TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

21 August 2013

AIM: RENE

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached:

ReNeuron Group plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

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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

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation:

Merlin General Partner II Limited as a General Partner of The Merlin Biosciences Fund LP and a Managing Partner of The Merlin Biosciences Fund GbR

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):

-

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached:

19 August 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

19 August 2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached:

From 9% to below 1%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

ORDINARY SHARES

Of 1 pence each

73,844,250

73,844,250

16,244,250

16,244,250

0.91%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversion Period

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

16,244,250

0.91%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Merlin General Partner II Limited acts as a General Partner of The Merlin Biosciences Fund LP and a Managing Partner of The Merlin Biosciences Fund GbR

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

Position calculated on issued capital of 1,788,827,700 (Placement by company on 09 August 2013 of 1,014,000,000 new Ordinary shares). Sale of 57,600,000 shares by Merlin Biosciences Fund LP and GbR on 19 August 2013

14. Contact name:

Shafia Zahoor

15. Contact telephone number:

020-7887-7646