Borders & Sth. Regulatory News (BOR)

12 Jul 2007 14:58

Borders & Southern Petroleum plc12 July 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: (X) 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) : ( ) 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: Allianz SE 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) : Allianz Global Investors Global Equity Business Unit 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed orreached if different): 10 July 2007 6. Date on which issuer notified: 12 July 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 9% 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 GB00B08F4599 11,254,000 11,254,000 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 11,654,000 9.13 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 11,654,000 9.13 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable : Allianz Global Investors Global Equity Business Unit is a wholly ownedsubsidiary of Allianz SE. Proxy Voting: 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: Howard Obee 15. Contact telephone number: 020 7661 9348 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange