Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8465S

Allergy Therapeutics PLC

29 September 2014

 



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

Allergy Therapeutics 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

Abbott Laboratories, an Illinois corporation (for further see, section 9)

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

CFR International SPA and Yissum Holding Limited (for further, see section 9)

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

26 September 2014

6. Date on which issuer notified:

29 September 2014

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

Over 48%

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

Ordinary shares GBP 0.01 GB00B02LCQ05

Below 3%

Below 3%

N/A

N/A

198,710,723

N/A

48.5%

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

198,710,723

48.5%

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

Through a series of controlled undertakings, Abbott Laboratories has an indirect holding of 99.9% of the shares in CFR Pharmaceuticals, SA. CFR Pharmaceuticals SA's wholly owned subsidiary,  CFR International SPA, holds 14.98% of the voting rights in Allergy Therapeutics plc directly and 33.53% of the voting rights in Allergy Therapeutics plc indirectly. CFR International SPA also has a 100% interest in Yissum Holding Limited, which directly holds 33.53% of shares in Allergy Therapeutics plc.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

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:

14. Contact name:

Laura Bentham Baker & McKenzie LLP

15. Contact telephone number:

[phone]

 

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