Dragon Oil PLC Holding(s) in Company (6853T)

TIDMDGO

RNS Number : 6853T

Dragon Oil PLC

21 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: 

20(th) July 2015

   6.         Date on which issuer notified; 

21(st) July 2015

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

5%

   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 financial    Expiration    Exercise/Conversion    Number of voting          % of voting 
  instrument           Date          Period/ Date           rights that               rights 
                                                            may be acquired 
                                                            if the instrument 
                                                            is exercised/converted 
-------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------------------  ------------ 
 CFD                                                       25,859,287                5.24121% 
--------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------  ------------ 
 
                                    SUBTOTAL B 
                                     (in relation 
                                     to all expiration 
                                     dates)                25,859,287                5.24121% 
                                   ---------------------  ------------------------  ------------ 
 
 
 Total (A+B)    number of voting   % of voting rights 
                 rights 
-------------  -----------------  ------------------- 
                25,859,387         5.24123% 
-------------  -----------------  ------------------- 
 

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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