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: 20 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 1,132,586 1.22% 263,538 0.28%
controlled:
(2) Derivatives (other than options): 192,464 0.21% 204,125 0.22%
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0 0 0
TOTAL: 1,325,050 1.43% 467,663 0.51%
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 20 14.6910 GBP
ORD Purchase 46 14.7100 GBP
ORD Purchase 76 14.6435 GBP
ORD Purchase 100 14.6420 GBP
ORD Purchase 100 14.7000 GBP
ORD Purchase 111 14.8600 GBP
ORD Purchase 120 14.6185 GBP
ORD Purchase 136 14.5700 GBP
ORD Purchase 139 14.6400 GBP
ORD Purchase 151 14.6785 GBP
ORD Purchase 152 14.6450 GBP
ORD Purchase 200 14.6500 GBP
ORD Purchase 240 14.6200 GBP
ORD Purchase 249 14.8625 GBP
ORD Purchase 272 14.6700 GBP
ORD Purchase 302 14.6800 GBP
ORD Purchase 3,289 14.6527 GBP
ORD Purchase 5,038 14.6689 GBP
ORD Purchase 5,430 14.6000 GBP
ORD Purchase 6,837 14.6719 GBP
ORD Purchase 13,724 14.6803 GBP
ORD Purchase 40,000 14.7068 GBP
ORD Sale 136 14.6714 GBP
ORD Sale 152 14.6450 GBP
ORD Sale 200 14.6616 GBP
ORD Sale 240 14.6200 GBP
ORD Sale 272 14.6700 GBP
ORD Sale 302 14.6800 GBP
ORD Sale 388 14.7100 GBP
ORD Sale 491 14.6677 GBP
ORD Sale 1,620 14.6500 GBP
ORD Sale 2,138 14.6488 GBP
ORD Sale 2,817 14.6913 GBP
ORD Sale 5,347 14.7083 GBP
ORD Sale 5,430 14.6292 GBP
ORD Sale 7,122 14.6735 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 2,138 14.6488 GBP
ORD CFD Short 249 14.8624 GBP
ORD CFD Short 5,038 14.6689 GBP
ORD CFD Short 40,000 14.7068 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: 21 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