Holdings in Company

RNS Number : 6381A

Tullow Oil PLC

27 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:	23^rd March 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:	27^th March 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	>4%

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

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB0001500809

35,905,002

36,836,077

4.03%

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

36,836,077

4.03%

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 - 18,124,838 - 1.98% First State Investment Management (UK) Limited - 7,441,883 - 0.81% First State Investments International Limited - 11,269,356 - 1.23%

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