As of 16 October 2014, Franklin Templeton Investment
Funds (FTIF's), which are managed by Franklin
Templeton Investment Management Limited (FTIML),
which is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of
Franklin Resources, Inc, has crossed the 5% threshold
to 4.79% of the issued shares and votes of TGS-NOPEC
Geophycial Company ASA, which totals to 4,943,155
shares. For purposes of this Notificaton, an
outstanding sahre figure of 103,184,288 shares was
used to calculate the percentage.