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RNS Number : 7971A

Immupharma PLC

09 June 2016

 
 RNS : FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   9 JUNE 2016 
 

ImmuPharma PLC

("ImmuPharma" or the "Company")

TR1 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST BY AVIVA

ImmuPharma PLC (LSE:IMM), the specialist drug discovery and development company, announces that it has received a TR-1 by Aviva plc and its subsidiaries, ("Aviva") confirming changes to its direct and indirect interest level. Aviva's holding in ImmuPharma remains at a total of 11,285,180 Ordinary Shares which equates to a current position in the Company of 9.27%.

Full disclosure of the TR1 is shown below:

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
-------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
 
 1. Identity of the issuer or                                       Immupharma plc 
  the underlying issuer 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are 
  attached: (ii) 
-----------------------------------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate 
  box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial 
  instruments which may result in the acquisition 
  of shares already issued to which voting rights 
  are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with 
  similar economic effect to qualifying financial 
  instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please                                                CHANGE IN NATURE : SHARES LOANED 
  specify):                                                   OUT 
-----------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 3. Full name of person(s)                                      Aviva plc & its subsidiaries 
  subject to the 
  notification obligation: 
  (iii) 
-------------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                      Registered Holder: 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
                                                                      BNY Norwich Union Nominees 
                                                                      Limited 628,858* 
 
                                                                      Chase (GA Group) Nominees 
                                                                      Limited 7,677,826* 
 
                                                                      State Street Nominees Limited 
                                                                      1,413,511* 
 
                                                                      *denotes direct interest 
 
                                                                      Chase (GA Group) Nominees 
                                                                      Limited 661,222 
 
                                                                      Chase Nominees Limited 275,292 
 
                                                                      Vidacos Nominees Limited 528,471 
-------------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 5. Date of the transaction                                     7 June 2016 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
-------------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 6. Date on which issuer                                        8 June 2016 
  notified: 
-------------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                    8% to 7% Change at Direct 
  crossed or                                                     Interest Level (Box 8a) 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
-------------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 
 
 
 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type           Situation previous                Resulting situation after 
  of                   to the triggering                 the triggering transaction 
  shares               transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
-------------------  --------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------- 
                      Number               Number       Number       Number of               % of voting 
                       of                   of           of           voting                  rights (x) 
                       Shares               Voting       shares       rights 
                                            Rights 
-------------------  -------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------------------  ------------------ 
                                                        Direct       Direct      Indirect    Direct   Indirect 
                                                                      (xi)        (xii) 
-------------------  -------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
 Ordinary 
  Shares 
 
  GB0033711010        11,285,180           11,285,180   11,185,180   9,720,195   1,464,985   7.98%     1.21% 
                     -------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Type of financial    Expiration           Exercise/                 Number of voting        % of voting 
  instrument           date                 Conversion                rights that             rights 
                       (xiii)               Period (xiv)              may be 
                                                                      acquired if 
                                                                      the 
                                                                      instrument 
                                                                      is 
                                                                      exercised/ 
                                                                      converted. 
-------------------  -------------------  ------------------------  ----------------------  ------------------ 
                                                                     100,000* 
 RIGHT TO RECALL 
  LOANED SHARES       N/A                  N/A                        * Direct Interest      0.08% 
-------------------  -------------------  ------------------------  ----------------------  ------------------ 
 
 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi) 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Type of financial   Exercise   Expiration   Exercise/     Number of voting     % of voting 
  instrument          price      date         Conversion    rights instrument   rights (xix, 
                                 (xvii)       period        refers to           xx) 
                                              (xviii) 
------------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  -------------------  ---------------- 
 
 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
------------------------------------------------------ 
 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights 
------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 11,285,180                9.27% 
------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 
 
 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the 
  voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
  (xxi) 
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                            The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva 
                            Investors Global Services Limited, with the following 
                                               chain of controlled undertakings:- 
 
                                         Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: 
                                                  *    Aviva plc (Parent Company) 
 
 
                       *    Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary 
                                                                    of Aviva plc) 
 
 
                              *    Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned 
                                      subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) 
 
 
                       *    Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned 
                                  subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited) 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                  See Section 4 
---------------------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 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:                    Figures are based the revised 
                                                 total number of voting rights 
                                                 of 121,781,219 as per the 
                                                 recent Confirmation of EIS 
                                                 and VCT Qualifying Status 
                                                 and Issue of Equity announcement 
                                                 of 01 March 2016. 
---------------------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 14. Contact name:                              Neil Whittaker, Aviva plc 
---------------------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 15. Contact telephone number:                   01603 684420 
---------------------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 
 

-Ends-

 
 For further information please 
  contact: 
                                               + 44 (0) 20 
   ImmuPharma plc (www.immupharma.org)           7152 4080 
   Tim McCarthy, Chairman 
   Lisa Baderoon, Head of Investor 
    Relations                                + 44 (0) 7721 
    Twitter: @immupharma                      413496 
 
    Panmure, Gordon & Co., NOMAD &            +44 (0) 20 7886 
    Broker                                         2500 
   Fred Walsh, Duncan Monteith, Corporate 
    Finance 
    Charles Leigh-Pemberton, Corporate 
    Broking 
 

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