Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7628Y

Sterling Energy PLC

09 September 2009

 



Form TR-1 with annex. FSA Version 2.1 updated April 2007

For filings with the FSA include the annex For filings with issuer exclude the annex

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			Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached			No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments			No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			No
Other (please specify):______________			No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Mr Denis O'Brien
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Baycliffe Limited (as nominee)
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	8 September 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	8 September 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	8%

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
GB0005299929	351,121,808	351,121,808	526,121,808	526,121,808	N/A	7.38%	N/A

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

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

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
526,121,808	7.38%

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

Denis O'Brien holds 36,591,134 shares in his name Baycliffe Limited holds 489,530,674 shares as nominee

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:	Katarina Machovicova
15. Contact telephone name:	00353 1 432 5913

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

 

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