Notification of Major Interest in Shares (9186C)

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RNS Number : 9186C

Retroscreen Virology Group PLC

08 May 2012

 
 
 
 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the         Retroscreen Virology 
  underlying issuer of existing shares 
  to which voting rights are attached: 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box 
  or boxes): 
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  An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
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  An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already 
  issued to which voting rights are attached 
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  An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar 
  economic effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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  An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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                                                                       x 
  Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject       Invesco Limited 
  to the notification obligation: 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if 
  different from 3.): 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date     3 May 2012 
  on which the threshold is crossed 
  or reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:       4 May 2012 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or reached:                            5%, 6%, 7%, 8%, 9% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type          Situation previous     Resulting situation after the triggering 
  of                  to the triggering      transaction 
  shares              transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                     Number      Number     Number       Number of voting     % of voting rights 
                      of          of         of shares    rights 
                      Shares      Voting 
                                  Rights 
------------------  ----------  ---------  -----------  -------------------  --------------------- 
                                            Direct       Direct   Indirect    Direct     Indirect 
------------------  ----------  ---------  -----------  -------  ----------  ---------  ---------- 
  GB00B6ZM0X53       0           0                                4,000,000              9.76% 
                    ----------  ---------  -----------  -------  ----------  ---------  ---------- 
  Ordinary Shares 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial   Expiration   Exercise/     Number of voting         % of voting 
  instrument          date         Conversion    rights that              rights 
                                   Period        may be 
                                                 acquired if 
                                                 the 
                                                 instrument is 
                                                 exercised/ converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying 
  Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial   Exercise   Expiration   Exercise/     Number of voting     % of voting 
  instrument          price      date         Conversion    rights instrument    rights 
                                              period        refers to 
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                                                                                Nominal   Delta 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights 
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  4,000,000                9.76% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
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  Bank of New York - 4,000,000 
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 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:                 Samantha Edwards 
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 15. Contact telephone number:     01491 416381 
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