18 Mar 2010 11:15
18 March 2010
BPC Ltd
("BPC" or the "Company")
Holding in Company
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.
For further information contact:
| BPC Limited Alan Burns, Chairman and CEO Dr Paul Crevello, Chief Operating Officer
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Tel: 44 (0) 1624 64 1199 Tel: +1 720 771 7583 |
| Strand Hanson Limited Rory Murphy / Liam Buswell
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Tel: +44 (0)20 7409 3494 |
| Novus Capital Markets Ltd Charles Goodfellow / Paul Dudley
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Tel: +44 (0)20 7107 1872 |
| FirstEnergy Capital LLP Richard Hail / Derek Smith
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Tel: +44 (0)20 7448 0200 |
| Financial Dynamics Billy Clegg / Ed Westropp |
Tel: +44( 0)20 7831 3113 |