Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 1796L

Alliance Pharma PLC

07 January 2016


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:		Alliance Pharma 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:	FMR LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See Section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	5^th January 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:	6^th January 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	6%

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

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB0031030819

27,557,843

28,657,843

6.12%

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

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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

28,657,843

6.12

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

Controlled Undertaking	Percentage Holding
FMR (JP) LTD-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (JAPAN) LIMITED	0.80
FMRC-FMR CO., INC	5.19
PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC	0.02
PYRAMIS GLOBAL-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY	0.11
Grand Total	6.12