Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3231A

Tullow Oil PLC

23 March 2017

 

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:			Tullow Oil 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:		Commonwealth Bank of Australia on behalf of the controlled undertaking; First State Investments (Singapore) Limited First State Investment Management (UK) Limited First State Investments International Limited
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:		21st March 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:		23rd March 2017
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

GB0001500809

27,148,120

27,148,120

33,413,517

33,413,517

3.65%

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

33,413,517

3.65%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
First State Investments (Singapore) Limited - 16,535,115 - 1.81% First State Investment Management (UK) Limited - 7,056,435 - 0.77% First State Investments International Limited - 9,821,967 - 1.07%
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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:	Please be advised 914,578,783 was used as the denominator.
14. Contact name:	Kevin Massie Corporate Counsel & Company Secretary Tullow Oil plc
15. Contact telephone number:	020 3249 9000

 

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