22nd Aug 2007 07:01
Leed Petroleum PLC22 August 2007 LEED PETROLEUM PLC ("Leed" or "the Company") NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS IN SHARES The Company announces that on 20 August 2007, it was notified that AllianzGlobal Investors Global Equity Business Unit has a notifiable interest of14,400,000 shares, representing 5.73% of the issued share capital in theCompany. These shares were acquired at 47p per share in the Placing announced by theCompany on 15 August 2007. Full details of the interest and the beneficial holders are detailed below. TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying Leed Petroleum plcissuer of existing shares to which voting rightsare attached: 2. Reason for the Notification -(please tick the appropriate box or boxes) An acquisition or disposal of voting rights yes An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached An event changing the breakdown of voting rights Other (please specify): 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the Allianz SE & Allianz Global Investors Global Equitynotification obligation: Business Unit 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different Allianz Global Investors Global Equity Business Unit onlyfrom 3.): 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which 14th August 2007the threshold is crossed or reached ifdifferent): 6. Date on which issuer notified: 20th August 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached 5% 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to sharesClass/type of shares Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Triggering transaction If possible using the Number of Number of Number of Number of voting rights % of voting rightsISIN CODE Shares Voting shares Rights Direct Direct Indirect GB00B1YWMM41 0 0 0 0 14,400,000 N/A 5.73% B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transactionType of financial Expiration date Exercise / Number of voting % of voting rightsinstrument Conversion Period / rights that may be Date acquired if the instrument is exercised / converted.N/A Total (A+B) Number of voting rights % of voting rights 14,400,000 5.73% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectivelyheld, if applicable: Allianz Global Investors Global Equity Business Unit is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz SE. Proxy Voting 10. Name of the proxy holder: 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: 13. Additional information: Shares were acquired as part of the placing by the company on the 15 August14. Contact name: Andrew Stevens / Irina Daniel15. Contact telephone number: 020 7475 5472 / 020 7475 5617 A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligationFull name (including legal form for legal entities) Allianz SEContact address (registered office for legal entities) Koniginastrasse 28 80802 Munich GermanyPhone number +49 89 38 00 00Other useful information (at least legal representativefor legal persons) B: Identity of the notifier, if applicableFull name Dresdner Kleinwort Group LimitedContact address 30 Gresham Street London EC2V 7PGPhone number 020 7623 8000Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with subsidiarythe person or legal entity subject to the notificationobligation) C: Additional information Enquiries: 22 August 2007Pelham PRAlisdair Haythornthwaite +44(0) 20 7743 6676 +44(0)77 1472 1379Evgeniy Chuikov +44(0) 20 3008 5506 +44(0)78 9460 8606 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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