RNS Immupharma PLC - Holding(s) in Company - via Vox Markets

RNS Number : 6514M

Immupharma PLC

21 January 2016

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				Immupharma 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):	CHANGE IN NATURE: RETURN OF LOANED SHARES				√
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ		Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv		Registered Holder: BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 232,080* Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 6,977,654* *denotes direct interest Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 373,991 Chase Nominees Limited 150,841 Vidacos Nominees Limited 406,282
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v		19 January 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		20 January 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}		7% to 8% Change at Direct Interest Level (Box 8A)

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 GB0033711010	8,140,848*		8,140,848*		8,140,848	7,209,734	931,114	8.14%		1.05%

*Includes right to recall loaned shares (168,000)
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
8,140,848	9.19%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
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 the total number of voting rights of 88,622,463 as per the recent Additional Listing - Conditional Placing announcement of 21 October 2014.
14. Contact name:	Neil Whittaker, Aviva plc
15. Contact telephone number:	01603 684420

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