January 26, 2012 TR-1 Notification of Major Interest in Shares
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
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached: ii
Gulfsands Petroleum Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
N/A
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
N/A
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
N/A
Other (please specify):
N/A
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation: iii
YF Finance Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv
See above
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:v
24 January 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:
26 January 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii
Below 3%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix
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 x
Direct
Direct xi
Indirect xii
Direct
Indirect
Ordinary Shares
3,880,766
3,880,766
25,000
25,000
N/A
0.02%
N/A
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Expiration
date xiii
Exercise/
Conversion Period xiv
Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
% of voting
rights
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Exercise price
Expiration date xvii
Exercise/
Conversion period xviii
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
% of voting rights xix, xx
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Nominal
Delta
N/A
N/A
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
25,000
0.02%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
N/A
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:
N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:
N/A
13. Additional information:
N/A
14. Contact name:
Paul Marchand, General Counsel
15. Contact telephone number:
020 7494 6060
Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in sharesxxii
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name
(including legal 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 St
London W1S 3DG
Phone number & email
020 7494 6060
Other useful information
(at least legal representative for legal persons)
N/A
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name
N/A
Contact address
N/A
Phone number & email
N/A
Other useful information
(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
N/A
C: Additional information
N/A
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.
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