Form 8.3 - DANA PETROLEUM PLC
FORM 8.3
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
monitoring@disclosure.org.uk