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RNS Number : 9134U

Circle Oil PLC

03 January 2012

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                               Circle Oil Plc 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
  which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please       An internal crossing of shares between discretionary            X 
  specify):           managed funds 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                   Matterhorn Investment Management LLP 
  to the                                               (and The Breithorn Master Fund - a 
  notification obligation: (iii)                   non-beneficial fund under Matterhorn's 
                                                                discretionary management) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                       Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                                                     Limited 
                                                                 Morstan Nominees Limited 
                                                       Credit Suisse Client Nominees (UK) 
                                                                                  Limited 
                                                     UBS Private Banking Nominees Limited 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                                   30th December 2011 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                       2nd January 2012 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                  Matterhorn has previously announced 
  or                                                               its 5% threshold level 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type     Situation previous                      Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of              to the triggering                       transaction 
 shares          transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN 
 CODE 
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                Number            Number                Number     Number of voting         % of voting rights 
                 of                of                   of          rights                   (x) 
                 Shares            Voting               shares 
                                   Rights 
-------------  ----------------  --------------------  ---------  -----------------------  ----------------------------- 
                                                        Direct     Direct      Indirect     Direct         Indirect 
                                                                    (xi)        (xii) 
-------------    -----  -------  ------  ------  ----  ---------  ----------  -----------  -------------  -------------- 
 Ordinary 
 shares 
 of EUR0.01 
 each 
 
 ISIN: 
 IE00B034YN94   30,046,140        30,046,140                                   30,046,140                  5.33% 
               ----------------  --------------------  ---------  ----------  -----------  -------------  -------------- 
 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial       Expiration       Exercise/                     Number of voting             % of voting 
  instrument              date (xiii)      Conversion Period             rights that may              rights 
                                           (xiv)                         be 
                                                                         acquired if the 
                                                                         instrument is 
                                                                         exercised/ converted. 
----------------------  ---------------  ----------------------------  ---------------------------  -------------------- 
 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of          Exercise        Expiration      Exercise/        Number of voting             % of voting rights 
 financial         price           date (xvii)     Conversion       rights instrument            (xix, xx) 
 instrument                                        period           refers to 
                                                   (xviii) 
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                                                                                                Nominal       Delta 
---------------  --------------  --------------  ---------------  ---------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                         Percentage of voting rights 
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 30,046,140                                                      5.33% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
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  This notification is made as, following a recent internal crossing of 
  shares, the interest held by The Breithorn Master Fund (a non-beneficial 
  fund under the discretionary management of Matterhorn Investment Management 
  LLP) has increased and crossed the 4% threshold. The Breithorn Master 
  Fund now accounts for 23,111,585 shares representing 4.10%. Please note 
  that these shares are included in the total number of shares held by 
  the non-beneficial discretionary managed funds managed by Matterhorn 
  Investment Management LLP. 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                          N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will          N/A 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to           N/A 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information:                N/A 
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 14. Contact name:                          Ewan Christian 
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 15. Contact telephone number:              +44 (0)20 7340 2800 
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