Form 38.5(b) - DRAGON OIL PLC

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FORM 38.5(b)

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 38.5(b) OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2013

DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS BUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

1. KEY INFORMATION

Name of exempt principal trader:   BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
Company dealt in DRAGON OIL PLC
Class of relevant security to which the €0.10 ordinary shares
dealings being disclosed relate  
Date of dealing 27 May 2015

2. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS

(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 2)

Class of relevant security:       ORD
Interests   Short Positions
    Number   (%) Number   (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
1,498,373 0.30% 504,779 0.10%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than options):
498,529 0.10% 1,489,794 0.30%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
 
TOTAL: 1,996,902 0.41% 1,994,573 0.41%

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 2)

Class of relevant security:   Long   Short
    Number   (%)   Number   (%)
(1) Relevant securities        
(2) Derivatives (other than options)        
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell        
Total        

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3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale   Number of   Price per unit
  securities  
Purchase 239 6.8600 GBP
Purchase 548 6.8500 GBP
Purchase 568 6.8633 GBP
Purchase 1,315 9.6425 EUR
Purchase 3,775 6.8575 GBP
Purchase 15,932 6.8752 GBP
Purchase 100,000 6.8681 GBP
Sale 297 6.8688 GBP
Sale 308 9.7179 EUR
Sale 2,801 6.8500 GBP
Sale 13,740 6.8411 GBP

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)

Product   Nature of transaction   Number of relevant securities   Price per unit
name      
CFD Long 128 6.8308 GBP
CFD Long 308 9.7160 EUR
SWAP Long 4,746 6.8456 GBP
SWAP Long 9,163 6.8397 GBP
CFD Short 26 6.8703 GBP
SWAP Short 100 6.8351 GBP
CFD Short 1,315 9.6445 EUR
SWAP Short 15,806 6.8755 GBP
CFD Short 100,000 6.8681 GBP

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,

e.g. call option

  Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.   Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 7)   Exercise price   Type, e.g. American, European etc.   Expiry date   Option money paid/received per unit (Note 4)

(ii) Exercising

Product name,

e.g. call option

  Number of securities   Exercise price per unit (Note 4)

(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 3)

Nature of transaction

(Note 7)

  Details   Price per unit

(if applicable) (Note 4)

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4. OTHER INFORMATION

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.

Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached?   NO
Date of disclosure: 28 May 2015
Contact name: Jay Supaya
Telephone number: 020 7773 0635
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Emirates National Oil Company
Nature of connection Financial Adviser

Category Code: MSC
Sequence Number: 467778
Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20150528T112236+0100

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC