RNS Number : 2414I

Tyman PLC

23 March 2015

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		Tyman PLC
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached			No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments			No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			No
Other (please specify):___________________________			No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	19 March 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	23 March 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above the threshold of 5%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B29H4253        N/A N/A 158,770   158,770 8,393,714   0.09%                         4.95%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period	No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	Percentage of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise Price	Expiration date	Exercise / conversion period	No. of voting rights instrument refers to	Percentage of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
8,552,484	5.04%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

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.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	N/A
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:

Registered Owner

The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited	A/c 52401 81	230,111
The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited	A/c PTG 10972	808,620
The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited	A/c PTG 14556	8,951
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740190	52,505
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 739874	169,841
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740311	28,141
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZPS11	432,872
Chase Nominees Ltd	A/c 44729	130,580
Securities Services Nominees Limited	A/c 07000000700	375,288
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA05	508,896
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA07	2,874,682
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07197	158,770
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10479	3,270
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA12	81,279
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA14	27,001
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c 34789	293,413
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10488	387,434
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10490	1,133,041
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 31348	847,789

14 Contact name:

Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group

15. Contact telephone name:

+44 (0) 1793 363 135

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