TIDMSBE 
 
RNS Number : 4333X 
Sibir Energy PLC 
13 August 2009 
 

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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                        | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer     |     Sibir Energy plc      | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights are          |                           | 
| attached: ii                                           |                           | 
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):          | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                              |   NO    | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may |   NO    | 
| result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting       |         | 
| rights are attached                                                      |         | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect   |   NO    | 
| to qualifying financial instruments                                      |         | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                         |   NO    | 
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| Other (please      | Correction of figures previously notified           |  YES    | 
| specify):          |                                                     |         | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to | Open Joint Stock Company "Gazprom"          | 
| the                                  | Open Joint Stock Company "Gazprom Neft"     | 
| notification obligation: iii         | Limited Liability Company                   | 
|                                      | GazpromNeftFinance                          | 
|                                      | Limited Liability Company GazpromNeft-ZS    | 
|                                      | Mak Holdings Limited                        | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)       | Direct shareholders: Euroclear Nominees     | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv           | Limited (33.72%), Mak Holdings Limited      | 
|                                      | (1%), Limited Liability Company             | 
|                                      | GazpromNeftFinance (25.66%), Limited        | 
|                                      | Liability Company GazpromNeft-ZS (14.67%)   | 
|                                      | Indirect shareholders: Open Joint Stock     | 
|                                      | Company "Gazprom" (75.05%), Open Joint      | 
|                                      | Stock Company "Gazprom Neft" (75.05%), MAK  | 
|                                      | Holdings Limited (25.66%)                   | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date  | 21 July 2009                                | 
| on                                   |                                             | 
| which the threshold is crossed or    |                                             | 
| reached: v                           |                                             | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:    | 13 August 2009                              | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed  | 75%                                         | 
| or                                   |                                             | 
| reached: vi, vii                     |                                             | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                                                                            | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                                                                    | 
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| Class/type of | Situation previous                     | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                   | 
| shares        | to the triggering                      |                                                                                        | 
| if possible   | transaction                            |                                                                                        | 
| using         |                                        |                                                                                        | 
| the ISIN CODE |                                        |                                                                                        | 
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|               | Number                | Number         | Number                       | Number of                         | % of voting         | 
|               | of                    | of             | of shares                    | voting                            | rights x            | 
|               | Shares                | Voting         |                              | rights                            |                     | 
|               |                       | Rights         |                              |                                   |                     | 
+               +                       +                +------------------------------+-----------------------------------+---------------------+ 
|               |                       |                | Direct                       | Direct xi   | Indirect xii        | Direct | Indirect   | 
+---------------+-----------------------+----------------+------------------------------+-------------+---------------------+--------+------------+ 
| Ordinary      | 180,336,643           | 287,614,037    | 159,774,732                  | 159,774,732 | 130,331,276         | 41.33% | 33.72%     | 
| ISIN:         |                       |                |                              |             |                     |        |            | 
| GB00B04M0Q71  |                       |                |                              |             |                     |        |            | 
+---------------+                       +                +                              +             +                     +        +            + 
|               |                       |                |                              |             |                     |        |            | 
+---------------+                       +                +                              +             +                     +        +            + 
|               |                       |                |                              |             |                     |        |            | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                             | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                            | 
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| Type of financial            | Expiration          | Exercise/                                  | Number of               | % of voting         | 
| instrument                   | date xiii           | Conversion Period xiv                      | voting                  | rights              | 
|                              |                     |                                            | rights                  |                     | 
|                              |                     |                                            | that may                |                     | 
|                              |                     |                                            | be                      |                     | 
|                              |                     |                                            | acquired                |                     | 
|                              |                     |                                            | if the                  |                     | 
|                              |                     |                                            | instrument              |                     | 
|                              |                     |                                            | is                      |                     | 
|                              |                     |                                            | exercised/              |                     | 
|                              |                     |                                            | converted.              |                     | 
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|                              |                     |                                            |                         |                     | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi                                               | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                            | 
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| Type of financial        | Exercise price      | Expiration            | Exercise/    | Number of              | % of voting rights xix,        | 
| instrument               |                     | date xvii             | Conversion   | voting                 | xx                             | 
|                          |                     |                       | period xviii | rights                 |                                | 
|                          |                     |                       |              | instrument             |                                | 
|                          |                     |                       |              | refers to              |                                | 
|                          |                     |                       |              |                        |                                | 
+--------------------------+---------------------+-----------------------+--------------+------------------------+--------------------------------+ 
|                          |                     |                       |              |                        | Nominal               | Delta  | 
+                          +                     +                       +              +                        +-----------------------+--------+ 
|                          |                     |                       |              |                        |                       |        | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                   | 
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| Number of voting rights                                                           | Percentage of voting rights                                 | 
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| 290,106,008                                                                       | 75.05%                                                      | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the   | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                   | 
