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8 Aug 2005 15:38

Minster Pharmaceuticals PLC08 August 2005 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company Minster Pharmaceuticals plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest Iraj Parvizi 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 As 2 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Rock (Nominees) Limited account 1614980 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired N/A 6) Percentage of issued class N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 4 August 2005 - 10,000,0008 August 2005 - 50,000,000 8) Percentage of issued class 4 August 2005 - 0.64%8 August 2005 - 3.20%9) Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.1p 10) Date of transaction 4 August and 8 August 2005 11) Date company informed 8 August 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 40,000,000 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 2.56% 14) Any additional information Mr Parvizi no longer holds a notifiable interest in the Company 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Jeremy Gorman 020 7935 0027 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible formaking this notification Jeremy Gorman, Company SecretaryDate of notification 8 August 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange