Borders & Sth. Regulatory News (BOR)

25 Oct 2007 16:29

Borders & Southern Petroleum plc25 October 2007 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to whichvoting rights are attached: Borders & Southern Petroleum plc 2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( ) An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in theacquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( ) An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( ) Other (please specify) : (X) Increase in Share Capital 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: Lansdowne Partners Limited being the General Partner of Lansdowne PartnersLimited Partnership 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) : Morstan Nominees Ltd (Registered Shareholder) 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed orreached if different): N/A 6. Date on which issuer notified: 25/10/2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 14% 8. Notified details: ................. A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares if possible Situation previous to the Triggering transactionusing the ISIN CODE Number of shares Number of voting Rights Common Shares 27,125,000 27,125,000 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Class/type of shares if Number of shares Number of voting rights % of voting rightspossible using the ISIN CODE Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect 0 0 27,125,000 0% 13.96% B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expiration Date Exercise/Conversion Number of voting rights % of voting rightsfinancial Period/ Date that may be acquired if theinstrument instrument is exercised/ converted. Total (A+B)Number of voting rights % of voting rights 27,125,000 13.96 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable : Lasdowne Partners International is the parent undertaking of Lansdowne PartnersLimited Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: Lansdowne Partners Limited 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: Howard Obee 15. Contact telephone number: 020 7661 9348 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange