RNS Number : 3001S

Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC

29 September 2017

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For filings with issuer exclude the annex

  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		SPIRAX-SARCO ENGINEERING 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	Fiera Capital Corporation
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv	PORTFOLIO                                          HOLDINGS BNPP IP BELGIUM - G.A.                                               28,238 OIL INVESTMENT CORP OICL                                    113,772 193 NBC EUROPEAN EQUITY                                         9,662 CR BNC FONDS PRINCIPAL US                                    90,692 COAST CONSERVATION                                                 3,566 FONDS FIERA ACTIONS                                                 54,269 FIERA INTERNATIONAL                                              215,478 837 FDS DIV EQUILIBRE INTL                                       22,421 867 ACTIONS MONDIALES                                         184,638 838 FDS DIV. CROISSANCE                                           13,472 FONDS ACTIONS                                                               8,182 FONDS DE PLACEMENT DU                                          13,454 DUFF & PHELPS                                                                11,303 FIERA CAP GLOBAL EQUITY                                         46,197 LEGACY PRIVATE TRUST                                                  2,830 FONDS FIERA ACTIONS                                              129,802 CHICAGO LABORERS' AND                                           16,421

	MICROSOFT RUSSELL                                                     92,820 RUSSELL INVESTMENT                                                142,529 RIC IV PLC RUSSELL ALPHA                                           4,143 RIL STICHTING                                                                  54,223 RIL ALGEMEEN                                                                    6,324 RIC V RUSSELL GSEO FUND                                          13,656 RIM NATIONAL PENSION                                             16,263 RUSSELL WORLD EQUITY                                              18,631 RUSSELL (RCCF AND RIC) -                                         173,790 HUNTINGTON INGALLS                                                 54,135 FIERA GLOBAL EQUITY FUND                                    558,358 FONDS FIERA SCEPTRE                                                  67,999 FIERA CAPITAL                                                                   4,079 TENNESSEE CONSOLIDATED                                     344,516 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE                                                        100,639 AON HEWITT CIT - FIERA                                              46,451 MARSHFIELD CLINIC SALARY                                      22,776 CAISSE DE RETRAITE                                                    112,719 FIDUCIE GLOBALE DU R.B.A.                                       10,000 LONDON LIFE BALANCED                                               6,729 CAISSE PRIVE                                                                  110,601 GOLDMAN SACHS NON-US                                         60,900 GOLDMAN SACHS NON-US                                         11,607 GOLDMAN SACHS NON-US                                         27,909 FIERA GLOBAL EQUITY FUND                                      48,351 INTERNATIONAL EQUITY                                           121,089 GLOBAL EQUITY LONG-ONLY                                    201,077 FIERA ASSET MANAGEMENT                                    280,465 LORTRON HOLDING                                                         8,100 GB DEFENSIVE                                                                    6,062
	TOTAL                                                                           3,691,338
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	June 23, 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:	June 29, 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	Crossed above 5%

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
Ordinary shares GB00BWFGQN14		2,969,397			3,691,338		5.02%

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
3,691,338	5.02%

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

Fiera Capital Corporation, a duly register portfolio manager registered in all the provinces and territories of Canada, acts as investment adviser and has investment discretion and/or control for all the shareholders listed in box 4 above.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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:	N/A
14. Contact name:	Rebecca McLeod Vice President, Legal and Corporate Affairs Fiera Capital Corporation
15. Contact telephone number:	514.954.6473 (Canada) rmcleod@fieracapital.com

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