Regulatory News



For Immediate Release

28 July 2009

The following announcement replaces the announcement issued on 28 July 2009 at 10.23 a.m. under RNS number 3857W. The date in the additional information should have read 27 July 2009 rather than 1 July 2009.

DRAGON OIL PLC 
("Dragon Oil")  

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached ii:  Dragon Oil Plc

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 

 

[X] an acquisition or disposal of voting rights 

 

[ ] an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached 

 

[ ] an event changing the breakdown of voting rights 

 

[ ] Other: 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligationiii: Baillie Gifford & Co

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)iv: 

 

Bailie Gifford Overseas Limited and Baillie Gifford& Co as discretionary

managers for their clients.

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: 

 

23 July 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified: 27 July 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 4%

8. Notified details: 

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
IE0000590798	20,579,902	20,579,902	20,717,902	20,717,902		4.02%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)	20,579,902	20,579,902	20,717,902	20,717,902		4.02%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates)  N/A

Total (A+B)  20,885,197

number of voting rights 20,717,902

% of voting rights  4.02%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicablexvii: 

Bailie Gifford & Co (parent company)

Bailie Gifford Overseas Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Baillie

Gifford & Co)

10. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [number] voting rights as of [date]. N/A

11. Additional information: N/A

Done at Edinburgh on 27 July 2009 

Contact Name:

Gillian Wright, Regulatory Filings Manager

Legal Department

Baillie Gifford & Co

Contact Tel +44 131 2753041

This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of

the Irish Stock Exchange.

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