Imperial Energy Corporation Announcements

RNS Number : 5852J Imperial Energy Corporation PLC 04 December 2008  
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Imperial Energy Corporation PLC
("Imperial Energy" or "the Company")
Disclosure of Holdings
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:

Imperial Energy Corporation 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 financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify): 
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

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

2.12.08
6. Date on which issuer notified:

4.12.08

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 
Indirect 
Direct
Indirect

Ord - GB00B00HD783
7,933,354
7,933,354
7,883,656
7,883,656
N/A
7.71%
N/A
B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument
Expiration date 
Exercise / Conversion Period / Date 
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised / converted.
% of voting rights

Convertible bond - 
XS0335233945
18.12.2014

N/A

249,591

0.24
Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

8,133,247

7.95%

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

Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited is a part of the Investment Banking division of Credit Suisse ("CSIBD"), which is part of the Credit Suisse Group ("CSG"). CSIBD is a segregated business unit within CSG with an independent management structure and exercises its voting rights independently from other divsions of CSG

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:

        Enquiries:
   4 December 2008

Imperial Energy

+44 (0) 20 7758 9658
Pelham PR
Mark Antelme
+44(0) 20 3178 6242
  +44(0)75 2595 1011
Evgeniy Chuikov
+44(0) 20 3008 5506
  +44(0)78 9460 8606

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