Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7261Z

Microgen PLC

10 February 2014

Microgen plc (the "Company")

Notifiable Interests

The Company received the following notice on 7 February 2014 in compliance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules from Hargreave Hale 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	HARGREAVE HALE LIMITED
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	05 FEBRUARY 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	07 FEBRUARY 2014
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

Direct

Indirect

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0005869531

4,446,550

3,604,050

4.8377%

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

3,604,050

4.8377%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
2,500,000 of these shares are held for a unit trust operated by Marlborough Fund Managers Ltd for whom Hargreave Hale Ltd manages the investments on a discretionary basis. The remaining shares are held for other Discretionary clients.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
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:	David Clueit
15. Contact telephone number:	01253 754739