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	2 July 2015
2.	INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS
(a)	Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in
Class of relevant security:		ORD
		Interests		Short Positions
		Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
		1,749,540	0.36%	172,230	0.03%
(2)	Derivatives (other than options):
		169,597	0.03%	1,746,907	0.35%
(3)	Options and agreements to
	purchase/sell:	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
(4)
	TOTAL:	1,919,137	0.39%	1,919,137	0.39%
(b)	Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in
Class of relevant security:
		Long		Short
		Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
(2)	Derivatives (other than
	options):
(3)	Options and agreements to
	purchase/sell:
(4)	TOTAL:
3.	DEALINGS
(a)	Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale	Number of	Price per unit
	securities
Purchase	1,100	7.3500 GBP
Purchase	1,328	7.3462 GBP
Purchase	2,159	10.3012 EUR
Purchase	9,865	7.3393 GBP
Purchase	40,932	7.3349 GBP
Sale	200	10.2849 EUR
Sale	418	7.3147 GBP
Sale	543	10.3079 EUR
Sale	1,685	7.3315 GBP
(b)	Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)
Product	Nature of transaction	Number of relevant securities	Price per unit
name
CFD	Long	57	10.3296 EUR
CFD	Long	70	7.3178 GBP
CFD	Long	164	10.3224 EUR
CFD	Long	200	10.2828 EUR
SWAP	Long	318	7.3099 GBP
CFD	Long	322	10.2929 EUR
CFD	Long	515	7.3359 GBP
SWAP	Long	1,200	7.3299 GBP
CFD	Long	35,000	10.3300 EUR
CFD	Short	66	10.2571 EUR
CFD	Short	164	7.3356 GBP
CFD	Short	515	10.3157 EUR
CFD	Short	1,578	10.3013 EUR
SWAP	Short	1,900	7.3458 GBP
SWAP	Short	10,229	7.3403 GBP
CFD	Short	35,000	7.3227 GBP
SWAP	Short	40,932	7.3348 GBP
(c)	Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant	Product description	Number of	Exercise price per
security		securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities)
Nature of transaction	Details	Price per unit (if
		applicable)
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.
Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached?	NO
Date of disclosure:	3 Jul 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: 473433

Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20150703T113532+0100