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RNS Number : 3413K

Assura PLC

15 April 2015

 
 TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares 
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                                                     Assura plc 
   1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying 
   issuer of existing shares to which voting 
   rights are attached: 
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   2. Reason for notification (yes/no) 
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                                                                        Yes 
   An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
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                                                                        No 
   An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
   which may result in the acquisition of shares already 
   issued to which voting rights are attached 
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                                                                        No 
   An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar 
   economic effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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                                                                        No 
   An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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                                                                        No 
   Other (please specify):___________________________ 
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                                            Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and 
   3. Full name of person(s) subject         its group 
   to notification obligation: 
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                                            See additional information under 
   4. Full name of shareholder(s)            13. 
   (if different from 3): 
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                                            13(th) April 2015 
   5. Date of transaction and date 
   on which the threshold is crossed 
   or reached: 
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                                            15(th) April 2015 
   6. Date on which issuer notified: 
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                                            Above the threshold of 5% 
   7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
   or reached: 
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 8: Notified Details 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type      Situation previous          Resulting situation after the triggering 
  of shares       to the triggering           transaction 
  If possible     transaction 
  use ISIN 
  code 
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                 Number        Number        Number       Number of voting        Percentage 
                  of shares     of voting     of shares    rights                  of voting rights 
                                rights 
--------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ----------------------  ---------------------- 
 
                                               Direct       Direct     Indirect     Direct     Indirect 
--------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -----------  ---------  ----------- 
 GB00BVGBWW93    N/A           N/A           0            0          50,420,808   0.000%     5.008% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial   Expiration   Exercise/     No. of voting              Percentage 
  instrument          date         conversion    rights that                of voting 
                                   period        may be acquired            rights 
                                                 if the instrument 
                                                 is exercised/converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying 
  Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of       Exercise   Expiration   Exercise        No. of voting        Percentage of 
  financial     Price      date         / conversion    rights instrument    voting rights 
  instrument                            period          refers to 
------------  ---------  -----------  --------------  -------------------  ----------------- 
                                                                            Nominal    Delta 
------------  ---------  -----------  --------------  -------------------  ---------  ------ 
 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights 
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 50,420,808                5.008% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting 
  rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, 
  if applicable: 
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 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 and 
  Threadneedle Pensions Ltd. 
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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of proxy holder:            N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy    N/A 
  holder will cease to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder       N/A 
  will cease to hold voting rights: 
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 13. Additional information:    Registered Owner 
                                 Ameriprise Financial Inc           A/c          3,577,000 
                                 Columbia Wanger Asset Management 
                                  LLC                               A/c         46,824,748 
                                 Littledown Nominees Ltd            A/c 10479       19,060 
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 14 Contact name:               Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group 
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 15. Contact telephone name:    +44 (0) 1793 363 135 
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