TULLOW OIL PLC

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Dec 1, 2014

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Tullow Oil PLC

01 December 2014

For filings with the FCA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex
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:				Tullow Oil plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					X
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:		The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):		See Section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		27 November 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		28 November 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Above 10%

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
Ordinary (GB0001500809)	87,607,452			87,607,452							92,535,290				10.162%
ADRs (US8994152028)	370,993			185,497							185,497				0.020%
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
n/a
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
n/a													Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
92,720,787								10.1823

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
As of  27 November 2014			Number of Shares	% of Outstanding
The Capital Group Companies, Inc ("CG") holdings Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds			92,720,787	10.182%
·      Capital Guardian Trust Company			8,651,900	0.950%
·      Capital International Limited			416,300	0.046%
·      Capital International SArl			1,408,519	0.155%
·      Capital International, Inc			1,960,618	0.215%
·      Capital Research and Management Company			80,283,450	8.817%
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:
14. Contact name:	Kevin Massie
15. Contact telephone number:	+44(0) 203 249 9000

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