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| a) OJSC "Gazprom" owns 56% of OJSC "Gazprom Neft" directly                       | 
| b) OJSC "Gazprom" holds a further 20% of OJSC "Gazprom Neft" through Deutsche    | 
| Bank as nominee holder                                                           | 
| c) Gazprom Finance B.V., which is a 100% subsidiary of OJSC "Gazprom", owns 17%  | 
| of OJSC "Gazprom Neft"                                                           | 
| d) OJSC "Gazprom Neft" controls Mak Holdings Limited                             | 
| e) LLC GazpromNeftFinance is a wholly owned subsidiary of OJSC "Gazprom Neft"    | 
| f) LLC GazpromNeft-ZS is a wholly owned subsidiary of OJSC "Gazprom Neft"        | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                    | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                  |                                 | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will  |                                 | 
| cease                                          |                                 | 
| to hold:                                       |                                 | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to   |                                 | 
| hold                                           |                                 | 
| voting rights:                                 |                                 | 
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| 13. Additional information:                |                       *  Open Joint | 
|                                            |                       Stock Company | 
|                                            |                       "Gazprom      | 
|                                            |                       Neft"         | 
|                                            |                       ("Gazprom     | 
|                                            |                       Neft"),       | 
|                                            |                       following     | 
|                                            |                       certain       | 
|                                            |                       corrections   | 
|                                            |                       to the        | 
|                                            |                       earlier       | 
|                                            |                       disclosed     | 
|                                            |                       information,  | 
|                                            |                       is indirectly | 
|                                            |                       interested in | 
|                                            |                       130,331,276   | 
|                                            |                       of the        | 
|                                            |                       ordinary 10p  | 
|                                            |                       shares in the | 
|                                            |                       Company       | 
|                                            |                       ("Ordinary    | 
|                                            |                       Shares"),     | 
|                                            |                       which are     | 
|                                            |                       registered in | 
|                                            |                       the name of   | 
|                                            |                       Euroclear     | 
|                                            |                       Nominees      | 
|                                            |                       Limited,      | 
|                                            |                       constituting  | 
|                                            |                       approximately | 
|                                            |                       33.72 per     | 
|                                            |                       cent. of the  | 
|                                            |                       entire issued | 
|                                            |                       Ordinary      | 
|                                            |                       Shares        | 
|                                            |                       ("Issued      | 
|                                            |                       Shares") and  | 
|                                            |                       is entitled   | 
|                                            |                       to direct the | 
|                                            |                       exercise of   | 
|                                            |                       the voting    | 
|                                            |                       rights        | 
|                                            |                       attaching to  | 
|                                            |                       such          | 
|                                            |                       shares.*      | 
|                                            |                       Further to    | 
|                                            |                       the           | 
|                                            |                       announcement  | 
|                                            |                       made on 29    | 
|                                            |                       June 2009,    | 
|                                            |                       Mak Holdings  | 
|                                            |                       Limited (a    | 
|                                            |                       company       | 
|                                            |                       controlled by | 
|                                            |                       Gazprom       | 
|                                            |                       Neft),        | 
|                                            |                       following an  | 
|                                            |                       acquisition   | 
|                                            |                       completed on  | 
|                                            |                       21 July 2009, | 
|                                            |                       directly      | 
|                                            |                       controls      | 
|                                            |                       Orton Oil     | 
|                                            |                       Company       | 
|                                            |                       Limited,      | 
|                                            |                       which is      | 
|                                            |                       currently the | 
|                                            |                       registered    | 
|                                            |                       holder of 50  | 
|                                            |                       per cent. of  | 
|                                            |                       the issued    | 
|                                            |                       share capital | 
|                                            |                       of Bennfield  | 
|                                            |                       Limited.      | 
|                                            |                       Bennfield     | 
|                                            |                       Limited is    | 
|                                            |                       the           | 
|                                            |                       beneficial    | 
|                                            |                       owner of      | 
|                                            |                       99,191,084 of | 
|                                            |                       the Ordinary  | 
|                                            |                       Shares,       | 
|                                            |                       constituting  | 
|                                            |                       approximately | 
|                                            |                       25.66 per     | 
|                                            |                       cent. of the  | 
|                                            |                       Issued        | 
|                                            |                       Shares. *     | 
|                                            |                       Gazprom Neft, | 
|                                            |                       together with | 
|                                            |                       its           | 
|                                            |                       subsidiaries  | 
|                                            |                       and fully     | 
|                                            |                       controlled    | 
|                                            |                       entities, is, | 
|                                            |                       for the       | 
|                                            |                       avoidance of  | 
|                                            |                       doubt, the    | 
|                                            |                       beneficial    | 
|                                            |                       owner of      | 
|                                            |                       approximately | 
|                                            |                       49.39 per     | 
|                                            |                       cent. of the  | 
|                                            |                       Issued        | 
|                                            |                       Shares.       | 
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| 14. Contact name:                          | Anna Sidorkina, Gazprom Neft        | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:              | +7(903) 146 0425                    | 
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