ARIX BIOSCIENCE PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2022

Jan 11, 2022

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Arix Bioscience PLC (ARIX)

Notification of Major Share Holding

11-Jan-2022 / 17:04 GMT/BST

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TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible) i
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached ii:			ARIX BIOSCIENCE PLC
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights						X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify) iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation iv
Name			Acacia Research Corporation
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			New York, United States of America
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) v
Name			Merton Acquisition Holdco LLC
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			New York, United States of America
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached vi:			7 January 2022
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			11 January 2022
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)		Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuer (8.A + 8.B) vii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	20.541513	0		20.541513	26535485
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	19.05	0		19.05

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached viii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)		Number of voting rights ix					% of voting rights
Direct (DTR5.1)		Indirect  (DTR5.2.1)			Direct (DTR5.1)		Indirect (DTR5.2.1)
GB00BD04507		26535485		0			20.541513		0
SUBTOTAL 8. A		26535485					20.541513
B 1: Financial Instruments according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (a)
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date x	Exercise/ Conversion Period xi			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.			% of voting rights
			SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (b)
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date x		Exercise/ Conversion Period xi		Physical or cash Settlement xii			Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
					SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer xiii
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity (please add additional rows as necessary) xiv				x
Name xv	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Acacia Research Corporation	20.541513	0	20.541513
Merton Acquisition Holdco LLC	20.541513	0	20.541513
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held
11. Additional information xvi
Merton Acquisition Holdco LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Acacia Research Corporation.

Place of completion	New York, New York, USA
Date of completion	11 January 2022

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ISIN:	GB00BD045071
Category Code:	HOL
TIDM:	ARIX
LEI Code:	213800OVT3AHQCXNIX43
Sequence No.:	135949
EQS News ID:	1267530

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