TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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 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

 0

 0

 3,542,003

 3,542,003

 3.01%

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

 3,542,003

 3.01%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial 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

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

[email protected]

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