FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13s – 16 or 15d – 16
of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of October 2004
Acambis plc
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Peterhouse Technology Park
100 Fulbourn Road
Cambridge CB1 9PT
England
(Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of
Form 20-F or Form 40-F).
Forms 20-F Form 40-F
(Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is
also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule
12g3-2(b) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934).
Yes No
(If Yes is marked,
indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with
Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ).
Enclosure:
Schedule 10 notification of major interests in
shares, dated 6 October 2004
Schedule 10 notification of major interests in shares, dated 11 October 2004
Disclosure
of interest and directors interest in shares
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Name of company
Acambis plc
2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
INVESCO Perpetual UK Investment Series Limited (“UK ICVC”)
3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 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
As above
4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them
Vidacos Nominees Limited
5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
167,557 shares
6. Percentage of issued class
0.16%
7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
N/a
8. Percentage of issued class
N/a
9. Class of security
Ordinary shares of 10p each
10. Date of transaction
7 October 2004
11. Date company informed
8 October 2004
12. Total holding following this notification
13,962,557 shares
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
13.05%
14. Any additional information
Notification provided by AMVESCAP as an agent for UK ICVC
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Elizabeth Brown, Company Secretary
+44 (0) 1223 275 300
16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification
Elizabeth Brown
Date of notification
11 October 2004
The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of this document or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission. The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise from the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained in it, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document or any such material.
Acambis plc ("the Company")
DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST
The Company received notification on 12 October 2004, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 198-202 of the Companies Act 1985, that as a result of the reverse take-over of F&C Management Ltd by ISIS Asset Management plc on 11 October 2004 the following fund management companies in the Friends Provident group are interested in Acambis shares referred to below through client holdings:
F&C Asset Management plc is interested in 10,783,336 shares of 10p each representing 10.08% of the issued share capital of the Company.
Such interest includes the material interest of the client of ISIS Asset Management plc referred to below. The shares are registered as follows:
Name of client | No. of shares | % | Name of registered holder | |||||||
British Assets Trust | 225,168 | 0.21 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
Investors Capital | 114,302 | 0.11 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
I&S ISIS Trust plc | 241,480 | 0.23 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
Presbyterian Church Fund Detail | 3,367 | 0.0031 | HSBC GS Nominees Ltd | |||||||
Pool Reinsurance Co Ltd | 403,153 | 0.38 | Nortrust Nominees Ltd | |||||||
RSALI Life Equity Fund | 81,240 | 0.08 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
RSALI Life Income Distribution Fund | 65,390 | 0.06 | HSBC GS Nominees Ltd | |||||||
RSALI Life Emerging Companies Fund | 4,688 | 0.0044 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
RSALI Pension Equity Fund | 1,537,220 | 1.45 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
RSA Plc New UK Equity Fund | 81,161 | 0.08 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
Phoenix Life Par Fund | 64,960 | 0.06 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
RSALP Fund Account No. 4 Client Executive | 8,916 | 0.01 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
RSA Life and Pensions (RSALP) Fund | 381,620 | 0.36 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
Sun Alliance & London Assurance Co (SALAC) | 246,786 | 0.23 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
Global Inv Pfolio UK Fund | 15,000 | 0.01 | Chase Nominees Ltd |
Such interest includes the material interest of the client of F&C Asset Management Ltd referred to below:
Name of client | No. of shares | % | Name of registered holder | |||||||
Univ of Cambridge Amalgamated Fund | 110,333 | 0.10 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
Christ’s College | 11,000 | 0.01 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust Plc | 745,359 | 0.70 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
Cambridge Colleges Fed Pension | 28,887 | 0.03 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
Electricity Association Servs Group Trustee Limited | 12,126 | 0.01 | BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd | |||||||
Alfred McAlpine Group of THEESPS | 10,225 | 0.01 | BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd | |||||||
E. on UK Trustees Ltd EME Section | 121,529 | 0.11 | BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd | |||||||
F&C Management Pension Fund | 30,483 | 0.03 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
Goodwood Pension Scheme | 11,541 | 0.01 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
Rhondda Cynon TAF Countyborough Council Super Fund | 247,805 | 0.23 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
Salvation Army Employee Pension fund | 27,451 | 0.03 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
Southern Elec Group (EQ) Global Local Equity Fund | 497,574 | 0.47 | BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd |
Such interest includes the material interest of the client of ISIS Managed Pension Funds referred to below:
Name of client | No. of shares | % | Name of registered holder | |||||||
ISISMPF Balanced Ethical Fund | 641 | 0.0006 | Citifriends | |||||||
ISISMPF Equity Fund | 261,616 | 0.25 | Citifriends | |||||||
FPLLA Life Monthly | 294,705 | 0.28 | HSBC GS Nominees Ltd |
