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
monitoring@disclosure.org.uk