Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMEO. 
 
RNS Number : 8940B 
EnCore Oil PLC 
04 November 2009 
 

 
 
For immediate release: 4 November 2009 
 
 
EnCore Oil plc ('EnCore' or 'the Company') 
 
 
 
 
TR-1 - NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
 
 
 
 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer     |      Encore Oil plc       | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights are          |                           | 
| attached: ii                                           |                           | 
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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                              |         | 
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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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|                    | Movement due to a change in Issued Share Capital    |         | 
| Other (please      |                                                     |         | 
| specify):          |                                                     |         | 
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|                                      |               BlackRock Inc.                | 
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to |                                             | 
| the                                  |                                             | 
| notification obligation: iii         |                                             | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)       |                                             | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv           |                                             | 
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|                                      |              2nd November 2009              | 
| 5. Date of the transaction and date  |                                             | 
| on                                   |                                             | 
| which the threshold is crossed or    |                                             | 
| reached: v                           |                                             | 
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|                                      |              3rd November 2009              | 
| 6. Date on which issuer notified:    |                                             | 
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|                                      |               Gone above 10%                | 
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed  |                                             | 
| or                                   |                                             | 
| reached: vi, vii                     |                                             | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                                                                           | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                                                                   | 
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| Class/type of  | Situation previous                          | Resulting situation after the triggering                                        | 
| shares         | to the triggering                           | transaction                                                                     | 
| if possible    | transaction                                 |                                                                                 | 
| using          |                                             |                                                                                 | 
| the ISIN CODE  |                                             |                                                                                 | 
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|                | Number               | Number               | Number            | Number                 | % of voting rights x               | 
|                | of                   | of                   | of                | of                     |                                    | 
|                | Shares               | Voting               | shares            | voting                 |                                    | 
|                |                      | Rights               |                   | rights                 |                                    | 
+                +                      +                      +-------------------+------------------------+------------------------------------+ 
|                |                      |                      | Direct            | Direct xi | Indirect   | Direct                 | Indirect  | 
|                |                      |                      |                   |           | xii        |                        |           | 
+----------------+----------------------+----------------------+-------------------+-----------+------------+------------------------+-----------+ 
|  GB00B06KL332  | 17,890,113           | 17,890,113           | N/A               | N/A       | 29,998,370 | N/A                    | 10.17%    | 
+----------------+                      +                      +                   +           +            +                        +           + 
|                |                      |                      |                   |           |            |                        |           | 
+----------------+----------------------+----------------------+-------------------+-----------+------------+------------------------+-----------+ 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                            | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                           | 
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| Type of financial            | Expiration              | Exercise/                        | Number of voting                    | % of voting  | 
| instrument                   | date xiii               | Conversion                       | rights that may                     | rights       | 
|                              |                         | Period xiv                       | be                                  |              | 
|                              |                         |                                  | acquired if the                     |              | 
|                              |                         |                                  | instrument is                       |              | 
|                              |                         |                                  | exercised/                          |              | 
|                              |                         |                                  | converted.                          |              | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                      | 
| xv, xvi                                                                                                                                        | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                           | 
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| Type of financial         | Exercise  | Expiration        | Exercise/            | Number of voting            | % of voting                   | 
| instrument                | price     | date xvii         | Conversion           | rights instrument           | rights xix, xx                | 
|                           |           |                   | period               | refers to                   |                               | 
|                           |           |                   | xviii                |                             |                               | 
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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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| 29,998,370                                                                    | 10.17%                                                         | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the   | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                   | 
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| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 29,998,370 (10.17%)               | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                    | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                  |                                 | 
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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:                | BlackRock Compliance Disclosures    | 
|                                            | Team                                | 
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| 14. Contact name:                          | Kai Chew                            | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:              | 020 7743 2602                       | 
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For further information, please contact: 
 
 
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| EnCore Oil plc                                   | www.encoreoil.co.uk      | 
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| Alan Booth, Chief Executive Officer              | [phone]      | 
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| Eugene Whyms, Chief Financial Officer            |                          | 
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| Yvonne Fraser, Investor Relations Manager        | [phone]      | 
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| Aquila Financial Limited                         | www.aquila-financial.com | 
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| Peter Reilly                                     | [phone]     | 
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| Hanson Westhouse Limited                         |                          | 
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| Tim Feather                                      | [phone]     | 
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| Matthew Johnson                                  |                          | 
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