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Anpario plc ( “the Company”)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES^i
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:^ii		ANPARIO PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			X
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:^iii	Allianz Global Investors Luxembourg S.A.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	N/A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	26 June 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	26 June 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^vi, vii	5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^viii, ix

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 ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary share GB00B3NWT178

885,000

885,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

N/A

5.03%

N/A

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date ^xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^xix, xx

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Nominal

Delta

N/A

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

1,000,000

5.03%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
Allianz IIS European Micro Cap
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Belinda Ong
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

Anpario plc

David Bullen, Chief Executive Officer	[phone]
Karen Prior, Group Finance Director	[phone]
Peel Hunt Dan Webster Richard Brown Richard Kauffer	[phone]

Category Code: HOL

Sequence Number: 422746

Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20140630T102152+0100