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: 16 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 1,117,431 1.21 253,233 0.27
controlled:
(2) Derivatives (other than options): 175,849 0.19 188,154 0.20
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0 0 0
TOTAL: 1,293,280 1.40 441,387 0.47
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 100 14.7535 GBP
ORD Purchase 100 14.8335 GBP
ORD Purchase 126 14.9200 GBP
ORD Purchase 158 14.8385 GBP
ORD Purchase 200 14.7735 GBP
ORD Purchase 200 14.7800 GBP
ORD Purchase 200 14.9900 GBP
ORD Purchase 219 14.8885 GBP
ORD Purchase 250 14.8485 GBP
ORD Purchase 400 14.7750 GBP
ORD Purchase 438 14.8900 GBP
ORD Purchase 500 14.7485 GBP
ORD Purchase 500 14.8500 GBP
ORD Purchase 516 14.8400 GBP
ORD Purchase 584 14.7873 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,000 14.7500 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,000 14.5800 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,064 14.4350 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,352 14.6796 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,590 14.8314 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,787 14.5385 GBP
ORD Purchase 6,403 14.7654 GBP
ORD Purchase 6,868 14.5944 GBP
ORD Purchase 25,440 14.5278 GBP
ORD Purchase 50,000 14.8422 GBP
ORD Sale 40 14.7900 GBP
ORD Sale 63 14.9218 GBP
ORD Sale 100 14.9914 GBP
ORD Sale 120 14.4150 GBP
ORD Sale 126 14.9200 GBP
ORD Sale 200 14.7800 GBP
ORD Sale 200 14.9900 GBP
ORD Sale 400 14.7750 GBP
ORD Sale 438 14.8900 GBP
ORD Sale 500 14.8500 GBP
ORD Sale 516 14.8400 GBP
ORD Sale 544 14.7871 GBP
ORD Sale 641 14.7576 GBP
ORD Sale 1,000 14.5814 GBP
ORD Sale 1,000 14.7500 GBP
ORD Sale 1,032 14.4364 GBP
ORD Sale 1,572 14.7893 GBP
ORD Sale 2,000 14.5800 GBP
ORD Sale 2,064 14.4350 GBP
ORD Sale 3,265 14.8200 GBP
ORD Sale 4,299 14.3954 GBP
ORD Sale 4,413 14.8225 GBP
ORD Sale 5,701 14.3600 GBP
ORD Sale 14,361 14.7212 GBP
ORD Sale 17,783 14.7841 GBP
ORD Sale 25,205 14.5328 GBP
ORD Sale 26,962 14.7890 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 641 14.7575 GBP
ORD CFD Long 1,572 14.7893 GBP
ORD CFD Short 2,352 14.6796 GBP
ORD CFD Short 25,440 14.5278 GBP
ORD CFD Short 50,000 14.8422 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: 19 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