Dragon Oil PLC Holding(s) in Company (5586T)

TIDMDGO

RNS Number : 5586T

Dragon Oil PLC

20 July 2015

Standard Form TR-1

Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/EC

Financial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: Dragon Oil PLC

   2.         Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
   [ ]      an acquisition or disposal of voting rights 

[X] an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

   [ ]      an event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
   3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: 

Elliott Capital Advisors, L.P. (for itself and related general partners and investment managers)

   4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): 

Elliott International, L.P.

Elliott Associates, L.P.

Liverpool Limited Partnership

   5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: 

17(th) July 2015

   6.         Date on which issuer notified; 

20(th) July 2015

   7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 

4%

   8.         Notified details: 
 
  A) Voting rights attached to shares 
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  Class/type       Situation previous            Resulting situation after the triggering 
   of shares        to the Triggering             transaction 
   (if possible     transaction 
   using the 
   ISIN CODE) 
 ---------------  ----------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
                   Number        Number          Number         Number of voting          % of voting 
                    of Shares     of Voting       of shares      rights                    rights 
                                  rights 
 --------------   ------------  --------------  -------------  ------------------------  ------------------------ 
                                                 Direct         Direct      Indirect      Direct        Indirect 
 --------------   ------------  ----------      -------------  ----------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
  IE0000590798 
   (ORDS)               100           100             100       100                       0.00002% 
 ---------------  ------------  --------------  -------------  ----------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 
  SUBTOTAL A 
   (based on 
   aggregate 
   voting 
   rights)         100           100             100                     100                       0.00002% 
 ---------------  ------------  --------------  -------------  ------------------------  ------------------------ 
 B) Financial Instruments 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Type of          Expiration                 Exercise/Conversion            Number of voting        % of voting 
 financial         Date                       Period/ Date                  rights that              rights 
 instrument                                                                 may be acquired 
                                                                            if the instrument 
                                                                            is 
                                                                            exercised/converted 
---------------  -------------------------  -----------------------------  ----------------------  ---------------- 
 CFD                                                                        23,609,287              4.78517% 
---------------  -------------------------  -----------------------------  ----------------------  ---------------- 
 
                                             SUBTOTAL B 
                                              (in relation 
                                              to all expiration 
                                              dates)                        23,609,287              4.78517% 
                                            -----------------------------  ----------------------  ---------------- 
 
 
 
 Total (A+B)    number of voting   % of voting rights 
                 rights 
-------------  -----------------  ------------------- 
                23,609,387         4.78519% 
-------------  -----------------  ------------------- 
 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

10. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [number] voting rights as of [date].

   11.       Additional information: 

Done at [place] on [date].

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