Such interest includes the material interest of the client of ISIS Corporate Pension Funds referred to below:
Name of client | No. of shares | % | Name of registered holder | |||||||
FPCP Shareholders Fund | 12,230 | 0.01 | HSBC GS Nominees Ltd | |||||||
FPLP Shareholder Retained Cap Fnd | 322,116 | 0.30 | Citifriends | |||||||
Friends Provident Main Fund | 1,225,121 | 1.15 | HSBC GS Nominees Ltd | |||||||
FPLAL A/c Closed Fund | 65,980 | 0.06 | Citifriends | |||||||
FPLAL A/c Life Mixed | 24,501 | 0.02 | Citifriends | |||||||
FPLAL A/c Pension Mixed | 80,537 | 0.08 | Citifriends | |||||||
FPCP Equity Fund | 1,492,916 | 1.41 | HSBC GS Nominees Ltd | |||||||
FPCP Secure Growth Non-Linked | 54,717 | 0.05 | HSBC GS Nominees Ltd | |||||||
FPCP International Fund | 152,615 | 0.14 | HSBC GS Nominees Ltd |
Such interest includes the material interest of the client of Friends Provident Unit Managers referred to below:
Name of client | No. of shares | % | Name of registered holder | |||||||
ISIS INV FUNDS ICVC III UK Ethical Fund | 27,508 | 0.03 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
ISIS Inst Inv Fund ICVC Inst UK Equity Fund | 817,068 | 0.77 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
ISIS Investment Funds ICVC UK Equity Fund | 464,875 | 0.44 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
ISIS Investment Funds ICVC FTSE All Sh Tracker | 25,229 | 0.02 | Chase Nominees Ltd | |||||||
ISIS Inv Funds ICVC II UK Smaller Co Fund | 132,197 | 0.12 | Chase Nominees Ltd |
In addition, F&C Asset Management plc, as the holding company of the company(s) referred to in the paragraph(s) above, is also interested in those shares. Furthermore, Friends Provident Life Office, as the holding company of F&C Asset Management plc, is also interested in the shares referred to above.
This notification supersedes all previous notifications given by members of the Friends Provident group in relation to shares. (It also supersedes all previous notifications given by members of the Friends Provident group on behalf of the client(s) named above in relation to shares).
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Enquiries:
Elizabeth Brown, Company Secretary
Lyndsay Wright, Director of Communications
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 275 300
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Name of company
Acambis plc
2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
INVESCO Perpetual UK Investment Series Limited (“UK ICVC”)
3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 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
As above
4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them
Vidacos Nominees Limited
5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
1,632,892 shares
6. Percentage of issued class
1.53%
7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
N/a
8. Percentage of issued class
N/a
9. Class of security
Ordinary shares of 10p each
10. Date of transaction
30 September 2004
11. Date company informed
5 October 2004
12. Total holding following this notification
12,227,892 shares
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
11.49%
14. Any additional information
Notification provided by AMVESCAP as an agent for UK ICVC
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Elizabeth Brown, Company Secretary
+44 (0) 1223 275 300
16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification
Elizabeth Brown
Date of notification
6 October 2004
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Name of company
Acambis plc
2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
INVESCO Perpetual UK Investment Series Limited (“UK ICVC”)
3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 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
As above
4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them
Vidacos Nominees Limited
5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
567,108 shares
6. Percentage of issued class
0.53%
7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
N/a
8. Percentage of issued class
N/a
9. Class of security
Ordinary shares of 10p each
10. Date of transaction
1 October 2004
11. Date company informed
5 October 2004
12. Total holding following this notification
12,795,000 shares
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
12.02%
14. Any additional information
Notification provided by AMVESCAP as an agent for UK ICVC
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Elizabeth Brown, Company Secretary
+44 (0) 1223 275 300
16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification
Elizabeth Brown
Date of notification
6 October 2004
The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of this document or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission. The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise from the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained in it, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document or any such material.
Directors' interest in shares
Cambridge, UK and Cambridge, Massachusetts 13 October 2004 Acambis plc (“Acambis') announces that, on 12 October 2004, the following grants of options under the Acambis 1996 Approved Share Option Scheme (“1996 Scheme') and the Acambis 1999 Share Option Scheme (“1999 Scheme') were made to the following Executive Directors of Acambis:
Director | 1996 Scheme share options | 1999 Scheme share options | Total shares over which options held (Note 1) | |||||||
Gordon Cameron | | 60,440 | 471,336 | |||||||
David Lawrence | 10,989 | 117,216 | 128,205 | |||||||
Nicolas Higgins | | 34,066 | 347,529 | |||||||
Dr Thomas Monath | | 31,834 | 342,047 |
The share options were granted over ordinary 10p shares at an exercise price of 273p per share. The exercise periods for these grants are 12 October 2007 to 11 October 2014. No amounts were payable by the directors on the grant of these share options.
Note 1: the total shares over which options and long-term incentives (awarded under the Acambis Share Incentive Plan) are held following all the above transactions detailed within this news release.
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Enquiries:
Elizabeth Brown, Company Secretary
Lyndsay Wright, Director of Communications
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 275 300
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant Peptide Therapeutics Group has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
Date: 19 October 2004 | ACAMBIS PLC | |
By: | /s/ Lyndsay Wright | |
Name: Lyndsay Wright | ||
Title: Director of Communications |