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RNS Number : 7935I Microgen PLC 18 March 2010

18 March 2010

Microgen plc (the "Company")

Annual Information Update

In accordance with Prospectus Rule 5.2, the Company sets out below its Annual Information Update relating to information which has been published or made available to the public up to and including 17 March 2010.

1. Regulatory Announcements

The following UK regulatory announcements have been issued through PRN or RNS, both Regulatory Information Services. They can be viewed or downloaded from the London Stock Exchange Web Site (www.londonstockexchange.com) in the Market News section, searching under the Company's code MCGN.

Date Regulatory Headline and Detail
12-Mar-10 Holding(s) in Company
08-Mar-10 Blocklisting - Interim Review
18-Feb-10 Preliminary Results
16-Feb-10 Notice of Results
15-Jan-10 Blocklisting - Interim Review
15-Jan-10 Blocklisting - Interim Review
23-Dec-09 Holding(s) in Company
16-Dec-09 Holding(s) in Company
07-Dec-09 TR1 Notification of Major Interest
30-Nov-09 Director/ PDMR Shareholding
30-Nov-09 Completion of Disposal
26-Nov-09 General Meeting Statement
18-Nov-09 Holding(s) in Company
16-Nov-09 Director/ PDMR Shareholding
13-Nov-09 Holding(s) in Company
11-Nov-09 Director/ PDMR Shareholding
06-Nov-09 Director/ PDMR Shareholding
06-Nov-09 Holding(s) in Company
03-Nov-09 Interim Management Statement
03-Nov-09 Proposed Disposal of Billing Services Division
30-Sep-09 Total Voting Rights
14-Sep-09 Director/ PDMR Shareholding
03-Sep-09 Additional Listing
04-Aug-09 Notifiable Interests
28-Jul-09 Notifiable Interests
24-Jul-09 Holding(s) in Company
23-Jul-09 Holding(s) in Company
23-Jul-09 PDMR Shareholding
23-Jul-09 Holding(s) in Company
21-Jul-09 Interim Results
16-Jul-09 Notice of Results
14-Jul-09 Blocklisting - Interim Review
14-Jul-09 Blocklisting - Interim Review
07-Jul-09 Trading Update
30-Apr-09 Director/ PDMR Shareholding
22-Apr-09 AGM Statement
22-Apr-09 Interim Management Statement
25-Mar-09 Annual Information Update
2. Documents filed at Companies House

The Company filed the following documents at Companies House on or around the dates indicated.

Date Document Type
04-Dec-09 RES13 Special Resolution re General Meeting
15-Sep-09 88 (2) Return of Allotment of shares
14-Sep-09 288c Change of Company Secretary particulars
08-May-09 Annual Accounts For the year ended 31 December 2008
08-May-09 363a Annual Return made up to 12 April 2009

Copies of the documents filed at Companies House can be obtained from Companies House website at www.companieshouse.gov.uk or Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ.

3. Documents sent to Shareholders

The following documents have been published by the Company and sent to the Company's shareholders and were submitted to the UK Listing Authority's Viewing Facility on the dates listed below.

Date Document

19 February 2010 Annual Report and Accounts 2009
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2010

4 November 2009 Proposed disposal of the Billing Services Division and
Notice of General Meeting

28 July 2009 Interim Report for the six months to 30 June 2009

A copy of this Annual Information Update and all documents referred to in it can be obtained from the Group's registered office:

Microgen plc

Fleet House

3 Fleetwood Park

Barley Way

Fleet

Hampshire

GU51 2QJ

This Annual Information Update is required by, and is being made pursuant to, Article 10 of the Prospectus Directive as implemented in the UK by Prospectus Rule 5.2 and not for any other purpose. Information is referred to in this update rather than included in full. The information referred to was up to date at the time it was published; however, some information may now be out of date. Neither the Company, nor any other person, takes any responsibility for, or makes any representation (express or implied) as to the accuracy or completeness of the information.

For further information, please contact:

A. Siddiqi, Company Secretary 01252 772 326

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RNS Number : 6899I Microgen PLC 16 March 2010

Microgen plc (the "Company")

Notifiable Interests

The Company received the following notice on 15 March 2010 in compliance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules from Aberforth Partners LLP:

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing
shares to which voting rights are attached: Microgen PLC

2 Reason for the notification(please tick the appropriate box or boxes): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 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) Aberforth Partners LLP

subject to the notification obligation:
Shareholder Shares

1. Aberforth Smaller Companies 8,683,326

Trust plc 2. Aberforth UK Small Companies 3,808,251

Fund
3. Aberforth Geared Capital & 1,902,400

Income Trust plc

All shares are registered in the name of Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/c Aberfrth
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

15/03/2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:

15/03/2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

17%

8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares to the triggering
transaction

if possible using the ISIN CODE
Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting
of of of shares rights rights
Shares Voting
Rights
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
Ordinary 16,365,477 16,365,477 14,393,977 14,393,977 N/A 16.56

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
instrument date Conversion rights that may be rights
Period acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/
converted.

