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RNS Number : 9558Z

Immupharma PLC

20 March 2017

 
   20 MARCH 2017 
 

ImmuPharma PLC

("ImmuPharma" or the "Company")

TR1 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST

ImmuPharma PLC (LSE:IMM), the specialist drug discovery and development company, announces that it has today received a TR-1 by Aviva plc ("Aviva"). Aviva's holding in ImmuPharma is now confirmed at a total of 10,280,516 Ordinary Shares which equates to a current position in the Company of 7.76% of ImmuPharma's total voting rights figure of 132,522,985 Ordinary Shares.

Full disclosure of the TR1 is shown below:

 
 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 
  specify):                                                    CHANGE TO THE NUMBER OF VOTING RIGHTS 
                                                               IN ISSUE, FOLLOWING THE RECENT PLACING 
-----------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 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) 
                                                                      Chase (GA Group) Nominees 
                                                                      Limited : 7,361,243* 
 
                                                                      HSBC Global Custody Nominee 
                                                                      (UK) Limited : 1,606,013* 
 
                                                                      State Street Nominees Limited 
                                                                      : 200,974* 
 
                                                                      *denotes direct interest 
 
                                                                      Chase (GA Group) Nominees 
                                                                      Limited : 409,378 
 
                                                                      Chase Nominees Limited : 248,294 
 
                                                                      Vidacos Nominees Limited : 
                                                                      436,614 
-------------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 5. Date of the transaction                                     16 March 2017 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
-------------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 6. Date on which issuer                                        17 March 2017 
  notified: 
-------------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                    7% to 6% 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        11,169,942           11,169,942   10,262,516   9,168,230   1,094,286   6.92%     0.83% 
                     -------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 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. 
-------------------  -------------------  ------------------------  ----------------------  ------------------ 
 
                                                                       18,000* 
 RIGHT TO RECALL 
  LOANED SHARES       N/A                  N/A                         *DIRECT INTEREST      0.01% 
-------------------  -------------------  ------------------------  ----------------------  ------------------ 
 
 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 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) 
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 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights 
------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 10,280,516                7.76% 
------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 
 
 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 132,522,985 as per the 
                                                 recent GBP4.1 Million Fund 
                                                 Raise via Accelerated Bookbuild 
                                                 announcement of 10 March 
                                                 2017. 
---------------------------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 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 
   Northland Capital Partners Limited 
    (NOMAD & Broker) 
    Patrick Claridge, David Hignell, 
    Michael Mackintosh, Corporate 
    Finance                               +44 (0)20 3861 
    Rob Rees, Corporate Broking                6625 
 

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