TULLOW OIL PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Apr 4, 2013

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RNS Number : 6329B

Tullow Oil PLC

04 April 2013

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                    Tullow Oil plc attached:
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:					Legal & General Group plc (L&G)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv					N/A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		02 April 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		03 April 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		L&G (Below 3%)

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 10p	35,414,975 (As on 01/07/2010)							Below 3%
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
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			Exercise/ Conversion period			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights
														Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights									Percentage of voting rights
Below 3%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Legal &General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (below 3% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited(Direct )(LGIMHD) Legal & General Investment Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH) Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL) Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)
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:	Notification using the total voting rights of 907,920,164
14. Contact name:	Richard Taylor
15. Contact telephone number:	0203 249 9000

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