Holding(s) in Company

Borders & Southern Petroleum plc
17 July 2006

Borders & Southern Petroleum Plc


17 July 2006


Borders & Southern Petroleum Plc ('the Company') has been informed by letter
dated 13 July 2006 that following a recent purchase of shares by Lansdowne
Partners Limited, (on behalf of client funds that it manages), it now controls
8,555,000 ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of the Company, representing
6.70 per cent of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.






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