Retroscreen Virology Group PLC Notification of Major Interest in Shares (4365L)

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RNS Number : 4365L

Retroscreen Virology Group PLC

04 July 2014

 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
 
 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying            Retroscreen Virology Group PLC 
  issuer                                                         Sedol B6ZM0X5 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
 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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 Other (please        Update to previous filing due to change in persons 
  specify):            subject to notification obligation 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject             (1) Lansdowne Partners International 
  to the                                        Limited 
  notification obligation: (iii)                (2) Lansdowne Partners Limited 
                                                (3) Lansdowne Partners (UK) LLP 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Ltd 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
                                                (Registered Shareholders) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date           01/07/2014 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:             03/07/2014 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                           5% 
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 8. Notified details: 
 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
 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          rights                   (x) 
                 Shares           Voting              shares 
                                  Rights 
               ---------------  -------------------  ---------  -----------------------  ------------------------------- 
                                                      Direct     Direct       Indirect    Direct          Indirect 
                                                                  (xi)         (xii) 
                 ----  -------  ------  -----  ----  ---------  -----------  ----------  --------------  --------------- 
   Ordinary 
    Shares      2,187,500        2,187,500                                    4,187,500                   7.65% 
               ---------------  -------------------  ---------  -----------  ----------  --------------  --------------- 
 GB00B6ZM0X53 
                 ----  -------  ------  -----  ----  -------    ---  ------  ----------  ---      -----     ------------ 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 Type of financial      Expiration       Exercise/                    Number of voting             % of voting 
  instrument             date (xiii)      Conversion Period            rights that may              rights 
                                          (xiv)                        be 
                                                                       acquired if the 
                                                                       instrument is 
                                                                       exercised/ converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments (xv, xvi) 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 Type of          Exercise       Expiration     Exercise/        Number of voting              % of voting rights 
 financial         price          date (xvii)    Conversion       rights instrument             (xix, xx) 
 instrument                                      period           refers to 
                                                 (xviii) 
                 -------------  -------------  ---------------  ----------------------------  -------------------------- 
                                                                                               Nominal       Delta 
                 -------------  -------------  ---------------  ----------------------------  ------------  ------------ 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
 Number of voting rights                                       Percentage of voting rights 
                                                              ---------------------------------------------------------- 
 4,187,500                                                     7.65% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
 Lansdowne Partners International Limited is the parent undertaking of 
  Lansdowne Partners Limited which is the First Corporate Member of Lansdowne 
  Partners (UK) LLP 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
 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:                Based on total voting rights of 54,723,821 
 
                                             This disclosure is due to a change 
                                             in the persons subject to the notification. 
                                             This change being the result of a 
                                             corporate restructure. 
 14. Contact name:                          Kamran Salahuddin 
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 15. Contact telephone number:              [phone] 
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