Last checked at 19 Aug 2009 15:45
19 August 2009
Roxi Petroleum PLC
("Roxi" or the "Company")
Notification of Interest
On 12th August 2009, the Company received the notifications set out below.
As at 6th August 2009, following a partial distribution by Baverstock GmbH ("Baverstock") of its shareholding in the Company, 47,000,000 shares held by Baverstock on behalf of Mr. Niyazbey Kurbanov, has been transferred to Roditie N.V for nil consideration.
As a result:-
(a) Roditie N.V. has acquired from Baverstock a disclosable interest in 47,000,000 shares in the Company representing 12.25 percent of the total voting rights attached to the issued ordinary share capital in the Company;
(b) Baverstock GmbH now has a disclosable interest in 98,000,000 shares (reduced from 145,000,000) in the Company representing 25.54 percent of the total voting rights attached to the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.
The relevant TR1 forms are included below
For further information:
| Roxi Petroleum PLC |
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| Rob Schoonbrood, CEO | +7 727 244 0920 |
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| Matrix Corporate Capital LLP |
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| Alastair Stratton Anu Tayal | +44 20 3206 7000
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| College Hill |
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| Paddy Blewer | +44 20 7457 2020 |
| Nick Elwes | |
| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi | ||||
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii | ROXI PETROLEUM PLC | |||
| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||||
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X | |||
| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | ||||
| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | ||||
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | ||||
| Other (please specify): | ||||
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii | RODITIE N.V | |||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv | ||||
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v | 06 AUGUST 2009 | |||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 12 AUGUST 2009 | |||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii | 3%, 4%,5%,6%,7%,8%,9%,10%,11%,12% | |||
| 8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix | ||||||||||||||||
| Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE | Situation previous to the triggering transaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||
| Number of Shares | Number of Voting Rights | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | % of voting rights x | ||||||||||||
| Direct | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
| ORDINARY | 47,000,000 | 47,000,000 | 47,000,000 | 47,000,000 | 12.25 | |||||||||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration date xiii | Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv | Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. | % of voting rights | ||||||||||||
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | ||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
| Type of financial instrument | Exercise price | Expiration date xvii | Exercise/ Conversion period xviii | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights xix, xx | |||||||||||
| Nominal | Delta | |||||||||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi | ||
| Proxy Voting: | ||
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | ||
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: | ||
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | ||
| 13. Additional information: |
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| 14. Contact name: | PAUL PUXON, SOLICITOR, PUXON MURRAY LLP | |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7868 1738 | |
| Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer | |
| Annex: Notification of major interests in share | |
| A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation | |
| Full name (including legal form of legal entities) | RODITIE N.V. |
| Contact address (registered office for legal entities) | SCHOTTEGATWEG OOST, 44 CURACAO, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES |
| Phone number & email | Email: gz@kernhem.nl Telephone: +31655325390 |
| Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons) | Mr Zonnenberg, Agent |
| B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable | |
| Full name | ROXI PETROLEUM PLC |
| Contact address | 68 Lombard Street, London, EC3V 9LJ |
| Phone number & email | Tel: 0208 382 3555 |
| Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation) | Roditie N.V. holds shares in Roxi Petroleum plc |
| C: Additional information | |
| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi | ||||
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii | ROXI PETROLEUM PLC | |||
| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||||
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X | |||
| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | ||||
| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | ||||
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | ||||
| Other (please specify): | ||||
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii | BAVERSTOCK GMBH | |||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv | ||||
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v | 06 AUGUST 2009 | |||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 12 AUGUST 2009 | |||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii | 37% - 25% | |||
| 8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix | ||||||||||||||||
| Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE | Situation previous to the triggering transaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||
| Number of Shares | Number of Voting Rights | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | % of voting rights x | ||||||||||||
| Direct | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
| ORDINARY | 145,000,000 | 145,000,000 | 98,000,000 | 98,000,000 | 25.54% | |||||||||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration date xiii | Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv | Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. | % of voting rights | ||||||||||||
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | ||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
| Type of financial instrument | Exercise price | Expiration date xvii | Exercise/ Conversion period xviii | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights xix, xx | |||||||||||
| Nominal | Delta | |||||||||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi | ||
| Proxy Voting: | ||
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | ||
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: | ||
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | ||
| 13. Additional information: |
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| 14. Contact name: | PAUL PUXON, SOLICITOR, PUXON MURRAY LLP | |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 0207 868 1738 | |
| Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer | |
| Annex: Notification of major interests in share | |
| A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation | |
| Full name (including legal form of legal entities) | BAVERSTOCK GMBH |
| Contact address (registered office for legal entities) | c/o Acton Treuhand AG, Innere Gueterstrasse 4, 6300 Zug, Switzerland |
| Phone number & email | Charles Ferguson - Telephone: 0207 822 2999 |
| Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons) | John Charles Corry Ferguson, Managing Officer Jakob Hoehn, Managing Officer |
| B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable | |
| Full name | ROXI PETROLEUM PLC |
| Contact address | 68 Lombard Street, London, EC3V 9LJ |
| Phone number & email | Tel: 0208 382 3555 |
| Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation) | Baverstock GmbH holds shares in Roxi Petroleum plc |
| C: Additional information | |