Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Fenner PLC

2: Reason for notification (yes/no)

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

no

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

no

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

no

Other (please specify):

no

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification 

obligation:

 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group

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

 See additional information under 13.

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold  

is crossed or reached):

07 August 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

10 August 2009

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

Above the threshold of 5%

8: Notified Details

Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of share If possible use ISIN code

GB0003345054

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

N/A

N/A

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

116,000

116,000

9,871,000

0.066%

5.648%

Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ conversion period/date

No. of voting rights that may be acquired(if the instrument exercised/converted)

Percentage of voting rights

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

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

9,987,000

5.714%

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Management Luxembourg, S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Limited, Threadneedle International Limited and Threadneedle Pensions Limited

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

 N/A

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

 N/A

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

 N/A

13. Additional information:

 Registered Owner

William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd A/c 301780 162,500

Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 03449 1,950,000

Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 05577 183,000

Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 05576 2,100,000

Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 07197 116,000

Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 10479 5,200

Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 07203 115,700

Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 21667 47,600

Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 34789 160,000

Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 10488 512,000

Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 10495 4,200,000

Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 10490 435,000

14. Contact name:

Debra Bradbury

15. Contact telephone number:

01482 626511