25th Jan 2007 14:42
Faroe Petroleum PLC25 January 2007 Faroe Petroleum Plc ("Faroe Petroleum" or the "Company") Holding in Company The Company was notified on 24 January 2007 by AXA Investment Managers UK Ltdthat AXA S.A. and its group companies were interested in a total of 9,624,900ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") representingapproximately 13.04 per cent of the Company's issued Ordinary Share capital.This holding is beneficial (2.70 per cent) and non-beneficial (10.31 per cent). This notification includes a disclosure on behalf of the following investmenttrust company which has a notifiable interest as follows: Throgmorton Trust (2.70 per cent) The registered holders and beneficial owners of these shares as at 19 January2007 are as follows: Name of Company/Fund Number of shares % of issued share capital AXA Framlington 175,700 0.24Trustees for Roman Catholics(Non-beneficial) AXA Framlington 360,000 0.49Xerox Final SalaryPension Scheme(Non-beneficial) AXA Framlington 195,000 0.26Islington GroupPension Scheme(Non-beneficial) AXA Framlington 87,850 0.12London Scottish Pension Fund(Non-beneficial) AXA Framlington 400,000 0.54SEI UK Equity(Non-beneficial) AXA Framlington 1,750,000 2.37Skandia Global Best Ideas(Non-beneficial) AXA Framlington 1,000,000 1.35Skandia UK Global Best Ideas - RW(Non-beneficial) AXA Framlington 443,000 0.60St James Place Exempt (Pens) Fund(Non-beneficial) AXA Framlington 496,000 0.67St James Place Net (Life) Fund(Non-beneficial) AXA Framlington 116,000 0.16St James Place Offshore Fund(Non-beneficial) AXA Framlington 200,000 0.27Daimler Chrysler(Non-beneficial) AXA Framlington 2,000,000 2.70Throgmorton Trust(Beneficial) AXA Framlington 700,000 0.95Managed Balanced(Non-beneficial) AXA Framlington 1,500,000 2.03UK Smaller Companies(Non-beneficial) AXA Framlington 140,000 0.19BAE Systems PensionsFund CIF Trustees(Non-beneficial) AXA Framlington 61,350 0.08BAE Systems 2000Pensions Fund(Non-beneficial) 25 January 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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