DJ BARCLAYS PLC Form 8.3 - SAN LEON ENERGY PLC    


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FORM 8.3


PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY


A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE


Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")


1. KEY INFORMATION


(a) Identity of the person                       Barclays PLC.
whose positions/dealings
are being disclosed:
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short
positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle
companies is insufficient
(c) Name of offeror/offeree SAN LEON ENERGY PLC
in relation to whose
relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected
with an offeror/offeree,
state this and specify identity
of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 9 Jan 2013
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, YES:
or are they today disclosing, AURELIAN OIL & GAS PLC
under the Code in respect of any
other party to this offer?

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 (if any)


Class of                    ORD
relevant
security:
Interests Short Positions
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant
securities
owned
and/or 2,878,622 0.23% 30,861 0.00%
controlled:
(2) Derivatives
(other
than
options): 0 0.00% 299,441 0.02%
(3) Options and
agreements
to
purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
(4) TOTAL:
2,878,622 0.23% 330,302 0.03%

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).



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


Class of relevant security in relation
to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights

concerned and relevant percentages:

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 (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE


(a) Purchases and sales


Class of relevant   Purchase/sale  Number of   Price per unit
security securities
ORD Sale 30,861 0.0906 GBP

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)


Class of   Product      Nature of dealing  Number of   Price per
relevant description reference unit
security securities
ORD CFD Long 30,861 0.0906 GBP

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities


(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying


Class of   Product      Writing,     Number      Exercise  Type       Expiry date  Option
relevant description purchasing, of price e.g. money
security e.g. selling, securities per unit American, paid/
call varying to European received
option etc. which etc. per
option unit
relates

(ii) Exercising


Class of relevant   Product description  Number         Exercise price
security e.g. call option of securities per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)


Class of relevant   Nature of dealing   Details  Price per unit (if
security e.g. subscription, applicable)
conversion

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 person making the disclosure and
any party to the offer or any person acting
in concert with a party to the offer:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements
or understandings, state "none"
NONE

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives


Details of any agreement, arrangement or
understanding, formal or informal,
between the person 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"
NONE

(c) Attachments


Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?   NO

Date of disclosure: 10 Jan 2013
Contact name: Geoff Smith

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 monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

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


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