Major Interests in Shares

RNS Number : 8185I

Alliance Pharma PLC

18 March 2010

 



For Immediate Release

18 March 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					YES
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:		New City High Yield Fund Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		16 March 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:		17 March 2010
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
Ordinary Shares GB0031030819	600,000		600,000					150,000			Below 3%
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
Convertible Bond (GB0033882423)		31/12/2013	31/12/2013	6,303,358	Nominal	Delta
						Below 3%
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights				Percentage of voting rights
6,453,358				Below 3%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
N/A
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:	Compliance Officer, New City Investment Managers (FRN: 408091)
14. Contact name:	Kate Haswell
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7201 6900

 

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