Form 8 (DD) - EnCore Oil Plc (3174V)

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RNS Number : 3174V

EnCore Oil PLC

10 January 2012

FORM 8 (DD)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY A PARTY TO AN OFFER OR PERSON ACTING IN CONCERT (INCLUDING DEALINGS FOR THE ACCOUNT OF DISCRETIONARY INVESTMENT CLIENTS)

Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

   1.         KEY INFORMATION 
 
 (a) Identity of the party to the offer or person acting in concert making   Graham Dore 
 the disclosure: 
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 (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if      N/A 
 different from 1(a): 
 The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient 
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 (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this   EnCore Oil plc (the "Company") 
 form relates: 
 Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
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 (d) Status of person making the disclosure:                                 Person acting in concert with the Company 
 e.g. offeror, offeree, person acting in concert with the offeror/offeree 
 (specify name of 
 offeror/offeree) 
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 (e) Date dealing undertaken:                                                21 December 2011 
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 (f) Has the party previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under    No 
 the Code in respect 
 of any other party to this offer? 
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   2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE 

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing

 
 Class of relevant security:                                  5p Ordinary Shares 
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                                                        Interests        Short positions 
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                                                      Number      %       Number      % 
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 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:    6,382,690   2.05      Nil       N/A 
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 (2) Derivatives (other than options):                  Nil      N/A       Nil       N/A 
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 (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:           Nil      N/A       Nil       N/A 
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  TOTAL:                                             6,382,690   2.05      Nil       N/A 
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All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other executive options)

 
 Class of relevant security in relation to which             5p Ordinary Shares 
 subscription right exists: 
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 Details, including nature of the rights concerned and       Option to purchase 416,667 shares (representing 0.13 per 
 relevant percentages:                                       cent of the shares currently in issue) 
                                                             at an exercise price of GBP0.085, exercisable from 5 
                                                             March 2010 to 4 March 2014. 
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If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

   3.         DEALINGS BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE 
   (a)        Purchases and sales 
 
 Class of relevant security   Purchase/sale   Number of securities   Price per unit 
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 5p Ordinary Shares           Sale            1,096,526              GBP0.7232 
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Graham Dore sold shares resulting from the exercise of options in order to cover the cost of exercise including tax and national insurance. The Panel Executive has confirmed on an ex-parte basis that the above trades have no code consequences.

   (b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options) 
 
    Class of relevant       Product description      Nature of dealing         Number of reference      Price per unit 
         security                 e.g. CFD         e.g. opening/closing a           securities 
                                                    long/short position, 
                                                   increasing/reducing a 
                                                    long/short position 
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 N/A                        N/A                   N/A                        N/A                        N/A 
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   (c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities 
   (i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
   Class of       Product        Writing,      Number of       Exercise          Type       Expiry date   Option money 
   relevant     description    purchasing,     securities      price per         e.g.                        paid/ 
   security      e.g. call       selling,       to which         unit         American,                   received per 
                   option      varying etc.      option                        European                       unit 
                                                relates                          etc. 
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 N/A            N/A            N/A            N/A            N/A             N/A            N/A           N/A 
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   (ii)        Exercising 
 
 Class of relevant security   Product description   Number of securities   Exercise price per unit 
                                e.g. call option 
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 N/A                          N/A                   N/A                    N/A 
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   (d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
 Class of relevant security        Nature of dealing                  Details                  Price per unit (if 
                                  e.g. subscription,                                              applicable) 
                                      conversion 
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 5p Ordinary Shares           Exercise of option            Subscription for 845,883      GBP0.34 
                                                            shares 
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 5p Ordinary Shares           Exercise of option            Subscription for 1,250,000    GBP0.17 
                                                            shares 
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 5p Ordinary Shares           Exercise of option            Subscription for 833,333      GBP0.085 
                                                            shares 
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The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

   4.         OTHER INFORMATION 
   (a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements 
 
 Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal 
  or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain 
  from dealing entered into by the party to the offer or person acting in concert making the 
  disclosure and any other person: 
  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" 
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 None 
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   (b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives 
 
 Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the party 
  to the offer or person acting in concert making the disclosure and any other person relating 
  to: 
  (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or 
  (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which 
  any derivative is referenced: 
  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" 
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 None 
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   (c)        Attachments 

Are any Supplemental Forms attached?

 
 Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions)   No 
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 Supplemental Form 8 (SBL)              No 
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 Date of disclosure:    10 January 2012 
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 Contact name:          Yvonne Fraser 
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 Telephone number:      [phone] 
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Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at [e-mail]. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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