Vesuvius PLC — Director's Dealing 2016

Nov 18, 2016

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RNS Number : 5854P

Vesuvius plc

18 November 2016

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			Vesuvius PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				x
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Artisan Investments GP LLC, Artisan Partners Holdings LP, and Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		State Street Bank, Mellon Bank, Northern Trust, Bank of New York, Pictet & Cie, US Bank
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		November 16, 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		November 17, 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Below 12%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction						Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares			Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
GB00B82YXW83	33,296,763			12.28%							31,852,769				11.74%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date xvii		Exercise/ Conversion period xviii			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
													Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
31,852,769								11.74%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership ("APLP"), a U.S. registered investment adviser, is a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Control of APLP is vested in its general partner, Artisan Investments GP LLC ("Artisan LLC"), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Artisan Partners Holdings LP ("Artisan Holdings") is the sole member of Artisan LLC, and is the sole limited partner of APLP. Control of Artisan Holdings is vested in its general partner, Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. ("APAM"), organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. APAM is a publicly traded Company and has in issue three classes of common stock as well as preferred stock. No single undertaking is now in control of APAM. Artisan International Value Fund ("ARTIV"), is a series of Artisan Partners Funds Inc., a U.S. registered investment company. Certain officers and a director of Artisan Partners Funds, Inc. are employees of APLP. APLP pursuant to its advisory contract with ARTIV has the power to purchase and sell securities on behalf of ARTIV and to vote for ARTIV. ARTIV, as of November 16, 2016, was interested in 22,822,489 shares, representing 8.41% of the 11.74% disclosed above, of Vesuvius PLC.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		Artisan Partners Limited Partnership
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:
14. Contact name:	Benjamin Prokash
15. Contact telephone number:	414.299.4315

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