Rule 8.3- Black Rock Oil & Gas

    RNS Number : 1288C
  Smith & Williamson Investment Mngmt
  27 August 2008
   


    FORM 8.3

    DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
    (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)

    1.    KEY INFORMATION

 Name of person dealing (Note 1)    Smith and Williamson
                                    Investment Management
 Company dealt in                   Black Rock Oil and Gas

 Class of relevant security to      ORD GBP0.01
 which the dealings being
 disclosed relate (Note 2)

 Date of dealing                    26th August 2008


    2.    INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE

 (a)  Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of
      relevant security dealt in (Note 3)

                                              Long           Short
                                              Number   (%)   Number  (%)

 (1) Relevant securities                      291,667  0.91

 (2) Derivatives (other than options)

 (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell  291,667  0.91

 Total

 (b)  Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company,
      other than the class dealt in (Note 3)

  Class of relevant security:                 Long         Short
                                              Number  (%)  Number  (%)

 (1) Relevant securities 

 (2) Derivatives (other than options)

 (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell

 Total


    (c)    Rights to subscribe (Note 3)

 Class of relevant security:  Details




    3.    DEALINGS (Note 4)

    (a)    Purchases and sales

 Purchase/sale   Number of securities  Price per unit (Note 5)
 Sale            50,000                2.25p


    (b)    Derivatives transactions (other than options)

 Product name,  Long/short (Note 6)  Number of securities  Price per unit (Note 5)
 e.g. CFD                            (Note 7)



    (c)    Options transactions in respect of existing securities
    (i)    Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 Product     Writing,     Number of  Exercise  Type, e.g.  Expiry  Option
 name,e.g.   selling,     securitie  price     American,   date    money
 call        purchasing,  s to                 European            paid/received
 option      varying      which the            etc.                per unit (Note
             etc.         option                                   5) 
                          relates
                          (Note 7)




    (ii)    Exercising

 Product name, e.g. call option  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit (Note 5)



    (d)    Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)

 Nature of transaction (Note 8)  Details  Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5)



    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 8 attached? (Note 9)  No


 Date of disclosure                                     27 August 2008

 Contact name                                           Stephen Hamilton-Jones

 Telephone number                                       020 7131 4734

 If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with
 which connected

 If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note
 10)


    Notes
    The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

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