REG - Microgen PLC - Holding(s) in Company <Origin Href="QuoteRef">MCGN.L</Origin>
RNS Number : 0623MMicrogen PLC25 July 2017TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii:
Microgen PLC
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify)iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv
Name
Kestrel Partners LLP
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
LONDON, UK
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v
Name
Kestrel Opportunities, a cell of Guernsey Portfolios PCC Ltd (through BNY Mellon Nominees Limited) and various other clients of Kestrel Partners LLP (through JIM Nominees Ltd and Bank of New York Nominees Ltd)
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:
21 July 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):
25 July 2017
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)
% of voting rights through financial instruments
(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)
Total number of voting rights of issuervii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached
5.98%
5.98%
60,826,369
Position of previous notification (if
applicable)
6.84%
8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of
sharesISIN code (if possible)
Number of voting rightsix
% of voting rights
Direct
(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)
Indirect
(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
Direct
(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)
Indirect
(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
Ordinary Shares of 6 3/7p each
ISIN GB00BVVHWX30
N/A
3,636,209
N/A
5.98%
SUBTOTAL 8. A
3,636,209
5.98%
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Type of financial instrument
Expiration
datexExercise/
Conversion PeriodxiNumber of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is
exercised/converted.
% of voting rights
SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Type of financial instrument
Expiration
datexExercise/
Conversion Period xiPhysical or cash
settlementxii
Number of voting rights
% of voting rights
SUBTOTAL 8.B.2
9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the
applicable box with an "X")
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary)X
Namexv
% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
BNY Mellon Nominees Limited
4.86%
4.86%
Bank of New York Nominees Ltd
1.04%
1.04%
JIM Nominees Ltd
0.08%
0.08%
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder
N/A
The number and % of voting rights held
N/A
The date until which the voting rights will be held
N/A
11. Additional informationxvi
The indirect voting rights held under (9) relate to shares held in client portfolios managed by Kestrel Partners LLP under discretionary investment management agreements
Place of completion
London
Date of completion
25/07/17
Annex: Notification of major holdings (to be filed with the FCA only)
A: Identity of the person subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)
Kestrel Partners LLP
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)
1 Adam Street, London, WC2N 6LE
Phone number / Fax number
0203 371 6100
Other useful information
(at least legal representative for legal persons)
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name
Oliver Scott
Contact address
1 Adam Street, London, WC2N 6LE
Phone number / Fax number
0203 371 6100
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
Investment Manager to (i) Kestrel Opportunities, a cell of Guernsey Portfolios PCC Limited and (ii) the Kestrel Inheritance Tax Solution
C: Additional information
Please send the completed form together with this annex to the FCA at the following email
address: Majorshareholdings@fca.org.uk. Please send in Microsoft Word format if possible.
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