20th Dec 2006 14:00
Ark Therapeutics Group PLC20 December 2006 Ark Therapeutics Group plc 2006 Notification of Major interests In Shares 1. Name of Company; Ark Therapeutics Group plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest: Legal & General Group plc 3. Please state whether notification Indicates that it is in respect of the holding of the shareholder named In 2 above; or In respect of a non- beneficial Interest; or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 Non-beneficial interest 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them: See letter from Legal & General dated 19 December 2006 below 5. Number of shares acquired: Not advised 6. Percentage of issued class; Not advised 7. Number of shares disposed: Not advised 8. Percentage of issued class; Not advised 9. Class of Security: Ordinary shares 10. Date of transaction: Not advised 11. Date Company informed: 19 December 2006 12. Total holding following this notification: 6,515,536 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 3.92% 14. Any additional Information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries: Nick Plummer - +44 (0)207 388 7722 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Nick Plummer - Company Secretary 17. Date of notification: 20 December 2006 Letter to Ark Therapeutics Group Plc Dated: 19 December 2006 "Disclosure of Interest in shares under Section 198 Please find below the details of the notifiable interest of Legal & General Group plc and/or its subsidiaries held in nominee accounts in the relevant share capital of your company; Material Interest HSBC Bank plc A/C 914945 22,392HSBC Bank plc A/C 636544 66,306HSBC Bank plc A/C 775245 337,219HSBC Bank plc A/C 357206 4,582,451HSBC Bank plc A/C 747381 333,076HSBC Bank plc A/C 866203 281,483HSBC Bank plc A/C 969995 539,220HSBC Bank plc A/C 999392 4,857HSBC Bank plc A/C 360509 348,532 6,515,536 3.92% Although the number of GBP 0.01 shares in which we have an interest has notmaterially changed since our last notification, we believe our percentage hasdecreased from 4.08% to 3.92% following an apparent increase in this class ofyour issued share capital from 159,522,573 to 165,897,459 GBP 0.01 shares. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
PVG.LLegal & General