Diversified Gas & Oil : Notification of Major Holdings

RNS Number : 9138U

Diversified Gas & Oil PLC

03 April 2019

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS

1a. Identity of the issuer or the	Diversified Gas & Oil PLC
underlying issuer of existing shares to
which voting rights are attached:
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-	UK issuer (please mark with an "X" if
appropriate)
Non-UK issuer

2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify): Change in Nature										X
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
Name						HSBC Holdings PLC
City and country of registered office (if						London, United Kingdom
applicable)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
Name						HSBC Bank plc
City and country of registered office (if						8, Canada Square, London, E14 5HQ
applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was						29 March 2019
crossed or reached:
6. Date on which issuer notified						2 April 2019
(DD/MM/YYYY):
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
		% of voting		% of voting rights
				through financial
		rights attached						Total of both in	Total number of
				instruments
		to shares (total						% (8.A + 8.B)	voting rights of issuer
				(total of 8.B 1 +
		of 8. A)
					8.B 2)
Resulting
situation on the
date on which		8.309 %			3.929 %			12.238 %	542,653,937
threshold was
crossed or
reached
Position of
previous		8.124 %			4.112 %			12.236 %
notification (if
applicable)

8.Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
shares
ISIN code (if	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
	(Art 9 of Directive	(Art 10 of Directive	(Art 9 of Directive	(Art 10 of Directive
possible)	2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	2004/109/EC)	2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	2004/109/EC)
		(DTR5.2.1)		(DTR5.2.1)
GB00BYX7JT74		45,090,486		8.309 %
SUBTOTAL 8. A	45,090,486		8.309 %

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))

Number of voting

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Type of	Expiration	Exercise/	rights that may be	% of voting
financial	date	Conversion Period	acquired if the	rights
instrument			instrument is
			exercised/converted.
Stock Lent			321,797	0.059 %
		SUBTOTAL 8. B 1	321,797	0.059 %

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))

Type of	Expiration	Exercise/	Physical or	Number of	% of voting
financial	date	Conversion	cash	voting rights	rights
instrument		Period	settlement

Swap	Cash	21,000,000	3.869 %
	Settled
	SUBTOTAL	21,000,000	3.869 %
	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 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

Fullchain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person				x
or legal entity (please add additional rows as necessary)
	% of voting	% of voting rights
		through financial	Total of both if it
	rights if it equals
		instruments if it	equals or is higher
Name	or is higher than
		equals or is higher	than the notifiable
	the notifiable	than the notifiable	threshold
	threshold
		threshold
HSBC Holdings plc
HSBC UK Holdings
Limited
HSBC Bank plc	8.309 %	3.929 %	12.238 %

10.In case of proxy voting, please identify: Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional information

The total holdings include Stock Borrowing of 1,000,000 shares

Place of	London, United Kingdom
completion
Date of	2 April 2019
completion

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