ENQUEST PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2016

Jan 8, 2016

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RNS Number : 3236L

EnQuest PLC

08 January 2016

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer

of existing shares to which voting rights are

attached: ii

EnQuest 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 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: iii

Aberforth Partners LLP

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv

Shareholder	Shares
1.     Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc	39,712,463
2.     Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund	5,442,751

All shares are registered in the name of Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/c Aberfrth

5. Date of the transaction and date on

which the threshold is crossed or

reached: v

07/01/2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

08/01/2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or

reached: vi, vii

5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
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 x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
Ordinary GB00B635TG28	Below 5%			Below 5%			45,155,214		n/a		45,155,214	n/a			5.63
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
n/a			n/a		n/a					n/a				n/a
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date xvii		Exercise/ Conversion period xviii			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a			n/a				Nominal			Delta
n/a			n/a
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
45,155,214								5.63%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Held by Aberforth Partners LLP
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:
14. Contact name:	Stefan Ricketts, Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 925 4900

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