2nd Mar 2007 12:06
For immediate release: on 02 March 2007
Northern Petroleum Plc ("Northern" or "the Company") Notification of Shareholding
The Board of Northern Petroleum Plc received notification, after market close, on 01 March from Deutsche Bank AG London that Deutsche Bank AG and its subsidiary companies have, following acquisitions, increased their notifiable interest to 3,170,654 ordinary shares of the Company. Part of this holding may relate to hedging arrangements for customer transactions. This holding represents approximately 4.52% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital, which currently totals 70,219,851 ordinary shares.
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Northern Petroleum Plc Tel: +44 (0) 20 7743 6080
Chris Foss, Finance Director
Bishopsgate Communications Limited Tel: +44 (0) 20 7562 3350
Nick Rome / Maxine Barnes
Notes to Editors:
Northern Petroleum Plc is an oil and gas production, development and exploration company with core interests under its management in The Netherlands, Italy and the United Kingdom and other interests in Guyane and Spain. The Company has proven and probable reserves of 60.5 million barrels of oil equivalent and is currently working towards putting its six Netherlands development assets into production with the support of Standard Bank. Further information on Northern is available at www.northpet.com.
NORTHERN PETROLEUM PLCRelated Shares:
Cabot Energy