Last checked at 26 Feb 2015 15:39
26 February 2015
Microgen plc (the "Company")
Notifiable Interests
The Company received the following notice on 25 February 2015 in compliance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules from Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited:
TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |
1: Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Microgen PLC |
2: Reason for notification (yes/no) | ||
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 | no | |
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | no | |
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | no | |
Other (please specify): |
| no |
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited (Parent Company) -3.7098% comprised of: Standard Life Investments Limited - 3.7098% Ignis Investment Services Limited - 0.0000% |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | Vidacos Nominees\HSBC |
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached): | 24/02/2015 |
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 25/02/2015 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 4% (direct) |
8: Notified Details | ||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||
Class/type of share If possible use ISIN code | GB0005869531 | |||
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Situation previous to the triggering transaction | ||||
Number of shares | Number of voting rights | |||
3,357,896 | 3,357,896 | |||
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
Number of shares | Number of voting rights | Percentage ofvoting rights | ||
Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |
2,767,896 | 2,767,896 | 0 | 3.7098 | 0.0000 |
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period/date | No. of voting rights that may be acquired(if the instrument exercised/converted) | Percentage of voting rights |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financialinstrument | Exerciseprice | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversionperiod | Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to | % of voting rights
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Total (A+B+C) | |
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
2,767,896 | 3.709786 |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited (Parent Company) -3.7098% comprised of: Standard Life Investments Limited - 3.7098% Ignis Investment Services Limited - 0.0000% |
Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
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13. Additional information:
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14. Contact name:
| GIOS@standardlife.comStandard Life Investments Ltd |
15. Contact telephone number:
| (0131) 245 6565 |