Protherics PLC
Notification of Major Interests in Shares
London, UK; Brentwood, TN, US: 21 March 2007 - Protherics PLC ("Protherics" or
the "Company"), the international biopharmaceutical company focused on critical
care and cancer, announces that, on 20 March 2007, the following notification of
interest in the ordinary share capital of the Company was received from HBOS plc
pursuant to the Transparency Obligations Directive (Disclosure and Transparency
Rules) Instrument 2006:
1. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify): Initial notification under Transparency Directive X
2. Full name of person(s) subject to the HBOS plc
notification obligation:
3. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different
from 2.):
See Section 8
4. Date of the transaction (and date on which N/A
the threshold is crossed or reached if
different):
5. Date on which issuer notified: 20 March 2007
6. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 6%
7. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares the Triggering
transaction
if possible using Number of Number of Number of Number of voting rights % of voting rights
the ISIN CODE Shares Voting shares
Rights Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
Ord 2p Shares n/a n/a 2,529,295 2,529,295 18,389,102 0.746% 5.423%
ISIN
GB0007029209
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration date Exercise/ Conversion Number of voting rights % of voting rights
instrument Period/ Date that may be acquired if
the instrument is
exercised/ converted.
N/A
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
20,918,307 6.169%
8. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments
are effectively held, if applicable :
Insight Investment Management (Global) Limited* ('IIMGL') - (Indirect) - 20,900,225 (6.163%)
IIMGL manages holdings on behalf of other HBOS Group companies, and other third parties external to the
HBOS Group, under various discretionary management agreements.
(* - wholly owned subsidiaries of HBOS plc).
Proxy Voting:
9. Name of the proxy holder: N/A
10. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: N/A
11. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting N/A
rights:
12. Additional information:
None
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For further information please contact:
Protherics
Nick Staples, Director of Corporate Affairs +44 (0) 7919 480510
Julie Vickers, Company Secretary +44 (0)1928 518010
Financial Dynamics - press enquiries
London: Ben Atwell, Anna Keeble +44 (0) 20 7831 3113
New York: John Capodanno, Jonathan Birt +1 212 850 5600
Or visit www.protherics.com
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