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Afren PLC15 February 2007 AFREN plc ("the Company") Shareholding in the Company The Company was notified on 13 February 2007 by FMR Corp that as at close ofbusiness on 8 February 2007, they held an indirect interest in 6,926,010Ordinary Shares of 1p each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company, representing3.62% of the total issued share capital of the Company. The Ordinary Shares areregistered in the name of Mellon Bank N.A. Following the implementation of theTransparency Directive, the interests of FMR Corp and Fidelity InternationalLimited are reported separately. The Company was notified on 12 February 2007 that, as at close of business on 9February 2007, UBS Global Asset Management - Traditional, acting through itsbusiness group and legal entities detailed below, had an interest in 5,574,803Ordinary Shares of 1p each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company, representing2.91% of the total issued share capital of the Company. UBS business group/legal entity Breakdown of position held (%) UBS Global Asset Management (Life) Ltd 4,556,938 Ordinary 2.38%(direct voting rights) Shares UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd 1,017,865 Ordinary 0.53%(indirect voting rights) Shares Total 5,574,803 Ordinary 2.91% Shares Following the implementation of the Transparency Directive, UBS AG is nowreporting on a disaggregated basis as follows: UBS Investment Bank, UBS GlobalWealth Management and Business Banking, UBS Global Asset Management, UBS GlobalAsset Management DRCM, UBS Global Asset Management Traditional, UBS Global AssetManagement Alternative and Quantitative and UBS Global Asset Management IFS. The Company was notified on 12th February 2007 that, as at close of business on7th February 2007, Lehman Brothers International (Europe) had an interest in10,719,667 Ordinary Shares of 1p each in the Company. This represents 5.60% ofthe total issued share capital of the Company. Enquiries:Pelham Public RelationsJames [email protected]+44 (0)20 7743 6673 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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