Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9163J
EnQuest PLC
08 April 2010
 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

 

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

 

EnQuest 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:

 

Legis Trust Limited as Trustee of the Nola Trust of which Mr Maroun Semaan is a potential beneficiary.

 

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

 

 N/A

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

 

 6 April 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

 

 8 April 2010

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

 

 3%



 

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

 

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

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

 Ordinary

 Nil

Nil

30,068,799

30,068,799

 Nil

3.880

Nil

 GB00B635TG28

 

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date

Exercise/
Conversion
Period

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

 

% 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

30,068,799

3.88

 

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


 

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 is based on a total voting rights figure of 775,027,922.

 

Maroun Semaan is a beneficiary of the Nola Trust. Mr Semaan also holds 538,877 EnQuest shares in his name, being 0.07% of the share capital of the Company.

 

14. Contact name:

 

Paul Waters

Company Secretary

15. Contact telephone number:

 

+44(0)20 7925 4900

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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