RNS Number : 3501Y
Alliance Pharma PLC
23 January 2014
 



For immediate release

23 January 2014

 

ALLIANCE PHARMA PLC

("Alliance" or the "Company")

 

TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:

Alliance Pharma plc  

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights


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):

 

        On market transfer between direct and indirect funds

 

x

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:

Aviva plc & its subsidiaries    

4. Full name of shareholder(s)
 (if different from 3.):

Registered Holder:

  

BNY (Nominees)Limited                                 212,570*            

 

BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited    2,785,299*

 

Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited       19,974,014*

 

Vidacos Nominees Limited                              157,711*

                                                           

*denotes direct interest

 

Chase Nominees Limited                                 956,282

 

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:

21 January 2014

6. Date on which issuer notified:

22 January 2014

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:

9% to 8% Change at Direct Interest Level

 

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

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

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary Shares

GB0031030819

24,316,755

24,316,755

24,085,876

23,129,594

956,282

8.76%

0.36%



B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date

Exercise/
Conversion Period

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/
Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

 

% of voting rights

 





 

 

Nominal

Delta



 

 

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

24,085,876

9.12%

 

 

 

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

The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:-

 

Aviva Investors Global Services Limited:

·      Aviva plc (Parent Company)

·      Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc)

·      Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited)

·      Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited)

 

 

 


Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

See Section 4

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:


12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:




13. Additional information:


Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of  264,080,873 as per the Company's CULS Conversion and Additional Listing Announcement of 19 December 2013.

 

14. Contact name:

     Neil Whittaker, Aviva plc

15. Contact telephone number:

     01603 684420

 


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