Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6772G

Sterling Energy PLC

24 October 2008

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		Sterling Energy plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify): Increase in share capital			Yes
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	INVESCO Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	20 October 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	21 October 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	29%

8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares If possible use 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

Percentage of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary shares of 1p each (GB0005299929)

687,007,266

687,077,266

686,553,537

686,553,537

29.52%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
686,553,537	29.52%

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

Bank of Ireland - 19,220,590 Bank of New York - 3,851,350 Bank of New York (Brussels) - 1,370,408 Chase Bank Hong Kong - 6,374,616 Chase Bank - 41,868,613 Citibank - 601,262,603 HSBC - 9,175,062 State Street Trust & Banking (London) - 3,178,663 Trust & Custody Servs JP - 251,632

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14 Contact name:	Sam Edwards
15. Contact telephone name:	01491 416 381

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. 

 

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