate   |Name of         |rights if it   |financial      |it equals or is |
|controlling|controlled      |equals or is   |instruments if |higher than the |
|person     |undertaking     |higher than the|it equals or is|notifiable      |
|           |                |notifiable     |higher than the|threshold       |
|           |                |threshold      |notifiable     |                |
|           |                |               |threshold      |                |
|___________|________________|_______________|_______________|________________|
|abrdn plc  |                |               |               |                |
|___________|________________|_______________|_______________|________________|
|abrdn plc  |abrdn Holdings  |               |               |                |
|           |Limited         |               |               |                |
|___________|________________|_______________|_______________|________________|
|           |abrdn           |               |               |                |
|abrdn plc  |Investments     |5.084843       |0.000000       |5.084843        |
|           |Limited         |               |               |                |
|___________|________________|_______________|_______________|________________|
|abrdn plc  |                |               |               |                |
|___________|________________|_______________|_______________|________________|
|           |abrdn           |               |               |                |
|abrdn plc  |Investments     |               |               |                |
|           |(Holdings)      |               |               |                |
|           |Limited         |               |               |                |
|___________|________________|_______________|_______________|________________|
|           |abrdn Investment|               |               |                |
|abrdn plc  |Management      |               |               |                |
|           |Limited         |               |               |                |
|___________|________________|_______________|_______________|________________|


 

10. In case of proxy voting

Name of the proxy holder

 

The number and % of voting rights held

 

The date until which the voting rights will be held

 

11. Additional Information

In reference to Section 9, the shares detailed are managed by the named discretionary investment management entity within multiple portfolios on behalf of underlying clients, based on investment management agreements whereby the client has delegated the exercise of the voting power to the referenced investment manager.

This disclosure reflects the fact that the voting rights effectively held indirectly by the underlying intermediate holding company abrdn Holdings Limited (“a(H)L”) and held by the underlying investment management entity abrdn Investments Limited (“aIL”)   increased above the 5% notifiable threshold due to an internal clarification of current position on 26 February 2024.   a(H)L now effectively holds and aIL holds the delegated voting rights to 5.084843% of the shares in Oxford Instruments plc.
 

 

12. Date of Completion

27-Feb-2024

 

 

13. Place Of Completion

Aberdeen, United Kingdom