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15 Sep 2006 11:23

AIM15 September 2006 ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT PRIOR TO ADMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH AIM RULE 2 ALL APPLICANTS MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: COMPANY NAME: Verona Pharma plc (previously Isis Resources plc) COMPANY ADDRESS: Adderbury Hill Barn, Milton Road, Adderbury, Oxon COMPANY POSTCODE: OX17 3HN COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION: United Kingdom COMPANY BUSINESS OR, IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTMENT STRATEGY TO BE DISCLOSED INACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (J) OF THE AIM RULES: The company is involved in drug discovery focused on the discovery and development of new therapeutic drugs for thetreatment of allergic rhinitis (hay fever) and other chronic respiratory and inflammatory diseases. DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED (i.e. where known, number of shares, nominal value and issue price to which itseeks admission and the number and type to be held as treasury shares): 144,275,000 Ordinary Shares of £0.001 each CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION: £2.043 million FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED DIRECTORS:Professor Clive Peter Page, Non-Executive Chairman Professor Michael John Alfred Walker, Chief Executive Officer Claire Louise Poll, Executive Director Professor Trevor Mervyn Jones, Non-Executive Director Herbert Stuart Bottomley, Non-Executive Director PERSON(S) INTERESTED IN 3% OR MORE OF THE ISSUER'S CAPITAL, EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITALBEFORE AND AFTER ADMISSION: Prior to Admission %Craig Burton* 19.9Pershing Keen Nominees Ltd** 18.5Williams de Broe 7.0Stuart Bottomley*** 7.0Josef El Raghy 6.0Fitel Nominees Ltd a/c CO57658 5.6Jamie Boyton 4.8William Fairweather 4.6Fitel Nominees Ltd a/c CO58142 4.2Mark Freeman 4.0Tolle Investments Pty Ltd 4.0 * Mr. Burton's interests are held through the CI Burton Family Trust A/C and CI Burton Super Fund A/C ** Pershing Keen Nominees Ltd holds an additional 3,000,000 ordinary shares on behalf o f Josef El Raghy, a director of the Company *** Mr. Bottomley's interests are held through The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited After admission %Fidelity Euro Smaller Companies Fund 9.70Craig Burton* 8.66Pershing Keen Nominees Ltd** 6.42Williams de Broe 5.80Stuart Bottomley*** 4.16Clive Page 3.92Michael Walker 3.91David Saint 3.91Millenium Capital Partners 3.19* Mr. Burton's interests are held through the CI Burton Family Trust A/C and CI Burton Super Fund A /C ** Pershing Keen Nominees Ltd holds an additional 3,000,000 ordinary shares on behalf o f Josef El Raghy, a director of the Company *** Mr. Bottomley's interests are held through The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES: None ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE: 31 December EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE: 19 September 2006 NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER: Hanson Westhouse LLP 12th Floor One Angel Court London EC2R 7HJ NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER: Hanson Westhouse LLP 12th Floor One Angel Court London EC2R 7HJ DETAILS OF WHERE (POSTAL OR INTERNET ADDRESS) THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM, WITH A STATEMENT THAT THISWILL CONTAIN FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLICANT AND THE ADMISSION OF ITS SECURITIES: Hanson Westhouse LLP 12th Floor One Angel Court London EC2R 7HJ DATE OF NOTIFICATION:15 September 2006UPDATE Update This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange