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8 Jun 2017 14:32

RNS Number : 5762H
Motif Bio PLC
08 June 2017
 

 

8 June 2017

Motif Bio plc("Motif Bio" or the "Company")

Notification of change in holding of significant shareholder

Motif Bio plc (AIM: MTFB), the clinical stage biopharmaceutical company specialising in developing novel antibiotics, announces that it was informed on 7 June 2017 by Aviva plc & its subsidiaries ("Aviva") that as at 6 June 2017 Aviva's direct interest in shares in the Company had changed. Aviva's total interest in the Company including its non-disclosable (indirect) position remains unchanged at 8,924,647 shares (4.5%). The full TR-1 disclosure is set out below.

 

For further information, please contact:

Motif Bio plc

info@motifbio.com

Richard Morgan (Chairman)

Graham Lumsden (Chief Executive Officer)

Peel Hunt LLP (NOMAD & BROKER)

+ 44 (0)20 7418 8900

Dr. Christopher Golden

Oliver Jackson

Northland Capital Partners Limited (BROKER)

+44 (0)203 861 6625

Patrick Claridge/ David Hignell

John Howes/ Rob Rees (Broking)

Walbrook PR Ltd. (FINANCIAL PR & IR)

+44 (0) 20 7933 8780 or motifbio@walbrookpr.com

Paul McManus

Mob: +44 (0)7980 541 893

Mike Wort

Mob: +44 (0)7900 608 002

MC Services AG (EUROPEAN IR)

+49 (0)89 210 2280

Raimund Gabriel

 

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

Motif Bio plc

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii

Aviva plc & its subsidiaries

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

Registered Holder:

 

Available on Request 3,444*

 

Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 3,354,076*

 

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited 1,162,092*

 

State Street Nominees Limited 103,780*

*denotes direct interest

 

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

06 June 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

07 June 2017

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

 

>3% to

 

 

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

 

Ordinary Shares

 

GB00BVVT4H71

6,895,922*

6,895,922*

4,623,392

4,623,392

** Not Disclosable

2.36%

** Not Disclosable

 

*Includes Right to Recall Loaned Shares (1,000,006)

 

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

RIGHT TO RECALL LOANED SHARES

N/A

N/A

 

2,500,006*

 

*Direct interest

 

1.27%

 

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

 

% of voting rights xix, xx

 

 

 

Nominal

Delta

 

 

 

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

7,123,398

3.63%

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited & Friends Provident International 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)

 

Friends Provident International Limited:

· Aviva plc (Parent Company)

· Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc)

· Friends Provident International Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited)

 

Proxy Voting:

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 on the revised total number of voting rights of 196,212,108 as per the Company's Exercise of Warrants and Issue of Equity announcement of 2 May 2017.

 

** Although not reportable, as per DTR5.1.5,the non-disclosable (indirect) position is currently 1,801,249 shares, and is included here in the interests of transparency.

 

14. Contact name:

Neil Whittaker, Aviva plc

15. Contact telephone number:

01603 684420

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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