Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2986X

Borders & Southern Petroleum plc

13 February 2012

 



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:

BORDERS & SOUTHERN 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):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	CAPITAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	9 FEBRUARY 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	10 FEBRUARY 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	ABOVE 5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of  voting rights
			Indirect	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
ORDINARY	20,474,087	20,474,087	27,870,000		27,870,000		6.4999%
GB00B08F4599

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
27,870,000	6.4999%

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

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:
15. Contact telephone number:

As of 9 February 2012

Borders & Southern Petroleum plc

	Number of Shares	Percent of Outstanding
Capital Research and Management Company (“CRMC”) holdings	27,870,000	6.500%
Holdings by CRMC:
·          Capital Research and Management Company	27,870,00	6.500%
·           SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc

 

 

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