TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

RNS Number : 2755V

Gulfsands Petroleum PLC

10 January 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:

Gulfsands 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:	YF Finance Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See baove
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	3 January 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	6 January 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Over 3%

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
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
	0	0	3,542,003	3,542,003		3.01%

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
3,542,003	3.01%

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:	Paul Marchand, General Councsel
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7494 6060

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full Name (including legall form of legal entities)	YF Finance Limited
Contact address (registered office for legal entities )	c/o Meridian Securities (UK) Limited 3rd Floor Broughton House 6-8 Sackville Street London W1S 3DG
Phone number and email	020 7494 6060 [e-mail]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full Name
Contact address
Phone number and email
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: Additional information

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website

 

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