SEY.L Regulatory News (SEY)

26 Sep 2007 08:08

Sterling Energy PLC26 September 2007 Form TR-1 with annex. FSA Version 2.1 updated April 2007 +---------------------------------------------------+|For filings with the FSA include the annex || ||For filings with issuer exclude the annex |+---------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+| | ||1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of |Sterling Energy plc ||existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | |+-----------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+| ||2. Reason for notification (yes/no) |+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+| | ||An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |Yes |+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+| | || | ||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 | |+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+| | || | ||Other (please specify):______________ | |+--------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+------------+| | ||3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification |Mr Denis O'Brien ||obligation: | |+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+| | || | ||4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from |Baycliffe Limited (as nominee) ||3): | |+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+| | || | ||5. Date of transaction (and date on which the |20 September 2007 ||threshold is crossed or reached if different): | |+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+| | || | ||6. Date on which issuer notified: |25 September 2007 |+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+| | || | ||7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: |5% |+--------------------------------------------------+--------+-------------------------+------------++--------------------------------------------------+--------+-------------------------+------------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|8: Notified Details |+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|A: Voting rights attached to shares || || |+---------------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+|Class/type of |Situation previous to the |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction ||shares |triggering transaction | || +-------------+------------+------------+---------------------------+-------------------------+|If possible use|Number of |Number of |Number of |Number of voting rights |Percentage of voting ||ISIN code |shares |voting |shares | |rights || | |rights | +-------------+-------------+------------+------------+| | | | | | | | || | | | | | | | || | | | |Direct |Indirect |Direct |Indirect |+--------------++-----------+-+----------+-+----------+-+-----------+-+-----------+-+----------+-+------------+|GB0005299929 |N/A |N/A |N/A | 94,248,308 |N/A |5.75% |N/A |+--------------++-----------+-+----------+-+----------+-+-----------+-+-----------+-+----------+-+------------++--------------++-----------+-+----------+-+----------+-+-----------+-+-----------+-+----------+-+------------+ +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|B: Financial Instruments || || |+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction || || |+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+|Type of financial |Expiration date |Exercise/ |No. of voting |Percentage of ||instrument | |conversion period/ |rights that may be |voting rights || | |date |acquired (if the | || | | |instrument | || | | |exercised/ | || | | |converted) | |+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+| | | | | || | | | | || | | | | |+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Total (A+B) || || |+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+|Number of voting rights |Percentage of voting rights |+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+|94,248,308 |5.75% |+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial ||instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Denis O'Brien holds 27,332,032 shares in his name || ||Baycliffe Limited holds 66,916,276 as nominee |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Proxy Voting: || || |+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+|10. Name of 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: | || | || | |+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+|14 Contact name: |Christopher Tushingham || | || | |+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+|15. Contact telephone name: |01624 646 846 || | || | |+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+ For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange