Holding(s) in Company

Borders & Southern Petroleum plc
12 August 2005


PRESS RELEASE


12 August 2005


Borders & Southern Petroleum Plc

Holdings in Company


The Board of Borders & Southern Petroleum Plc ('the Company') were notified on
11 August 2005 that Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Ltd, ML Invest Holdings
Limited, ML Invest, Inc, Merrill Lynch Group Inc and Merrill Lynch & Co Inc no
longer have a notifiable interest in the issued share capital of the Company.


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