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting rights
instrument price date Conversion rights instrument
period refers to
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Nominal Delta

Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
16.56

14,393,977

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: Held by Aberforth Partners LLP

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: The voting rights attached to shares
beneficially held by The Church Commissioners
for England ("Church") were transferred to
Church with effect from today, 15 March 2010.
Aberforth Partners LLP continue to manage
funds for the Church on a discretionary basis.

In addition, Aberforth Partners LLP is
interested in a further 4,240,300 shares
although it does not have access to the voting
rights of these shares. Aberforth Partners
LLP is, therefore, interested in a total of
18,634,277 shares of Microgen plc. This
interest arises as a result of the
discretionary investment management powers
that Aberforth Partners LLP can exercise over
the funds of its clients. Aberforth Partners
LLP is not the beneficial owner of these
shares.

14. Contact name: Pauline Robson, Aberforth Partners LLP

15. Contact telephone number: 0131 220 0733

If you require further information please contact:

A.Siddiqi, Company Secretary Tel: 01252 772 326

www.microgen.com

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RNS Number : 5115I Microgen PLC 12 March 2010

12 March 2010

Microgen plc (the "Company")

Notifiable Interests

The Company received the following notice on 11 March 2010 in compliance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules from Lloyds Banking Group plc:

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing Microgen plc

shares to which voting rights are attached:

2 Reason for the notification(please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
X

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 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) Lloyds Banking Group plc

subject to the notification obligation:
4. Full name of See Section 9.

shareholder(s)(if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and 10 March 2010

date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
6. Date on which issuer 11 March 2010

notified:
7. Threshold(s) that is/are Direct/Indirect holdings
crossed or reached: decreased to below 6%

8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares to the triggering
transaction

if possible using the ISIN CODE
Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting
of of of shares rights rights
Shares Voting
Rights
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
Ord 5p Shares 5,346,864 5,346,864 1,372,602 1,372,602 3,671,935 1.579% 4.226%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
instrument date Conversion rights that may be rights
Period acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/
converted.

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting rights
instrument price date Conversion rights instrument
period refers to
Nominal Delta

Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
5,044,537 5.805%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 5,040,173 shares (5.800%)are under the control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Direct/Indirect Interests).

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: Notification using the Total Voting Rights
figure of 86,897,277
14. Contact name: Matthew Wilson

15. Contact telephone number: 0113 235 7729

If you require further information please contact:

A. Siddiqi, Company Secretary Tel: 01252 772 326

www.microgen.com

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MICROGEN PLC

8 MARCH 2010

                             BLOCK LISTING RETURN                              

Name of applicant: MICROGEN PLC

Name of scheme: MICROGEN PLC PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN 2006

MICROGEN PLC COMPANY SHARE OPTION PLAN 2006

Period of return: From: 7 SEPTEMBER 2009 To: 6 MARCH 2010

Balance under scheme from previous return:

MICROGEN PLC PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN 2006 - 127,460 ORDINARY SHARES OF 5P EACH

MICROGEN PLC COMPANY SHARE OPTION PLAN 2006 - 142,001 ORDINARY SHARES OF 5P
EACH

The amount by which the block scheme has

been increased, if the scheme has been

increased since the date of the last return: N/A

Number of securities issued/allotted under

scheme during period:

MICROGEN PLC PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN 2006 - 67,085 ORDINARY SHARES OF 5P EACH

MICROGEN PLC COMPANY SHARE OPTION PLAN 2006 - 0 ORDINARY SHARES OF 5P EACH

Balance under scheme not yet issued/allotted

at end of period

MICROGEN PLC PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN 2006 - 60,375 ORDINARY SHARES OF 5P EACH

MICROGEN PLC COMPANY SHARE OPTION PLAN 2006 - 142,001 ORDINARY SHARES OF 5P
EACH

Number and class of securities originally

listed and the date of admission

MICROGEN PLC PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN 2006 - 127,460 ORDINARY SHARES OF 5P EACH

MICROGEN PLC COMPANY SHARE OPTION PLAN 2006 - 142,001 ORDINARY SHARES OF 5P
EACH

7 SEPTEMBER 2009

Total number of securities in issue at the end

of the period

86,897,277 ORDINARY SHARES OF 5P EACH

Name of contact: ANJUM SIDDIQI, COMPANY SECRETARY

Address of contact: FLEET HOUSE, 3 FLEETWOOD PARK, BARLEY WAY, HANTS, GU51 2QJ

Telephone number of contact: 01252 772 326

www.microgen.com

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