Holding(s) in Company

Soco International PLC
19 February 2007

TR-1(i): notification of major interests in shares

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

Soco International Plc

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

n/a see additional information

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation[iii]:

Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

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

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)

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

N/A

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6. Date on which issuer notified:

16/02/07

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

Above 3% (L&G)

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8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

GBP Ord 0.20

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Situation previous to the Triggering transaction [vi]

Number of Shares
2,173,265

Number of Voting Rights viii
3.04%
(Under S-198 on 30/12/02)

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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[vii]

Number of shares
Direct
2,542,771
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Number of voting rights ix

Direct x
2,542,771

Indirect xi

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% of voting rights
Direct
3.49%

Indirect

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B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date xiv

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

% of voting rights

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Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights

2,542,771

% of voting rights
3.49%

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

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH)
(Direct and Indirect)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G)
(2,542,771 - 3.49% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)
(2,187,230 - 3.00% = PMC)

Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)
(2,187,230 - 3.00% = PMC)

Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)

Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)

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Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:
N/A

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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

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13. Additional information:

Notification using the total voting rights figure of 72,749,615
First notification under DTR Sourcebook

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14. Contact name:
Helen Lewis

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15. Contact telephone number:
020 7528 6742

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Notes to the Forms
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[i] This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed
with the competent authority.

[ii] Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifying
the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate.

[iii] This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the natural
person or legal entity acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in
the cases provided for in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h); (c) all the parties to the
agreement referred to in DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the holder of financial
instruments entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights are
attached, as appropriate.

In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h) , the
following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned:

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the natural person or legal
entity that acquires the voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under
the agreement and the natural person or legal entity who is transferring
temporarily for consideration the voting rights;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the natural person or legal
entity holding the collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting
rights and declares its intention of exercising them, and natural person or
legal entity lodging the collateral under these conditions;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the natural person or legal
entity who has a life interest in shares if that person or entity is entitled to
exercise the voting rights attached to the shares and the natural person or
legal entity who is disposing of the voting rights when the life interest is
created;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the controlling natural person
or legal entity and, provided it has a notification duty at an individual level
under DTR 5.1, under DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those
situations, the controlled undertaking;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of the
shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares deposited
with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing the deposit
taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the natural person or legal
entity that controls the voting rights;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he can
exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has given
his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting rights
at his discretion.

[iv] Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This should
be the full name of the shareholder who is the counterparty to the natural
person or legal entity referred to in DTR5.2 unless the holdings of the
shareholder would be lower than 5% of the total number of voting rights.

[v] The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on
exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the
case of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement.

The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which the
acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect. For
passive crossings, the date when the corporate event took effect.[DEL: :DEL]

[vi] Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification, In
case the situation previous to the triggering transaction was below 5%, please
state 'below 5%'.

vii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold , the notifying party
should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new
holding is less than 5%.

 For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure of
individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individually
crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into,
introducing changes to or terminating an agreement.

viii Direct and indirect

ix In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached 'direct
holding' and voting rights 'indirect holdings', please split the voting rights
number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there is no
combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.

X Voting rights to shares held by notifying party (DTR 5.1)

xi Voting rights held by the notifying party independently of any holding of
shares (DTR 5.2.1)

xii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party
should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new
holding is below 5%.

xiii date of maturity / expiration of the finical instrument i.e. the date when
the right to acquire shares ends.

xiv If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the period- for
example once every three months starting form the [date]

xv The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakings
through which the voting rights are held. The notification should also include
the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each controlled
undertaking, [DEL:i:DEL]nsofar as individually the controlled undertaking holds
5% or more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking is
intended to cover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking.

xvi This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority.

xvii Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the shareholder
or the natural person/legal entity referred to in DTR5.2 and DTR5.3.




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