Holding in Company

RNS Number : 1263V

Alliance Pharma PLC

03 July 2009

 



For immediate release

3 July 2009

ALLIANCE PHARMA PLC

 Notification of Major Interests 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 indirect and direct funds				YES
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: BNP Paribas - London    CUIM Nominee Limited      Chase Nominees Limited   *denotes direct interest		3,245,000 5,325,000* 10,355,755
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		2 July 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:		3 July 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		<3% to 3% Change at Direct Interest Level

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 GB0031030819	18,175,755	18,175,755	5,325,000	5,325,000	13,600,755	3.29%	8.39%

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		Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
						Nominal	Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights				Percentage of voting rights
18,925,755				11.68%

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 on a total number of voting rights of  162,061,774.
14. Contact name:	Neil Whittaker
15. Contact telephone number:	01603 684420

 

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