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United Drug PLC25 January 2008 Standard Form TR-1Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/ECFinancial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares towhich voting rights are attached: United Drug Plc 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box orboxes): (x ) an acquisition or disposal of voting rights ( ) an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result inthe acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached ( ) an event changing the breakdown of voting rights 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: FMR LLC and Fidelity International Limited and their direct subsidiaries 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed orreached: 22 January 2008 6. Date on which issuer notified; 24 January 2008 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 8% 8. Notified details: A) Voting rights attached to sharesClass/type of shares Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering transaction(if possible using the Triggeringthe ISIN CODE) transaction Number of Number of Number of Number of voting % of voting rights Shares Voting shares rights rights Indirect Direct Indirect Direct IndirectIE0033024807 15,162,195 15,162,195 18,847,195 18,847,195 8.23 SUBTOTAL A (based on 15,162,195 15,162,195 18,847,195 18,847,195 8.23aggregate votingrights) B) Financial InstrumentsResulting situation after the triggering transactionType of financial Expiration Date Exercise/Conversion Number of voting % of voting rightsinstrument Period/ Date rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates) Total (A+B) number of voting rights % of voting rights 18,847,195 8.23 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 10. In case of proxy voting: FMR LLC and Fidelity International Limitedwill acquire to hold 3,685,000 voting rights as of 22 January 2008 11. Additional information: Done at (place) on (date). FidelityIssuer name: United Drug Plc Current ownership percentage: 8.23% Total shares held: 18,847,195 Issued share capital: 228,901,480 SHARES HELD NOMINEE MANAGEMENT COMPANY Fidelity International Limited (FIL) is 4,456,750 BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO FMRCOthe parent holding company for various direct and 148,200 JP MORGAN CHASE BANK FMRCOindirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Fund 14,034,445 STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO FMRCOManagement Limited (FFML), Fidelity Investment 207,800 #N/A #N/AServices Ltd(FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST),FidelityInvestments Advisory (Korea) Limited(FIAKL),Fidelity Investments Management (HongKong)Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity PensionManagement(FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ)and FidelityInvestments International (FII),investment managersfor various non-US investment companiesandinstitutional clients. FMR LLC is the parent holding company ofFidelityManagement & Research Company (FMRCO),investmentmanager for US mutual funds, and FidelityManagement TrustCompany (FMTC) and Pyramis GlobalAdvisors Trust Company(PGATC), a US state chartered bank whichacts as a trusteeor investment manager of various pensionand trust accountsand Pyramis Global Advisors LLC (PGALLC). Annex to the standard form TR-1 a) Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notificationobligation:Full name (including legal form FMR LLC and Fidelity .....................................................................for legal entities) International Limited (FIL)Contact address (registered FMR LLC - 82 Devonshire .....................................................................office for legal entities) Street, Boston, MA, 02109 USA ..................................................................... FIL - Pembroke Hall, 42 Crow Lane, Pembroke, HM19 BermudaPhone number 44 (0) 1737 837 092 ....................................................................Other useful information (at Company Secretary ....................................................least legal representative forlegal persons) b) Identity of the notifier, if applicable:Full name FMR LLC and Fidelity ..................................................................... International Limited (FIL)Contact address Windmill Court XTW2B, ..................................................................... Millfield Lane, Lower Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey ..................................................................... KT20 6RBPhone number 44 (0) 1737 837 092 .....................................................................Other useful information (e.g. Authorised to make this filingfunctional relationship with the under power of attorneyperson or legal entity subject tothe notification obligation) c) Additional information Please note that as a result of an internal merger reorganisation, FMR LLC isthe successor to FMR Corp. and has assumed all its rights and obligations. FMRLLC is a Delaware limited liability company with its principle place of businessat 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA as stated above. This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of the Irish Stock Exchange. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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