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RNS Number : 0565J

ABCAM Plc

31 March 2015

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                                 ABCAM PLC 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                      X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
  which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                      T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                        JP Morgan Chase 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                       Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A. 
                                                         State Street Bank & Trust Co. 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                                     27 March 2015 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                       31 March 2015 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                                               10% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type     Situation previous                   Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of              to the triggering                    transaction 
 shares          transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN 
 CODE 
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                Number           Number              Number         Number of voting         % of voting rights 
                 of               of                  of shares      rights                   (x) 
                 Shares           Voting 
                                  Rights 
-------------  ---------------  ------------------  -------------  -----------------------  ------------------------------ 
                                                     Direct         Direct      Indirect     Direct           Indirect 
                                                                     (xi)        (xii) 
-------------    ----  -------  ------  -----  ---  -------------  ----------  -----------  ---------------  ------------- 
 GB00B6774699   18,866,091       18,683,674          21,328,591                 21,092,844                    10.50% 
               ---------------  ------------------  -------------  ----------  -----------  ---------------  ------------- 
 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial      Expiration       Exercise/                       Number of voting               % of voting 
  instrument             date (xiii)      Conversion Period               rights that may                rights 
                                          (xiv)                           be 
                                                                          acquired if the 
                                                                          instrument is 
                                                                          exercised/ converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of          Exercise       Expiration     Exercise/           Number of voting              % of voting rights 
 financial         price          date (xvii)    Conversion          rights instrument             (xix, xx) 
 instrument                                      period              refers to 
                                                 (xviii) 
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                                                                                                  Nominal        Delta 
---------------  -------------  -------------  ------------------  ----------------------------  -------------  ---------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                          Percentage of voting rights 
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 21,092,844                                                       10.50% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
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 T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (TRPA) serves as investment adviser, with 
  dispositive and voting authority, to various institutional clients that 
  own shares of Abcam PLC, including the T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund, 
  Inc., which owns 10,508,158 shares. Such shares are registered in the 
  following name(s): 
 
  JP Morgan Chase - 4,266,805 
 
  Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A. - 798,763 
 
  State Street Bank & Trust Co. - 16,027,276 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name:                                        Jeff Iliffe, Abcam Plc 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                      01223 696000 
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