10th Jan 2005 17:48
Fortune Oil PLC10 January 2005 10 January 2004 FORTUNE OIL PLC ("Fortune Oil" or "the Company") Holding in Company Fortune Oil plc ("the Company") was notified on 21 December 2004 that DeutscheBank AG and its subsidiary companies were interested in 76,595,993 ordinaryshares of 1p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") representing4.18% of the then issued share capital of the Company. On 22 December 2004 theplacing of 47,713,467 new Ordinary Shares with Deutsche Bank AG London to raiseapproximately £4.4 million was completed and announced and as part of thattransaction Deutsche Bank AG was granted an option to acquire 23,856,733 newOrdinary Shares. On 7 January 2005 the Company was notified that Deutsche Bank AG and itssubsidiary companies no longer had a notifiable interest. ENQUIRIES: Fortune Oil PLC Tel: 020 7589 2233 (UK)Bruce McGowan - Executive Vice Chairman ICIS Limited Tel: 020 7651 8688Caroline Evans-Jones This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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