TIDMUOG

RNS Number : 7920K

United Oil & Gas PLC

13 April 2018

13 April 2018

United Oil & Gas Plc

("UOG", "United" or the "Company")

Holdings in Company

The Board of United announces that the Company has received the following TR-1 notification which is set out below without amendment.

For more information please visit the Company's website at www.uogplc.com or contact:

 
 United Oil & Gas Plc (Company) 
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 Brian Larkin                           brian.larkin@unitedoilandgas.eu 
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 Optiva Securities Limited (Broker) 
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 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 
=====================================  ================================ 
 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 
 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and 
  to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)(i) 
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 1a. Identity of the issuer or the                                          United Oil & Gas PLC 
  underlying issuer of existing shares 
  to which voting rights are attached(ii) 
  : 
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 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with 
  an "X" if appropriate) 
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 Non-UK issuer 
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 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes 
  with an "X") 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
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 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments                                                     X 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please specify)(iii) : 
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 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv) 
 Name                                                     SPREADEX LTD 
 City and country of registered office                    St Albans, UK 
  (if applicable) 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v) 
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 Name 
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 City and country of registered office 
  (if applicable) 
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 5. Date on which the threshold was                       03/04/2018 
  crossed or reached(vi) : 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):           04/04/2018 
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 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation 
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                                      % of voting         % of voting rights    Total of both    Total number 
                                     rights attached      through financial      in % (8.A +      of voting rights 
                                    to shares (total         instruments             8.B)         of issuer(vii) 
                                        of 8. A)            (total of 8.B 
                                                              1 + 8.B 2) 
------------------------------  -----------------------  -------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 Resulting situation 
  on the date 
  on which threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached                     1.71%                    3.28%                4.99%             232,185,001 
------------------------------  -----------------------  -------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 Position of 
  previous notification 
  (if 
  applicable)                    4.42%                    1.34%                5.76% 
------------------------------  -----------------------  -------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 
 
 
 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the 
  threshold was crossed or reached(viii) 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type of      Number of voting rights(ix)                  % of voting rights 
  shares 
  ISIN code (if 
  possible) 
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                          Direct                Indirect                       Direct                       Indirect 
                    (Art 9 of Directive   (Art 10 of Directive           (Art 9 of Directive          (Art 10 of Directive 
                       2004/109/EC)           2004/109/EC)              2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)             2004/109/EC) 
                         (DTR5.1)              (DTR5.2.1)                                                  (DTR5.2.1) 
----------------   --------------------  ---------------------  -----------------------------------  --------------------- 
 GB00BYX0MB92       3,960,000                                    1.71% 
-----------------  --------------------  ---------------------  -----------------------------------  --------------------- 
 
 
 SUBTOTAL 8. A                      3,960,000                                              1.71% 
-----------------  -------------------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC 
  (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
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 Type of            Expiration            Exercise/              Number of voting                     % of voting 
 financial           date(x)              Conversion              rights that may                      rights 
 instrument                               Period(xi)              be acquired if 
                                                                  the instrument 
                                                                  is 
                                                                  exercised/converted. 
-----------------  --------------------  ---------------------  -----------------------------------  --------------------- 
 CFD/SPREADBET                                                   7,608,383                            3.28% 
-----------------  --------------------  ---------------------  -----------------------------------  --------------------- 
 
 
                                          SUBTOTAL 8. B 1        7,608,383                            3.28% 
                                         ---------------------  -----------------------------------  --------------------- 
 
 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to 
  Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) 
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 Type of           Expiration             Exercise/              Physical or       Number of          % of voting 
  financial         date(x)               Conversion             cash               voting rights      rights 
  instrument                              Period (xi)            settlement(xii) 
----------------  ---------------------  ---------------------  ----------------  -----------------  --------------------- 
 
 
 
                                                                 SUBTOTAL 8.B.2 
                                                                ----------------  -----------------  --------------------- 
 
 
 
 
 9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification 
  obligation (please mark the 
  applicable box with an "X") 
 Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled                           X 
  by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other 
  undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the 
  (underlying) issuer(xiii) 
 Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights 
  and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate 
  controlling natural person or legal entity(xiv) (please add additional 
  rows as necessary) 
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    Name(xv)            % of voting rights             % of voting rights         Total of both if 
                          if it equals or               through financial          it equals or is 
                         is higher than the             instruments if it          higher than the 
                        notifiable threshold           equals or is higher       notifiable threshold 
                                                       than the notifiable 
                                                            threshold 
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 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
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 Name of the proxy holder 
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 The number and % of voting rights 
  held 
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 The date until which the voting rights 
  will be held 
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 11. Additional information(xvi) 
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 David Corben 
  01727895135 
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 Place of completion   UK 
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 Date of completion    03/04/2018 
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