TIDMHIK

RNS Number : 2673M

Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc

26 April 2018

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

LONDON, 26 April 2018 - Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LSE: HIK) (DIFX: HIK)

(LEI: 549300BNS685UXH4JI75) announces as follows:

 
 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant 
  issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)(i) 
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 1a. Identity of the issuer                                 Hikma Pharmaceuticals plc 
  or the underlying issuer 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are attached(ii) 
  : 
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 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer 
  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate) 
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 Non-UK issuer 
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 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate 
  box or boxes with an "X") 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                 X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please specify)(iii) : 
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 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv) 
 Name                                                      The Capital Group Companies, 
                                                                   Inc. ("CGC") 
 City and country of registered                             Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA 
  office (if applicable) 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v) 
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 Name 
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 City and country of registered 
  office (if applicable) 
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 5. Date on which the threshold                                     05/04/2018 
  was crossed or reached(vi)                                (see also box 11 Additional 
  :                                                                information) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified                                   25/04/2018 
  (DD/MM/YYYY): 
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 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification 
  obligation 
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                          % of voting           % of voting           Total of          Total number 
                         rights attached      rights through          both in %          of voting 
                            to shares            financial           (8.A + 8.B)         rights of 
                            (total of           instruments                              issuer(vii) 
                              8. A)              (total of 
                                                8.B 1 + 8.B 
                                                    2) 
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 Resulting 
  situation 
  on the date 
  on which 
  threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached                11.007%               0.000%               11.007%          240,866,696 
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 Position                   10.7829%              0.000%              10.7829% 
  of previous               (see also                                 (see also 
  notification          box 11 Additional                         box 11 Additional 
  (if                     information)                               information) 
  applicable) 
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 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the 
  date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(viii) 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type              Number of voting rights(ix)            % of voting rights 
  of 
  shares 
  ISIN code 
  (if possible) 
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                                Direct            Indirect                 Direct                  Indirect 
                               (Art 9 of          (Art 10 of              (Art 9 of               (Art 10 of 
                               Directive          Directive               Directive                Directive 
                             2004/109/EC)        2004/109/EC)            2004/109/EC)            2004/109/EC) 
                               (DTR5.1)           (DTR5.2.1)               (DTR5.1)               (DTR5.2.1) 
---------------------   ---------------------  --------------  ------------------------------  --------------- 
 Ordinary 
  GB00B0LCW083                                     26,511,744                                      11.007% 
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 SUBTOTAL 
  8. A                                26,511,744                                   11.007% 
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 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) 
  of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
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 Type of financial       Expiration             Exercise/       Number of voting                % of voting 
  instrument              date(x)                Conversion      rights that                     rights 
                                                 Period(xi)      may be acquired 
                                                                 if the instrument 
                                                                 is 
                                                                 exercised/converted. 
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                                                SUBTOTAL 8. 
                                                 B 1 
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 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC 
  (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) 
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 Type of                Expiration              Exercise/       Physical           Number       % of voting 
  financial              date(x)                Conversion      or cash             of voting    rights 
  instrument                                    Period          settlement(xii)     rights 
                                                (xi) 
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                                                                SUBTOTAL 
                                                                 8.B.2 
                                                               -----------------  -----------  --------------- 
 
 
 
 
 9. Information in relation to the person subject to 
  the notification obligation (please mark the 
  applicable box with an "X") 
 Person subject to the notification obligation is 
  not controlled by any natural person or legal entity 
  and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding 
  directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) 
  issuer(xiii) 
 Full chain of controlled undertakings through which                                X 
  the voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held starting 
  with the ultimate controlling natural person or 
  legal entity(xiv) (please add additional rows as 
  necessary) 
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         Name(xv)              % of voting            % of voting             Total of both 
                               rights if it          rights through            if it equals 
                               equals or is       financial instruments        or is higher 
                               higher than            if it equals          than the notifiable 
                              the notifiable          or is higher               threshold 
                                threshold          than the notifiable 
                                                        threshold 
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 The Capital 
  Group Companies, 
  Inc. 
  Holdings by 
  CG Management 
  companies are 
  set out below:                  11.007%                 0.000%                  11.007% 
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 -- Capital Research 
  and Management 
  Company(1)                     11.007%                 0.000%                  11.007% 
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 EuroPacific 
  Growth Fund 
  ("EUPAC")(2)                   6.581%                  0.000%                   6.581% 
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 (1) Subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 
  (2) Mutual fund managed by Capital Research and Management 
  Company. 
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 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
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 Name of the proxy holder 
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 The number and % of voting 
  rights held 
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 The date until which the 
  voting rights will be held 
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 11. Additional information(xvi) 
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        Please note that since 07/12/2017 the following thresholds 
        have been crossed by CGC, all relating to indirect 
        holdings of voting rights attaching to shares: 
 
         *    On 07/12/2017 CGC crossed above a threshold of 10% 
              with a resulting holding of 25,950,451 shares 
              representing 10.7829% of total voting rights. A TR-1 
              notification was submitted on behalf of CGC on 11 
              December 2017. 
 
 
 
         *    On 08/12/2017 CGC crossed above a threshold of 11% 
              with a resulting holding of 27,251,953 shares 
              representing 11.324% of total voting rights. No TR-1 
              notification was submitted on behalf of CGC at that 
              time. 
 
 
 
         *    On 11/12/2017 CGC crossed above a threshold of 12% 
              with a resulting holding of 29,110,072 shares 
              representing 12.096% of total voting rights. No TR-1 
              notification was submitted on behalf of CGC at that 
              time. 
 
 
 
         *    On 05/03/2018 CGC crossed below a threshold of 12% 
              with a resulting holding of 28,691,617 shares 
              representing 11.921% of total voting rights. No TR-1 
              notification was submitted on behalf of CGC at that 
              time. 
 
 
 
         *    On 14/03/2018 CGC crossed below a threshold of 11% 
              with a resulting holding of 25,903,432 shares 
              representing 10.763% of total voting rights. No TR-1 
              notification was submitted on behalf of CGC at that 
              time. 
 
 
 
         *    On 05/04/2018 CGC crossed above a threshold of 11% 
              with a resulting holding of 26,511,744 shares 
              representing 11.007% of total voting rights. The 
              present TR-1 notification is being submitted on 
              behalf of CGC in relation to this crossing. 
 
 
 
        CGC is the parent company of Capital Research and Management 
        Company ("CRMC"). CRMC is a U.S.-based investment management 
        company that manages the American Funds family of mutual 
        funds. CRMC manages equity assets for various investment 
        companies through three divisions, Capital Research 
        Global Investors, Capital International Investors and 
        Capital World Investors. CRMC in turn is the parent 
        company of Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII"), 
        which in turn is the parent company of five investment 
        management companies ("CGII management companies"): 
        Capital Guardian Trust Company, Capital International, 
        Inc., Capital International Limited, Capital International 
        Sàrl and Capital International K.K. The CGII management 
        companies primarily serve as investment managers to 
        institutional clients. 
 
        Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of 
        Hikma Pharmaceuticals plc for its own account. Rather, 
        the shares reported on this Notification are owned 
        by accounts under the discretionary investment management 
        of one or more of the investment management companies 
        described above. 
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 Place of completion       Los Angeles, CA, USA 
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 Date of completion        25/04/2018 
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