24th Aug 2005 17:57
Tullow Oil PLC24 August 2005 Tullow Oil plc ('Tullow' or 'the Company') Holding in Company On 23 August 2005, Tullow received notification that Merrill Lynch & Co., Inchas a notifiable interest in 91,064,904 ordinary shares of 10p each in theCompany which represents 14.08% of the issued share capital of Tullow. This total holding is held by a number of holding companies of Merrill LynchInvestment Managers Limited and by certain other companies. Of the 91,064,904ordinary shares in which Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc has a notifiable interest ,Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Limited has a notifiable interest of89,945,104 shares (13.91%). By virtue of a separate holding of 3,700 ordinaryshares Merrill Lynch Group, Inc has a notifiable interest of 89,948,804 ordinaryshares (13.91%) Tullow has been informed that the shares held by Merrill Lynch InvestmentManagers Limited to which this notification relates are registered as follows: Registered Holder Number Beneficial Of Shares Interest Nutraco Nominees Limited 44,519,459 No Merrill Lynch Pension 5,229,624 YesNominees Ltd A/C Noncert Treasury of the 1,190,397 NoGovernment of the Isle of ManNominees A/C 5 Treasury of the 666,046 NoGovernment of the Isle of ManNominees A/C 10 Stamford Nominees 223,900 NoLimited A/C CHARITY Other names 38,115,678 No Total 89,945,104 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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