Holding(s) in Company

26 Jun 2006 17:12

Asia Energy PLC26 June 2006 Asia Energy plc ("the Company") Notification of significant holding Under sections 198 to 202 of the Companies Act 1985 (the "Act") and rule 15 ofthe AIM Rules the following information falls to be disclosed: The Company was notified on 26 June 2006 that Morgan Stanley Securities Limited("MSSL") and its subsidiary companies acquired an interest in the shares of theCompany resulting in a total holding of 1,464,673 Ordinary Shares of 10p each inthe Company. This represents 3.00% of the issued share capital of the Company. The Company was also notified that from time to time 1,286,685 shares aretransferred to third parties on terms which give MSSL the right to require areturn of an equivalent number of shares. Accordingly their interest in1,286,685 shares is pursuant to Section 208(5) of the Act. MSSL is a member of the Morgan Stanley group of companies. Those group companieswhich are direct or indirect holding companies of MSSL are, under the terms ofsection 203 of the Companies Act 1985, each interested by attribution in anyshares in which MSSL is interested. 26 June 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange