United Oil & Gas PLC Notification of major interest in shares (4638A)

TIDMUOG

RNS Number : 4638A

United Oil & Gas PLC

28 December 2017

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                                 United Oil and Gas plc 
  the underlying issuer 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate 
  box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial 
  instruments which may result in the acquisition 
  of shares already issued to which voting rights 
  are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with 
  similar economic effect to qualifying financial 
  instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                        X 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                       BARNARD NOMINEES LTD 
  subject to the 
  notification obligation: 
  (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction                                        27th December 2017 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                         28(th) December 2017 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are 
  crossed or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                                               4% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type     Situation previous                Resulting situation after the 
  of             to the triggering                 triggering transaction 
  shares         transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                Number           Number           Number          Number of                   % of voting 
                 of               of               of shares       voting                      rights (x) 
                 Shares           Voting                           rights 
                                  Rights 
-------------  ---------------  ---------------  --------------  --------------------------  ------------------------- 
                                                  Direct          Direct        Indirect      Direct        Indirect 
                                                                   (xi)          (xii) 
-------------      -----------    -----------    --------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Ordinary 
 Shares 0.1p 
 GB00BYX0MB92   8,190,000        8,190,000        8,190,000       8,190,000                   3.53% 
               ---------------  ---------------  --------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of            Expiration     Exercise/                        Number of voting              % of voting 
 financial           date           Conversion                       rights that                   rights 
 instrument          (xiii)         Period (xiv)                     may be 
                                                                     acquired if 
                                                                     the 
                                                                     instrument 
                                                                     is 
                                                                     exercised/ 
                                                                     converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of          Exercise       Expiration     Exercise/         Number of voting              % of voting 
 financial         price         date           Conversion         rights instrument             rights (xix, 
 instrument                      (xvii)         period             refers to                     xx) 
                                                (xviii) 
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                                                                                                Nominal       Delta 
---------------  -------------  -------------  ----------------  ----------------------------  ------------  --------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                            Percentage of voting rights 
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 8,190,000                                          3.53% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the 
  voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
  (xxi) 
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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy 
  holder will cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will 
  cease to hold 
  voting rights: 
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                                                                       Shares held on behalf of 
  13. Additional information:                                         discretionary clients. No 
                                                                      one individual holder has 
                                                                     more than 3%. Notification 
                                                                  reduced share holding because 
                                                                        of recent fund raising. 
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 14. Contact name:                                                                   Simon Like 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                                     01268 493333 
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