Statement re Notification Of Major Interest in ...

For filings with the FSA include the annex For filings with issuer exclude the annex +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+ |1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | | |issuer | Gulfsands Petroleum Plc | |of existing shares to which voting rights are| | |attached: ii | | +---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+ |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 | Schroders plc | |notification obligation: iii | | +--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ |4. Full name of shareholder(s) |  | |(if different from 3.):iv | | +--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ |5. Date of the transaction and date on| | |which the threshold is crossed or | 02.09.10 | |reached: v | | +--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ |6. Date on which issuer notified: | 06.09.10 | +--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ |7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or| 15% - 14% | |reached: vi, vii | | +--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |8. Notified details: | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix | +------------+----------------------+--------------------------------------------+ |Class/type |Situation previous |Resulting situation after the triggering | |of |to the triggering |transaction | |shares |transaction | | | +----------+-----------+----------+-----------------+---------------+ |if possible |Number |Number |Number |Number of voting |% of  voting | |using |of |of |of shares |rights |rights x | |the ISIN | ares |V ting +----------+------+----------+------+--------+ |CODE | |Rights |Direct |Direct|Indirect |Direct|Indirect| | | | | |xi |xii | | | +------------+----------+-----------+----------+------+----------+------+--------+ |Ordinary | | | | | | | | | |24,890,387|18,184,001 |24,790,387|n/a |18,084,001|n/a |14.924% | |GB00B06VGC01| | | | | | | | +------------+----------+-----------+----------+------+----------+------+--------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | +--------------+----------+---------------------+------------------+-------------+ |Type of |Expiration|Exercise/ |Number of voting |% of voting | |financial |date xiii |Conversion Period xiv|rights that may be|rights | |instrument | | |acquired if the | | | | | |instrument is | | | | | |exercised/ | | | | | |converted. | | +--------------+----------+---------------------+------------------+-------------+ |  |  |  |  |  | +--------------+----------+---------------------+------------------+-------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial | |Instruments xv, xvi | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | +-------------+---------+----------+-----------+------------------+--------------+ |Type of |Exercise |Expiration|Exercise/ |Number of voting |% of voting | |financial |price |date xvii |Conversion |rights instrument |rights xix, xx| |instrument | | |period |refers to |  | | | | |xviii |  | | +-------------+---------+----------+-----------+------------------+-------+------+ | | | | |  |Nominal|Delta | |  |  |  |  |  +-------+------+ | | | | | |  |  | +-------------+---------+----------+-----------+------------------+-------+------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Total (A+B+C) | +------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+ |Number of voting rights |Percentage of voting rights | +------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+ |18,084,001 |14.924% | +------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the| |financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Schroder Investment Management Limited  18,084,001  14.924% | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |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: |The shares referred to in section 9 are held in | | |portfolios managed by those firms on a | | |discretionary basis for clients under investment| | |management agreements | +-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ |14. Contact name: |Chris Melrose | +-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ |15. Contact telephone number:|020 7658 6000 | +-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ [HUG#1443046] This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reuters clients. The owner of this announcement warrants that: (i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and other applicable laws; and (ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein. Source: Gulfsands Petroleum PLC via Thomson Reuters ONE
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