Elliott Capital Advisors, L.P Form 8.3 - Dragon Oil Plc

 
TIDMDGO 
 
 
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   FORM 8.3 
 
   IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL 
 
   DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, 
TAKEOVER RULES, 2013 
 
   DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 
1% OR MORE 
 
 
   1. KEY INFORMATION 
 
 
 
 
Name of person dealing (Note 1)                         Elliott Capital Advisors, L.P. (for itself and related 
                                                         general partners and investment managers) 
                                                         Elliott International, L.P. 
                                                         Elliott Associates, L.P. 
                                                         Liverpool Limited Partnership 
Company dealt in                                        Dragon Oil Plc 
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being  Ordinary Shares 
 disclosed relate (Note 2)                               IE0000590798 
Date of dealing                                         20th July 2015 
 
 
   1. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS 
 
   2. Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of 
      relevant security dealt in (Note 3) 
 
 
 
 
                                               Long            Short 
                                      Number          (%)      Number  (%) 
(1) Relevant securities                        100 (0.00002%) 
(2) Derivatives (other than options)    25,859,287 (5.24121%) 
(3) Options and agreements to 
purchase/sell 
Total                                   25,859,387 (5.24123%) 
 
 
   1. 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 
 
 
 
 
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   1. DEALINGS (Note 4) 
 
          1. Purchases and sales 
 
 
 
 
 
  Purchase/sale    Number of relevant securities    Price per unit (Note 5) 
 
 
 
   1. Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions) 
 
 
 
 
Product name,  Nature of transaction  Number of relevant securities  Price per unit 
 e.g. CFD       (Note 6)               (Note 7)                       (Note 5) 
CFD            Increased Long          2,250,000                      7.190 GBP 
 
 
   1. Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities 
 
 
   1. Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
 
 
 
Product name,      Writing,     Number of securities to which the option relates (Note  Exercise  Type,      Expiry  Option money 
 e.g. call option  selling,      7)                                                     price     e.g.       date    paid/received 
                   purchasing,                                                                    American,          per unit 
                   varying                                                                        European           (Note 5) 
                   etc.                                                                           etc. 
 
 
 
   1. Exercising 
 
 
 
 
Product name,      Number of securities  Exercise price per unit (Note 5) 
 e.g. call option 
 
 
 
   1. Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) 
      (Note 4) 
 
 
 
 
Nature of transaction  Details  Price per unit 
 (Note 8)                        (if applicable) (Note 5) 
 
 
 
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   1.       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                                      21st July 2015 
Contact name                                            Michael Cross 
Telephone number                                        0203 009 1305 
                                                         [e-mail] 
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which 
 connected 
If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 
 10) 
 
 
 
   This announcement is distributed by NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions on 
behalf of NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions clients. 
 
   The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely 
responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information 
contained therein. 
 
   Source: Elliott Capital Advisors, L.P via Globenewswire 
 
   HUG#1940102