Form 8.3 - DANA PETROLEUM PLC - AMENDMENT

FORM 8.3
AMENDMENT

            PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
     A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
                   Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.   KEY INFORMATION

(a) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are
    being disclosed:                                                          BARCLAYS PLC
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions
    disclosed, if different from 1(a):
    The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant
    securities this form relates:                                             DANA PETROLEUM PLC
    Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree,
    state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                    8 July 2010
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing,     NO
    under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?

2.   POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)  Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or
     offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:                               Ordinary

                                                    Interests                   Short positions
                                                Number           %           Number             %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or         1,033,056        1.12          217,319          0.24
    controlled:
(2) Derivatives (other than options):          197,926        0.21           31,820          0.03
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

    TOTAL:                                   1,230,982        1.33          249,139          0.27


Class of relevant security:                          Convertible Bond GBP

                                              Interests                   Short positions
                                          Number          %            Number             %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or                                  700,000          0.49
    controlled:
(2) Derivatives (other than options):

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

                                                                                                    TOTAL:
                                                  700,000          0.49

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or
sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b)  Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other executive options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class
of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a)
or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

3.   DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)  Purchases and sales

Class of relevant    Purchase/sale      Number of securities       Price per unit
security
ORD                  Purchase           215                        14.0585 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           250                        14.1526 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           350                        14.2009 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           430                        14.0600 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           500                        14.0809 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           500                        14.1550 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           700                        14.2035 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           980                        14.2100 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           986                        14.0750 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           1,000                      14.1235 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           1,098                      14.0830 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           1,854                      14.2050 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           2,000                      14.1250 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           2,261                      14.1295 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           2,852                      14.1328 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           12,117                     14.1725 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           27,471                     14.1430 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           43,550                     14.0900 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           200,000                    14.1100 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           272,100                    14.1034 GBP
ORD                  Sale               140                        14.2114 GBP
ORD                  Sale               227                        14.2064 GBP
ORD                  Sale               367                        14.0777 GBP
ORD                  Sale               430                        14.0600 GBP
ORD                  Sale               493                        14.0784 GBP
ORD                  Sale               500                        14.1550 GBP
ORD                  Sale               980                        14.2100 GBP
ORD                  Sale               986                        14.0750 GBP
ORD                  Sale               1,000                      14.0900 GBP
ORD                  Sale               1,854                      14.2050 GBP
ORD                  Sale               2,000                      14.1250 GBP
ORD                  Sale               2,205                      14.0629 GBP
ORD                  Sale               3,147                      14.1320 GBP
ORD                  Sale               3,287                      14.0882 GBP
ORD                  Sale               3,541                      14.0739 GBP
ORD                  Sale               4,440                      14.0872 GBP
ORD                  Sale               5,082                      14.0856 GBP
ORD                  Sale               6,835                      14.1672 GBP
ORD                  Sale               9,993                      14.0932 GBP
ORD                  Sale               15,184                     14.1019 GBP
ORD                  Sale               61,914                     14.0866 GBP
ORD                  Sale               169,741                    14.1009 GBP
ORD                  Sale               200,000                    14.1100 GBP
Convertible Bond     Sale               1,000,000                  116.3750 GBP


(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of         Product           Nature of         Number of
relevant     description        dealing e.g.         reference   Price per
security        e.g. CFD     opening/closing        securities        unit
                                a long/short
                                   position,
                         increasing/reducing
                                a long/short
                                    position
ORD                  CFD                Long               367     14.0777 GBP
ORD                  CFD                Long             3,287     14.0882 GBP
ORD                  CFD               Short             2,261     14.1295 GBP
ORD                  CFD               Short            27,471     14.1430 GBP


(c)  Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

   Class of     Product     Writing,    Number of     Exercise     Type  Expiry date  Option money
   relevant   description  purchasing,  securities to  price per   e.g.                      paid/
   security     e.g. call  selling, varying  which option     unit    American,     received per
                       option              etc.        relates      European          unit
                                                                       etc.


(ii) Exercising

 Class of relevant security   Product description   Number of securities  Exercise price per unit
                              e.g. call option


(d)  Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

   Class of relevant        Nature of dealing                     Details              Price per unit (if
        security              e.g. subscription, conversion                            applicable)



The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of
the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

4.   OTHER INFORMATION

(a)  Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to
relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the
disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"



(b)  Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and
any other person relating to:
(i)the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii)the  voting  rights  or  future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which  any  derivative is
referenced:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"




(c)  Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?                                     NO


Date of disclosure:                                        9 July 2010
Contact name:                                              Geoff Smith
Telephone number:                                          020 7116 2913

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at
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