Borders & Sth. Regulatory News (BOR)

11 Jul 2007 15:38

Borders & Southern Petroleum plc11 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: ( ) 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) 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): 6. Date on which issuer notified: 11 July 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 8% 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 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 11,254,000 8.81 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 11,254,000 8.81 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