Vesuvius PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2015

Nov 26, 2015

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RNS Number : 0584H

Vesuvius plc

26 November 2015

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 25, 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	November 25, 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	Above 13%

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	xi Direct	xii Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B82YXW83	34,920,345	12.88%			35,378,349		13.04%

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
35,378,349	13.04%

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.

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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