8th Aug 2006 17:42
Faroe Petroleum PLC08 August 2006 Faroe Petroleum Plc ("Faroe Petroleum" or the "Company") Holding in Company The Company was notified on 7 August 2006 by AXA Investment Managers UK Limitedthat AXA S.A. and its group companies was interested in a total of 7,717,528ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") representing approximately 10.48 percent. of the Company's issued Ordinary Share capital. These Ordinary Shares are represented by a non-beneficial interest and areregistered as follows: Ordinary Shares % of issued share capital HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd 6,522,378 8.86BBH Nominees 400,000 0.54State Street Nominees 470,000 0.64BONY (OCS) 195,000 0.26Goldman Sachs Nominees 130,150 0.18 Total 7,717,528 10.48 8 August 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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