Empyrean Regulatory News (EME)

1 Feb 2007 13:18

Empyrean Energy PLC01 February 2007 Empyrean Energy PLC ("Empyrean" or the "Company"; Ticker: (EME)) TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached (ii): Empyrean Energy Plc 2. Reason for the notification: An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii): Barclays PLC 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if difference from 3): Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached (v): 25 January 2007 6. Date on which issued notified: 26 January 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 8% to 9% 8. Notified details A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of share if possible using the ISIN Code GB00B09G2351 Situation Previous to the triggering transaction (vi) - Number of Shares 3,132,853 Number of Voting Rights (viii) 3,132,853 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (viii) - Number of Shares 3,299,898 Number of Voting Rights - Direct (x) N/A Number of Voting Rights - Indirect (xi) 3,299,898 % of voting rights - Direct N/A % of voting rights - Indirect 9.35 B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii) Type of financial instrument N/A Expiration date (xiii) N/A Exercise/Conversion Period/Date (xiv) N/A Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted N/A % of voting rights N/A Total (A+B) Number of voting rights 3,299,898 % of voting rights 9.35 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv): Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd 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: N/A 14. Contact name: N/A 15. Contact telephone number: N/A Annex to Notification of Major Interests in Shares (vi) A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation Full name (including legal form for legal entities) Barclay Plc Contact address (registered office for legal entities) 1 Churchill Place London E14 5HP Phone number 020 7166 2913 Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons) N/A B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii) Full name Geoff Smith Contact address Barclays Plc 1 Churchill Place London E14 5HP Phone number 020 7166 2913 Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the personor legal entity subject to the notification obligation) N/A C: Additional information N/A For further information Laurence Read/ Ed PortmanConduit PRTel: +44 (0) 207 429 6605/+44 (0) 7979955923 Empyrean Energy plcTel : +44(0) 207 182 1746 Imran Ahmad / Rod Venables/ Cecil JordaanHB-CorporateTel: +44(0) 207 510 8600 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange