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:	[phone]

 

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