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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 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: iii  Schroders plc
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
reached: v		 05 March 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified: 06 March 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii 17% – 16%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, 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
GB00B06VGC01		 28,425,760 20,088,586 28,196,373 N/A 19,859,199 N/A 16.866%
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
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
CFD N/A N/A N/A 73,473 Nominal Delta
0.062% 1
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
19,932,672 16.929%
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                  19,792,618   16.810%

Schroder Investment Management North America Limited   66,581   0.057%
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: Taryn O’Donoghue
15. Contact telephone number: 020 7658 6000

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