22nd Dec 2006 08:28
For immediate release: 22 December 2006
Northern Petroleum Plc ("Northern" or "the Company") Total Voting Rights
In conformity with the Transparency Directive's transitional provision 6, Northern would like to notify the market of the following:
As of 22 December 2006 the Company's capital consists of 70,219,851 ordinary shares of 5 pence each with voting rights. Northern does not hold shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Northern is 70,219,851.
The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the ordinary shares of Northern under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
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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