Echo Energy Regulatory News (ECHO)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached:

Independent Resources Plc

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

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

Yes

Other (please specify):

Private placing

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation:

Legal & General Group Plc (Group)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM)

Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):

Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached:

28 May 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

29 May 2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached:

Group (Below 15%)

LGIM (Below 15%) L&G (From 7% to 4%)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary 1p

 8,914,522

L&G

19,010,668

8,914,522

10,096,146

4.81%

5.45%

 19,010,668

LGIM

(As on 15/05/2015)

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversion Period

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 8,914,522

(L&G)

4.81%

 19,010,668

(LGIM)

10.26%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

Notification using the total voting rights figure of 185,143,330

14. Contact name:

Amy Williams (LGIM)

15. Contact telephone number:

029 2035 4097