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:                                    6 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           966,085       1.04%          263,790         0.29%
    controlled:
(2) Derivatives (other than options):          241,340       0.26%
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

    TOTAL:                                   1,207,425       1.30%          263,790         0.29%


Class of relevant security:                          Convertible Bond GBP

                                              Interests                   Short positions
                                          Number          %            Number             %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or     300,000       0.21
    controlled:
(2) Derivatives (other than options):

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

                                                                                                    TOTAL:
                    300,000       0.21

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           100                        14.4109 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           100                        14.4214 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           210                        14.3614 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           274                        14.3950 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           308                        14.4809 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           400                        14.4350 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           420                        14.3750 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           482                        14.4009 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           616                        14.4900 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           907                        14.4200 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           917                        14.4294 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           964                        14.4100 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           1,287                      14.4318 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           1,852                      14.4056 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           2,287                      14.4112 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           2,673                      14.4192 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           3,680                      14.4466 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           10,945                     14.4094 GBP
ORD                  Purchase           11,331                     14.4297 GBP
ORD                  Sale               137                        14.3964 GBP
ORD                  Sale               274                        14.3950 GBP
ORD                  Sale               385                        14.3800 GBP
ORD                  Sale               400                        14.4350 GBP
ORD                  Sale               420                        14.3750 GBP
ORD                  Sale               465                        14.4500 GBP
ORD                  Sale               616                        14.4900 GBP
ORD                  Sale               654                        14.5300 GBP
ORD                  Sale               964                        14.4100 GBP
ORD                  Sale               1,526                      14.5327 GBP
ORD                  Sale               3,793                      14.4346 GBP
ORD                  Sale               5,635                      14.5281 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             5,635     14.5281 GBP
ORD                  CFD               Short               917     14.4294 GBP
ORD                  CFD               Short             3,680     14.4466 GBP
ORD                  CFD               Short            11,331     14.4297 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:                                        12 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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