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 rights attached to shares (total of 8.A) % of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2) Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B) Total number of voting rights held in issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached 6.079609 0.000000 6.079609 3,518,690
Position of previous notification (if applicable) 5.086127 0.000000 5.086127
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 shares ISIN code(if possible) Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1) Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1) % of direct voting rights (DTR5.1) % of indirect voting rights (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))
Type of financial instrument Expiration date Exercise/conversion period Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted % of voting rights
Sub Total 8.B1
8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to
(DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))
Type of financial instrument Expiration date Exercise/conversion period Physical or cash settlement Number of voting rights % of voting 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)
Ultimate controlling person Name of controlled undertaking % of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold % of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
abrdn plc
abrdn plc abrdn Holdings Limited
abrdn plc abrdn Investments Limited 5.084843 0.000000 5.084843
abrdn plc
abrdn plc abrdn Investments (Holdings) Limited
abrdn plc abrdn Investment 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
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