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RNS Number : 1186S
Neuropharm Group PLC
12 May 2009
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| For immediate release | 12 May 2009 |
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Neuropharm Group plc
("Neuropharm" or the "Company")
TR-1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | Neuropharm Group plc |
| issuer of existing shares to which voting | |
| rights are attached: | |
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| 2. Reason for the notification | |
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Yes |
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the | Schroders plc |
| notification obligation: | |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different | |
| from 3.): | |
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| 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which | 11 May 2009 |
| the threshold is crossed or reached if | |
| different): | |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 12 May 2009 |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | 10% |
| reached: | |
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| 8. Notified details: | |
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+---------------+-------------+------------+-------------+-----------+------------+----------+----------+
| A: Voting rights attached to shares |
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| Class/type | Situation previous to | Resulting situation after the triggering |
| of shares | the Triggering | transaction |
| if possible | transaction | |
| using the | | |
| ISIN CODE | | |
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| | Number of | Number of | Number of | Number of voting | % of voting |
| | Shares | Voting | shares | rights | rights |
| | | Rights | | | |
+ + + +-------------+------------------------+---------------------+
| | | | Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct |Indirect |
+---------------+-------------+------------+-------------+-----------+------------+----------+----------+
| Ord 10p | 3,346,458 | 3,346,458 | 3,146,458 | N/A | 3,146,458 | N/A | 9.98% |
| Shares | | | | | | | |
| ISIN | | | | | | | |
| GB00B1NPJJ01 | | | | | | | |
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| B: Financial Instruments |
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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| Type of | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of voting | % of |
| financial | date | Conversion | rights that may be | voting |
| instrument | | Period/ Date | acquired if the | rights |
| | | | instrument is | |
| | | | exercised/ | |
| | | | converted. | |
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| N/A | | | | |
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| Total (A+B) |
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| Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
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| 3,146,458 | 9.98% |
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or |
| the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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| Schroder Investment Management Limited 3,146,458 9.98% |
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| Proxy Voting: |
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A |
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will | N/A |
| cease to hold: | |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to | N/A |
| hold voting rights: | |
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| 13. Additional information: | The shares referred to in |
| | section 9 are held in |
| | portfolios managed by those |
| | firms on a discretionary |
| | basis for clients under |
| | investment management |
| | agreements. |
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| 14. Contact name: | Andrea Rowe |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: | 00 44 207 658 6000 |
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