Silence Therapeutics plc

Major Shareholding Notification • May 11, 2015

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RNS Number : 7754M

Silence Therapeutics PLC

11 May 2015

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			Silence Therapeutics Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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):	Dilution due to additional placing of shares			X
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		Richard Griffiths and controlled undertakings
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		8 May 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		11 May 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		24, 23, 22, 21%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction						Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares			Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights
Direct		Direct		Indirect	Direct			Indirect
GB00B9GTXM62	13,017,176			13,017,176			14,409,248		14,409,248			20.64%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion Period					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted				% of voting rights
CFD										226,000				0.32%
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion period			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix,
													Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
14,409,248								20.97%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Cream Capital Limited	599,033
Blake Holdings Limited	6,697,071
Seren Capital Management Limited	5,657,974
Richard Griffiths direct holdings	566,180
Richard Griffiths indirect holdings	692,153
Oak Trust Limited	196,837
	14,409,248
CFD	226,000
Total	14,635,248

The above undertakings are all controlled by Richard Griffiths

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease

to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold

voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

James Sutcliffe

15. Contact telephone number:

01534 719 761

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