ALLIANCE PHARMA PLC

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RNS Number : 1796L

Alliance Pharma PLC

07 January 2016



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:		Alliance Pharma Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			ü
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 the notification obligation:	FMR LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See Section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	5th January 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:	6th January 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	6%


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
Indirect		Direct		Indirect	Direct			Indirect
GB0031030819	27,557,843			27,557,843			28,657,843			28,657,843			6.12%


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


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
											Nominal			Delta


Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
28,657,843								6.12

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

financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:


Controlled Undertaking	Percentage Holding
FMR (JP) LTD-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (JAPAN) LIMITED	0.80
FMRC-FMR CO., INC	5.19
PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC	0.02
PYRAMIS GLOBAL-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY	0.11
Grand Total	6.12

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire:

12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire voting rights:

13. Additional information:

A threshold crossing by a controlled undertaking.

14. Contact name:

Sally- Ann Hatton

15. Contact telephone number:

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