Holding(s) in Company

12th Apr 2012 14:34

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing Fuller Smith & shares to which voting rights are attached:

Turner

2. Reason for notification (yes/no):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Yes

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in No the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are

attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect No to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights No Other (please specify):___________________________

No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to 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 transaction and date on which the threshold

is crossed or reached: 10 April 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

11 April 2012

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

Above the threshold of 5%8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of Situation previous to the triggering Resulting situation after the triggering shares

transaction transaction (If possible use Number of shares Number of voting Number Number of voting Percentage of voting ISIN code) rights of shares rights rights Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect GB00B1YPC344 N/A N/A 27,205 27,205 1,594,269 0.084% 4.948%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of Expiration Exercise/ No. of voting rights that may be Percentage financial date conversion acquired if the instrument is of voting instrument period exercised/converted. rights C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Exercise Expiration Exercise / No. of voting Percentage offinancial Price date conversion rights instrument voting rightsinstrument period refers to Nominal Delta Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 1,621,474 5.032%

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 Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and

Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd

andThreadneedle Pensions Ltd. Proxy Voting: 10. Name of 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

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA01 260,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA05 60,852 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA07 645,621 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07197 27,205 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10479 761 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 34789 52,035 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10495 575,000 14 Contact name: Stacey Dryburgh, Threadneedle Group

15. Contact telephone name: +44 (0)1793 363 751

XLON

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