19 Jun 2009 15:29
19 June 2009
Sibir Energy Plc
("Sibir" or the "Company")
Holding in the Company
The Company was notified on 19 June 2009 that following the recent acquisition of shares, Open Joint Stock Company "Gazprom Neft" is now interested in 131,838,895 ordinary 10p shares ("Ordinary Shares"), representing an interest of approximately 34.11 per cent. of the Company's entire issued Ordinary Shares.
Contacts:
Stuard Detmer, CEO, Sibir Energy
Moscow +7 (495) 790 78 30
Rory Murphy, Strand Partners Limited
London +44 (0) 20 7409 3494
Barry Weir, Neil Haycock, J.P. Morgan Cazenove
London+44 (0) 20 7588 2828
Nick Miles, M: Communications
London +44 (0) 20 7153 1530