18 Mar 2010 11:15

18 March 2010
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BPC Ltd
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Holding in Company
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BPC, the oil and gas exploration company with licences in The Bahamas, announces that it yesterday received notification from Legal & General Assurance Society Limited LGAS & LGPL ("Legal & General") that, following the acquisition of 4,480,572 ordinary shares of 0.002 pence each in the capital of BPC ('Ordinary Shares') on 16 March 2010, Legal & General is now interested in 43,780,572 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 5.09 per cent. of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.
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For further information contact:
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BPC Limited Alan Burns, Chairman and CEO Dr Paul Crevello, Chief Operating Officer  |  Tel: 44 (0) 1624 64 1199 Tel: +1 720 771 7583 |
Strand Hanson Limited Rory Murphy / Liam Buswell  |  Tel: +44 (0)20 7409 3494 |
Novus Capital Markets Ltd Charles Goodfellow / Paul Dudley  |  Tel: +44 (0)20 7107 1872 |
FirstEnergy Capital LLP Richard Hail / Derek Smith  |  Tel: +44 (0)20 7448 0200 |
Financial Dynamics Billy Clegg / Ed Westropp | Â Tel: +44( 0)20 7831 3113 |
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