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JKX Oil & Gas PLC18 March 2005 SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1) NAME OF COMPANY JKX OIL & GAS PLC 2) NAME OF DIRECTOR DR PAUL DAVIES 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of an non-beneficial interest DIRECTOR 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. (If notified) SEE BELOW 5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) N/A 6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary SEE BELOW 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 267,697 8) Percentage of issued Class 0.187% 9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 10) Percentage of issued Class N/A 11) Class of security ORDINARY 10p SHARES 12) Price per share 16.75p 13) Date of transaction 17/03/2005 14) Date company informed 17/03/2005 15) Total holding following this notification 3,779,019 16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 2.634% IF A DIRECTOR HAS BEEN GRANTED OPTIONS BY THE COMPANY PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING BOXES 17) Date of grant N/A 18) Period during which or date on which exercisable N/A 19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option N/A 20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number. N/A 21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise N/A 22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification N/A 23) Any additional information N/A 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries SUE RIVETT 020 7323 4464 25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification SUE RIVETT Date of Notification 18/03/2005 JKX Oil & Gas plc Re: Dr Paul Davies Section 4Dr P Davies' interest is largely indirect with 478,423 ordinary sharesregistered in the name of Guinness Flight Calder 2342, 1,531,227 registered inthe name of Cotentin Ltd and 1,255,000 registered in the name of JP KennyCorporation AG. The shares owned by Guinness Flight and Calder 2342 are held intrust, the beneficiary of which is the family of Dr P Davies. Dr P Davies holdsa 50% interest in the share capital of JP Kenny Corporation AG. The remainingordinary shares are held directly by Dr P Davies. Section 6Exercise of 267,697 executive share options at 16.75p. Dr Davies surrendered abalance of 182,303 options outstanding at this exercise price for which thecompany made a compensating payment (related to the bid price on 16th March2005) of £242,919. The net proceeds of this surrender were used in full by DrDavies to meet exercise costs. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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