Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0867J

Tullow Oil PLC

27 November 2008

 



Standard Form TR-1
Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/EC
Financial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC

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

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

[X ]     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 

3.    Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: 

Prudential plc group of companies

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

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

    24 November 2008

6.    Date on which issuer notified;

    26 November 2008

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

Below 10%

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
	73,176,313	73,176,313	72,523,344	72,523,344		9.91%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)	73,176,313	73,176,313	72,523,344	72,523,344		9.91%

B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
		SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates)

Total (A+B)	number of voting rights	% of voting rights
	72,523,344	9.91%

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

Prudential plc (parent Company)

M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)

M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited)

M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)

M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)

10.    In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [number] voting rights as of [date].

11.    Additional information:

Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	Richard Taylor
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	Tullow Oil plc 3rd Floor, Building 11, Chiswick Park, Chiswick High Road, London, W4 5YS
Phone number	00 44 (0) 208 996 1078

 

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