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: 14 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 1,040,387 1.12% 186,359 0.20%
controlled:
(2) Derivatives (other than options): 175,849 0.19% 102,395 0.11%
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0 0 0
TOTAL: 1,216,236 1.31% 288,754 0.31%
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 Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit
relevant securities
security
ORD Purchase 43 14.1026 GBP
ORD Purchase 78 14.1450 GBP
ORD Purchase 86 14.1150 GBP
ORD Purchase 300 14.0526 GBP
ORD Purchase 600 14.0650 GBP
ORD Purchase 904 14.1700 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,118 14.2200 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,442 14.1800 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,730 14.0900 GBP
ORD Purchase 6,771 14.1455 GBP
ORD Sale 35 14.1211 GBP
ORD Sale 39 14.1573 GBP
ORD Sale 78 14.1450 GBP
ORD Sale 86 14.1150 GBP
ORD Sale 139 14.2355 GBP
ORD Sale 352 14.1782 GBP
ORD Sale 420 14.2364 GBP
ORD Sale 600 14.0650 GBP
ORD Sale 797 14.1700 GBP
ORD Sale 877 14.1184 GBP
ORD Sale 1,118 14.2200 GBP
ORD Sale 1,795 14.0500 GBP
ORD Sale 4,070 14.1303 GBP
ORD Sale 7,367 14.1131 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 1,795 14.0500 GBP
ORD CFD Short 1,442 14.1800 GBP
ORD CFD Short 6,771 14.1455 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: 15 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