30th Nov 2006 12:00
CIS - Co-operative Insurance
The Company has been notified that the Co-operative Insurance Society Limited holds as beneficial owner, or has an interest in, 0 ordinary shares of Oxford Instruments plc as at the close of business on 24 November 2006, this being equal to 0% of the relevant issued share capital. The decrease in percentage holding was as a result of the following transaction:
Date Transaction Type Number of Ordinary Shares 23/11/2006 Sale 996,500
Co-operative Insurance Society Limited holds nil shares as beneficial owner. It is also a limited partner in Aberforth Limited Partnership 1A and is interested in 0 shares as a result of that participation.
BriTel Fund Trustees Limited
The Company has been notified that BriTel Fund Trustees Limited no longer holds a notifiable interest in the shares of Oxford Instruments plc.
Schroders
Schroder Investment Management Limited have an interest in 5,518,435 shares, which are held in portfolios managed on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements.
Included in this figure are:
i. 3,098,194 shares held in a unit trusts operated and managed by an
affiliated company, Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (SUTL) and registered or
to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees and,
ii. 2,420,241 shares neither registered nor to be registered in the name of
Schroder Nominees. The registration details are shown in the table at the
bottom of this notice.
An affiliated company, Schroder Investment Management North America Ltd (SIMNA Ltd), is managing a portfolio on a similar basis holding a further 246,296 shares. This holding is registered or to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited.
An affiliated company, Schroder & Co Limited (S&Co Ltd), is managing a portfolio holding a further 2,000 shares. These shares are registered or to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited.
Schroder Investment Management Limited believe that they, their subsidiary and affiliated company are therefore interested in an overall aggregate of 5,766,731 shares, representing 11.831% of the total number of shares in issue.
This notification is made:
a. in respect of their interest as investment managers,
b. on behalf of SIMNA Ltd and SUTL Ltd in relation to the interests they are
treated as having respectively under the Companies Act 1985 (the ACT), and
c. on behalf of Schroders plc., the holding company, which is treated as
having an interest in all of the above shares under the ACT by virtue of
its ownership of SIMNA Ltd, S&Co Ltd, SUTL and Schroder Investment
Management Limited.
REGISTRATION AMOUNT British Coal Staff Superannuation a/c: 668,016 P Chase Nominees Ltd 350,708 Mineworkers' Pension Scheme a/c: R 668,015 Nortrust Nominees Limited 733,502 2,420,241
OXFORD INSTRUMENTS PLCRelated Shares:
Oxford Instruments