Holding(s) in Company

3 Mar 2005 15:04

Minster Pharmaceuticals PLC03 March 2005 SCHEDULE 10 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 ofholding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of anon-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is aholding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 As 2 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, thenumber of shares held by each of them Rock (Nominees) Limited account 1614980 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 100,000,000 6) Percentage of issued class 6.4% 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued class N/A 9) Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.1p 10) Date of transaction Not disclosed 11) Date company informed 02.03.05 12) Total holding following this notification 100,000,000 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 6.4% 14) Any additional information Mr Parvizi's spouse, Mrs Janet Parvizi, holds 150,000 ordinary shares, which arealso held in Rock (Nominees) Limited 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries J P Gorman 020 7935 0027 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible formaking this notification Jeremy Gorman, Company SecretaryDate of notification 3 March 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange