Holding(s) in Company

18 Oct 2005 18:19

Petrofac Limited18 October 2005 Petrofac Ltd ('the Company') 18 October 2005 The Company was notified on 17 October 2005 in accordance with Section 198 ofthe Companies Act 1985 that as at 13 October 2005, Morgan Stanley SecuritiesLimited ("MSSL") disposed of an interest in the Company's ordinary shares("Shares") that resulted in their holding a total of 18,287,561 shares,representing 5.30% of the issued share capital of the Company. The Company was also notified that MSSL has transferred from time to time167,300 Shares to third parties which give them the right to require the returnof an equivalent number of Shares. Accordingly, their interest in 167,300shares is pursuant to Section 208(5) of the Act. MSSL is a member of the Morgan Stanley group of companies. Those group companieswhich are direct or indirect holding companies of MSSL are, under the terms ofSection 203 of the Companies Act 1985, each interested by attribution in anyshares in which MSSL is interested. Contact for enquiriesRichard Milne, Petrofac Ltd 020 7471 3509 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange