Hardy Oil & Gas plc Holding(s) in Company (7208P)

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RNS Number : 7208P

Hardy Oil & Gas plc

21 November 2016

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                                                                     Hardy Oil and Gas PLC 
  the underlying issuer of existing 
  shares to which voting rights 
  are attached: 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate 
  box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                                    YES 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial 
  instruments which may result in the acquisition 
  of shares already issued to which voting rights 
  are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with 
  similar economic effect to qualifying financial 
  instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                                                       Aberforth Partners LLP 
  subject to the notification 
  obligation: 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.): 
                                                     Shareholder                                                 Shares 
                                                      1. Aberforth Smaller                                    7,179,543 
                                                       Companies Trust plc 
                                                      2. Aberforth UK Small                                   1,200,287 
                                                       Companie Fund 
                                                      3. The National Trust 
                                                       for Places of Historic 
                                                       Interest or Natural Beauty 
                                                                                                                610,000 
                                                      Shares are registered 
                                                       in the name of Nortrust 
                                                       Nominees Ltd 
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 5. Date of the transaction                         17/11/2016 
  and date on which the threshold 
  is crossed or reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer                            18/11/2016 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are 
  crossed or reached:                               12% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type     Situation previous                Resulting situation after the 
  of             to the triggering                 triggering transaction 
  shares         transaction 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                Number           Number           Number             Number of              % of voting 
                 of               of               of shares          voting                 rights 
                 Shares           Voting                              rights 
                                  Rights 
-------------  ---------------  ---------------  -----------------  ---------------------  ---------------------------- 
                                                  Direct             Direct    Indirect     Direct      Indirect 
-------------      -----------    -----------    -----------------  --------  -----------  ----------  ---------------- 
 Ordinary 
 GB00B09MB366   8,161,830        8,161,830        8,989,830          N/A       8,989,830    N/A         12.19 
               ---------------  ---------------  -----------------  --------  -----------  ----------  ---------------- 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of            Expiration     Exercise/                         Number of voting         % of voting 
 financial           date           Conversion                        rights that              rights 
 instrument                         Period                            may be 
                                                                      acquired if 
                                                                      the 
                                                                      instrument 
                                                                      is 
                                                                      exercised/ 
                                                                      converted 
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 N/A                N/A            N/A                               N/A                      N/A 
-----------------  -------------  --------------------------------  -----------------------  -------------------------- 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  to Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of          Exercise       Expiration     Exercise/            Number of voting         % of voting 
 financial         price         date           Conversion            rights instrument        rights 
 instrument                                     period                refers to 
---------------  -------------  -------------  -------------------  -----------------------  -------------------------- 
 N/A              N/A            N/A            N/A                  N/A                      Nominal       Delta 
---------------  -------------  -------------  -------------------  -----------------------  ------------  ------------ 
                                                                                              N/A           N/A 
-------------      -----------    -----------          -----------  --------  -----------    ------------  ------------ 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                Percentage of voting rights 
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 8,989,830                                              12.19 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the 
  voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively 
  held, if applicable: 
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 Held by Aberforth Partners LLP 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                 N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder                      N/A 
  will cease to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will                           N/A 
  cease to hold voting rights: 
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 13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name:                                             Pauline Robson, Aberforth 
                                                                Partners LLP 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                 0131 220 0733 
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