Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMYRK 
 
RNS Number : 0687U 
York Pharma plc 
17 June 2009 
 

 
 
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| TR-1:NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                             | 
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|                 1. Identity of the issuer or the      |   York Pharma plc           | 
|                 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                      |          X | 
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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 specify):                                          |            | 
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|       3. Full name of person(s)      |              Lanstead Partners Limited       | 
|       subject to the                 |                                              | 
|       notification obligation:       |                                              | 
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|       4. Full name of                |              KAS Nominees Limited            | 
|       shareholder(s)                 |                                              | 
|       (if different from 3.):        |                                              | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date  |              15/06/2009                      | 
| on                                   |                                              | 
| which the threshold is crossed or    |                                              | 
| reached:                             |                                              | 
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|       6. Date on which issuer        |              15/06/2009                      | 
|       notified:                      |                                              | 
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|       7. Threshold(s) that is/are    |              3% threshold                    | 
|       crossed or                     |                                              | 
|       reached:                       |                                              | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                                               | 
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|       A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                                           | 
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|          Class/type |       Situation                |           Resulting situation after the                                      | 
|          of shares  |       previous                 |           triggering transaction                                             | 
|          if         |       to the                   |                                                                              | 
|          possible   |       triggering               |                                                                              | 
|          using the  |       transaction              |                                                                              | 
|          ISIN CODE  |                                |                                                                              | 
|                     |                                |                                                                              | 
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|                     |       Number |          Number |       Number |     Number of                 |        % of                   | 
|                     |       of     |                 |       of     |     voting rights             |        voting                 | 
|                     |       Shares |          of     |       shares |                               |        rights                 | 
|                     |              |          Voting |              |                               |                               | 
|                     |              |          Rights |              |                               |                               | 
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|                     |              |                 |       Direct |       Direct |       Indirect |       Direct |       Indirect | 
+---------------------+--------------+-----------------+--------------+--------------+----------------+--------------+----------------+ 
|  GB00B00QH86        |  2,411,611   |  2,411,611      |              |  273,611     |  0             |              |  0             | 
|  (Ordinary)         |              |                 |  273,611     |              |                | 0.445%       |                | 
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|       B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                | 
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|       Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                               | 
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|       Type of    |       Expiration |          Exercise/  |        Number of voting    |          %      | 
|       financial  |       date       |          Conversion |        rights that may be  |          of     | 
|       instrument |                  |          Period     |        acquired if the     |          voting | 
|                  |                  |                     |        instrument is       |          rights | 
|                  |                  |                     |        exercised/converted |                 | 
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|                  |                  |                     |                            |                 | 
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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    |       Exercise |          Expiration |        Exercise/  |        Number of   |          %             | 
|       financial  |       price    |          date       |        Conversion |        voting      |          of            | 
|       instrument |                |                     |        period     |        rights      |          voting        | 
|                  |                |                     |                   |        instrument  |          rights        | 
|                  |                |                     |                   |        refers to   |                        | 
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|                  |                |                     |                   |                    | Nominal       | Delta  | 
+                  +                +                     +                   +                    +---------------+--------+ 
|                  |                |                     |                   |                    |               |        | 
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|          Total (A+B+C)                                                       | 
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|       Number of voting rights        |      % of voting rights               | 
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|          273,611                     |         0.445%                        | 
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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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|           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.          |         Sue Keast                  | 
|                             Contact      |                                    | 
|                             name:        |                                    | 
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|                             15.          |         07771 888536               | 
|                             Contact      |                                    | 
|                             telephone    |                                    | 
|                             number:      |                                    | 
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