United Oil & Gas Plc
(“UOG” or the “Company”)
Holding in the Company
| The Board of UOG have received a TR-1 which is set out below. |
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii |
United Oil & Gas |
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||||
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
X |
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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 | ||||
| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | ||||
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
X |
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| Other (please specify): | ||||
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii |
BARNARD NOMINEES LTD |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv |
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v |
31st July 2017 |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified: |
31st July 2017 |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii |
3 and 4% |
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| 8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix | ||||||||||||||||
| Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE |
Situation previous to the triggering transaction |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||
| Number of Shares |
Number of Voting Rights |
Number of shares |
Number of voting rights |
% of voting rights x | ||||||||||||
| Direct | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
| Ordinary Shares 0.01p GB00BYX0MB92 |
9,000,000 | 9,000,000 | 4.48% | |||||||||||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
| Type of financial instrument |
Expiration date xiii |
Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv |
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. |
% of voting rights |
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | ||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
| Type of financial instrument |
Exercise price | Expiration date xvii | Exercise/ Conversion period xviii |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to |
% of voting rights xix, xx |
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Nominal | Delta | ||||||||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||
| 9,000,000 | 4.48% | |||||||||||||||
| 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: | ||
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | ||
| 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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13. Additional information: |
Shares held on behalf of discretionary clients following a placing in shares. No individual holder holds more than 3% within Barnard Nominees Ltd . |
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| 14. Contact name: |
Simon Like |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: |
01268 493333 |
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For more information please visit the Company’s website at www.uogplc.com or contact:
| United Oil & Gas Plc (Company) | |
| Brian Larkin | brian.larkin@unitedoilandgas.eu |
| Optiva Securities Limited (Broker) | |
| Christian Dennis | +44 (0) 20 3137 1902 |
| Beaumont Cornish Limited (Financial Adviser) | |
| Roland Cornish and Felicity Geidt | +44 (0) 20 7628 3396 |
| Murray (PR Advisor) | +353 (0) 87 6909735 |
| Joe Heron | jheron@murrayconsultanta.ie |