27th Jul 2005 16:17
Tullow Oil PLC27 July 2005 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1 Name of company Tullow Oil plc 2 Name of shareholder having a major interest Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Group Limited 3 Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 See 4 below 4 Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them Registered Holder Number Beneficial of Shares Interest Nutraco Nominees 49,005,329 No Limited Merrill Lynch Pension 5,575,160 Yes Nominees Ltd A/C Noncert Treasury of the 1,400,897 No Government of the Isle of Man Nominees A/C 5 Treasury of the 666,046 No Government of the Isle of Man Nominees A/C 10 Stamford Nominees 184,800 No Limited A/C CHARITY Other names 33,743,430 No Total 90,575,662 5 Number of shares / amount of stock acquired Not disclosed 6 Percentage of issued class Not Disclosed 7 Number of shares / amount of stock disposed Not Disclosed 8 Percentage of issued class Not Disclosed 9 Class of security Ordinary 10p shares 10 Date of transaction - 11 Date company informed 26 July 2005 12 Total holding following this notification 90,575,662 13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 14.00% 14 Any additional information Total shares in issue 646,645,574 15 Name of contact and telephone number for queries Richard Taylor 0207 333 6800 16 Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Richard Taylor Date of notification 27 July 2005 The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of thisdocument or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damagesfor loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwisefrom the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained init, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document orany such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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