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[{"type":"text","content":"\n Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc\n23 March 2007\n\n\n\n Notification of major interests in shares\n\nLONDON, 23 March 2007 - Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC ('Hikma') (LSE: HIK) (DIFX:\nHIK), the multinational pharmaceuticals group, announces as follows:\n\n1 Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC\n shares to which the voting rights are attached\n\n\n2 Reason for the notification Yes/no\n\n An acquisition or disposal of voting rights\n\n An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition\n of shares already issues to which voting rights are attached\n\n An event changing the breakdown of voting rights\n\n Other (please specify): Compliance with the Transparency Directive Yes\n\n\n3 Full name of the person subject to the notification obligation Capital Research and Management\n Company\n\n4 Full name of shareholders if different from above -\n\n5 Date of the Transaction (and date on which the threshold crossed 15 March 2007\n is reached differently)\n\n6 Date on which the issuer notified 16 March 2007\n\n7 Threshold that is crossed 5%\n\n8 Notified details\n\n\nA. Voting rights attached to shares\n\nClass type of Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transaction\nshares (if triggering transaction\npossible Number of Number of Number of shares Number of voting % of voting\nusing the shares voting rights rights rights\nISIN code) Direct Indirect Direct Indirect Direct Indirect\n\nOrdinary 10,223,003 10,223,003 10,223,003 10,223,003 6.0792%\nShares\n\n\nB. Financial instruments\n\nResulting situation after the triggering transaction\n\nType of financial Expiration Date Exercise/Conversion Number of voting rights % of voting\ninstrument Period/Date that may be acquired if rights\n the instrument if\n exercised/converted\nN/A\n\n\nTotal A+B\n\nNumber of Voting rights % of voting rights\n10,223,003 6.0792%\n\n\n9 Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are\n effectively held, if applicable\n N/A\n\n\nProxy Voting\n\n10 Name of the proxy holder\n\n11 Number of voting rights proxy holder will\n cease to hold\n\n12 Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold\n voting rights\n\n\n\nAdditional Information\n\n13 Contact name\n\n14 Contact telephone number\n\n\n\n\n\n - ENDS -\n\nEn...