Holding(s) in Company

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:

Borders & Southern Petroleum plc

Sedol B08F459

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:

1Lansdowne Partners Limited being the General Partner of Lansdowne Partners Limited Partnership

2 Lansdowne Partners International Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

HSBC Client Holdings UK Ltd

(Registered Shareholder)

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

05/01/12

6. Date on which issuer notified:

09/01/12

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

14%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary Shares

60,978,379

60,978,379

57,762,598

13.48%

GB00B08F4599

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/ConversionPeriod

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exerciseprice

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversionperiod

Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

57,762,598

13.48%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Lansdowne Partners International Limited is the parent undertaking of Lansdowne Partners Limited.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

Lansdowne Partners Limited

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:

Percentage holding based on ordinary shares in issue of 428,578,404

14. Contact name:

Kamran Salahuddin

15. Contact telephone number:

+44 20 7408 8508