Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 7482E

EnQuest PLC

12 April 2011

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESI
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				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: iii		Lorito Holdings (Guernsey) Limited & Zebra Holdings and Investments (Guernsey) Limited both of 1st & 2nd Floors, Elizabeth House, Les Ruettes Brayes, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 1EW
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		N/A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		11 April 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		11 April 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		8 and 7 % (Article 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary

61,000,000 & 10,350,000

61,000,000 & 10,350,000

42,500,000 & 10,000,000

42,500,000 & 10,000,000

Nil

6.567 %

Nil

GB00B635TG28

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

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 xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

52,500,000

6.567 %

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
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 799,462,905. Lorito Holdings (Guernsey) Limited holds 42,500,000 EnQuest shares Zebra Holdings and Investments (Guernsey) Limited holds 10,000,000 EnQuest shares
14. Contact name:	Paul Waters Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

 

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