Notification of Shares

3 Aug 2005 09:13

Skyepharma PLC03 August 2005 For Immediate Release 3 August 2005 SkyePharma PLC ("the Company") Notification of Major Interest in Shares In accordance with the Companies Act 1985 (as amended) the Company was informedon 1st August 2005 by HBOS plc, on its own behalf and on behalf of those of itssubsidiaries holding a material interest in the Ordinary 10p shares of theCompany, that following a disposal of 312,845 shares it no longer held anotifiable material and non-material interest in the issued share capital of theCompany. HBOS plc and its subsidiaries have a material interest of 30,680,577(4.874%) and a material and non-material interest of 62,689,811 (9.959%). On 20th July the Company reported that HBOS plc and subsidiaries had an interestin 62,956,768 Ordinary 10p shares, representing 10.001% of the issued sharecapital of the Company. This holding was comprised of material and non-materialinterests and not solely a material interest as originally reported. - ends - This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange