Cadogan Regulatory News (CAD)

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 attached:

Cadogan Petroleum plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

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):

Disclosure of holdings follows the sale of Insight Investment Management Limited on 2 November 2009. This notification supersedes any notifications previously issued by Lloyds Banking Group plc.

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

 Lloyds Banking Group plc

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

 See Section 9

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

 21 October 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

 22 October 2010

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

 Direct/Indirect holdings increased to above 7%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ord 3p Shares

 14,841,482

 14,841,482

 31

 31

 16,653,541

 0.00%

 7.206%

 GB00B12WC938

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/ConversionPeriod

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exerciseprice

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversionperiod

Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

16,653,572

 7.206%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

16,036,433 Shares (6.939%) are under the control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyd Banking Group plc (Indirect interests).

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 Bort

15. Contact telephone number:

0207 245 0801