Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5743R

Microgen PLC

28 October 2013

 

28 October 2013

Microgen plc (the "Company")

Notifiable Interests

The Company received the following notice on 25 October 2013 in compliance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules from FIL Limited:

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				Microgen Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					ü
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		FIL Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		See Section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		24th October 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		25th October 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		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

Indirect

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0005869531

3,903,638

3,903,638

4,146,338

4,146,338

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

4,146,338

5.02

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Sum of Factored Shares Held Custodian Advisor Total BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX (C) FFML-FIL FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED 3,147,617 BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO FIJ-FIDELITY INVESTMENTS JAPAN LIMITED 174,100 JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH (C) FILUK-FIL INVESTMENT SERVICES (UK) LIMITED 824,621 Grand Total 4,146,338
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		FIL Limited
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire:		242,700
12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire voting rights:		24th October 2013
13. Additional information:	None
14. Contact name:	Nina Collomosse
15. Contact telephone number:	[e-mail], 01737 837092

If you require further information please contact:

Anjum O'Neill, Company Secretary, Microgen plc                                            Tel: [phone]

www.microgen.com

 

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