Longboat Energy Regulatory News (LBE)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Liberty plc

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

 Yes

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:

 (a) Principle Capital Investments Ltd (formerly Principle Capital Investments Trust plc)

1,693,541 shares

(b) Principle Capital, L.P.

NIL shares

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

(a) Evolution Securities Nominees Limited a/c YO 12322

(b) Chase Nominees Limited

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

22 January 2010 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

 25 January 2010

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

 7%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

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

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

1,693,541

1,693,541  

1,693,541

1,693,541

 7.49

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

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

 1,693,541

 7.49

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

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:

Principle Capital, L.P. sold its entire holding of 126,726 shares to Principle Capital Investments Limited whose total holding is now 1,693,541 shares.

14. Contact name:

Brian Padgett, Principle Capital Fund Managers Ltd 

15. Contact telephone number:

 +4122 908 1190