Re: Holding in Company

21 Jul 2005 17:09

Providence Resources PLC21 July 2005 Providence Resources Plc 21 July 2005 Re: Holding in Company A Letter from Matheson Ormsby Prentice dated the 21 July 2005 to the Irish StockExchange, received by the Irish Stock Exchange on the 21 July 2005. Sir Anthony O'Reilly / Indexia Holdings Limited Irish companies Act 1990 - Part IV Notification of Interest in ordinary Shares in providence Resources P.l.c. We are duly authorised agents of the persons whose names are set out below underthe heading Notifying Party. Purpose of this Letter We refer to previous notifications of interests and set out below an updatedschedule of interests and details of numbers of shares in which the interestsexist and the names of the registered holders - • in fulfilment of the obligation imposed by section 67 of the CompaniesAct, 1990 to notify Providence Resources plc of the interests in shares, or anyalteration in the particulars relating thereto, of each Notifying Party; • in fulfilment of the obligation imposed by section 91 of the CompaniesAct, 1990 to notify the Irish Stock Exchange of interests in the Share Capitalof Providence Resources plc as referred to below; and • in fulfilment of any other obligation imposed by law or regulation todisclose to the addressees of this letter any of the information contained init. We confirm that the percentage interest of the Notifying Parties in the Companyhas not altered in respect of these adjusted numbers. The additional sharesincluded in this notification are those shares which were issued on exercise ofWarrants by Indexia Holdings Limited. Notifying Party Total number of ordinary Number of shares in which Registered Holders shares in which interest interest exists existsSir Anthony O'Reilly 996,174,054 7,623,059 Sir Anthony O'Reilly 971,457,753 Indexia Holdings Limited 1,021,426 Vidicus Nominees 16,710,816 Fitzwilton LimitedIndexia Holdings Limited 971,457,753 971,457,753 Indexia Holdings Limited Yours faithfully Matheson Ormsby Prentice SCHEDULE Notifying Parties: Sir Anthony O'Reilly, Lissadel, Lyford Cay, Nassau, Bahamas Indexia Holdings Limited, 2 Agapinors Street, Iris Tower, 6th Floor Office, 602Nicosia, 1076 Cyprus This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of the Irish Stock Exchange. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange