Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 4159D
Retroscreen Virology Group PLC
16 May 2012
 



 

 

 

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:

  Retroscreen Virology Group 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:

 

Mn Services N.V.

P.O. Box 30025

2500 GA The Hague

The Netherlands

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

 

Please see breakdown of holder under section 9

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

 

TD May 10th 2012

SD May 10th 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

 

 May 11th 2012

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

 

 Below 3%

 

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

 

 

GB00B6ZM0X53

 0

0

1,225,000

1,225,000

 0

2.99%

 0


 

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

 Not applicable





 

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

 

 Not applicable

 

 





Nominal

Delta

 



 

Total (A+B+C)

 

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 1,225,000

 2.99%

 

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

 

Stichting Pensioenfonds Metaal en Techniek 1,225,000 shares

 

Proxy Voting:

 

10. Name of the proxy holder:

 

Not applicable

 

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:

 

T.E.D van der Knaap

Compliance Officer

Mn Services N.V

15. Contact telephone number:

 

 +31 (0)703160277

 


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