Shareholdings in Company (0505B)

TIDMCOP

RNS Number : 0505B

Circle Oil PLC

10 February 2011

 
 
 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the 
 underlying issuer of existing shares 
 to which voting rights are 
 attached:                              Circle Oil Plc 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting 
 rights                                                  X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of 
 qualifying financial instruments 
 which may result in the acquisition 
 of shares already issued to which 
 voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of 
 instruments with similar economic 
 effect to qualifying financial 
 instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of 
 voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject 
  to the 
  notification obligation:              Kleinwort Benson Group Limited 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)         Kleinwort Benson (Channel Islands) 
 (if different from 3.):                 Nominees Limited 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed or 
  reached:                              9 February 2011 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:      10 February 2011 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached:                              4% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type 
 of shares if 
 possible       Situation previous 
 using the       to the triggering                Resulting situation after the triggering 
 ISIN CODE       transaction                       transaction 
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                                 Number 
                Number            of 
                 of               Voting          Number         Number of voting 
                 Shares           Rights           of shares      rights                 % of voting rights 
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                                                  Direct         Direct     Indirect     Direct        Indirect 
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 IE00B034YN94   18,250,000       18,250,000                                 25,100,000                 4.46% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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                                                                   Number of voting 
                                                                    rights that may 
                                                                    be 
 Type of                                                            acquired if the 
 financial          Expiration     Exercise/                        instrument is            % of voting 
 instrument          date           Conversion Period               exercised/ converted.     rights 
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 None 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of                                        Exercise/        Number of voting 
 financial        Exercise       Expiration     Conversion        rights instrument 
 instrument        price         date           period            refers to                % of voting rights 
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                                                                                           Nominal       Delta 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                            Percentage of voting rights 
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 25,100,000                                         4.46 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
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 KB Financial Services Holding Limited is the holding company of Kleinwort 
  Benson Bank Limited and Kleinwort Benson (Channel Islands) Limited. 
 The voting rights are held in the nominee accounts listed in section 
  4. 
 Bank of New York Nominee is a nominee company of Bank of New York Limited 
  who are a custodian of Kleinwort Benson Bank Limited in respect of it's 
  in house discretionary funds 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:              n/a 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder 
 will cease to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will 
 cease to hold voting rights: 
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 13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name:                          Jamie Wilson - Webb (Compliance) 
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 15. Contact telephone number:              0203 207 7041 
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