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FORM 8.3 | |||||||
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY | |||||||
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR | |||||||
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Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code") | |||||||
1. | KEY INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Full name of discloser: |
| Barclays PLC. | ||||
(b) | Owner or controller of interest and short |
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| positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): | ||||||
(c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | DNO ASA | |||||
| relevant securities this form relates: | ||||||
(d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an |
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| offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of | ||||||
| offeror/offeree: | ||||||
(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 14 Aug 2026 | |||||
(f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | YES: |
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| disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | GENEL ENERGY PLC |
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2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) |
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Class of relevant security: | Ordinary | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 25,398,851 | 2.61% | 7,717,827 | 0.79% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 1,110,222 | 0.11% | 18,660,316 | 1.91% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 26,509,073 | 2.72% | 26,378,143 | 2.71% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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Class of relevant security in relation to |
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which subscription right exists |
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Details, including nature of the rights |
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concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales |
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Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
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Ordinary | Purchase | 113,187 | 17.8559 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 90,794 | 17.9959 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 59,874 | 17.8977 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 51,706 | 18.0125 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 49,365 | 17.8106 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 43,501 | 17.9105 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 34,357 | 17.9475 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 30,527 | 17.6966 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 30,285 | 18.2200 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 29,455 | 17.7917 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 23,291 | 17.6862 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 17,628 | 17.7542 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 16,938 | 18.0790 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 12,171 | 17.9746 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 11,041 | 17.9218 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 10,495 | 17.9047 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 8,597 | 17.9877 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 6,304 | 18.1000 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 5,554 | 18.0600 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 3,948 | 17.7394 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 3,374 | 17.8181 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 2,774 | 17.9023 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 2,546 | 17.7310 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 2,135 | 17.8150 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 1,619 | 17.7929 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 1,578 | 17.7784 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 1,526 | 18.0171 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 1,415 | 17.6897 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 1,301 | 17.6654 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 1,011 | 17.9600 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Purchase | 366 | 18.0150 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 123,946 | 17.7590 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 109,239 | 17.8601 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 70,796 | 17.9960 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 53,829 | 18.2200 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 47,775 | 18.0616 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 31,250 | 17.7908 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 19,449 | 18.1607 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 16,365 | 18.0600 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 12,128 | 18.1454 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 11,723 | 18.2190 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 9,945 | 17.8686 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 8,431 | 18.1888 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 8,066 | 17.8062 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 7,401 | 17.9378 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 5,806 | 18.0102 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 5,237 | 18.0450 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 5,101 | 17.9389 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 4,368 | 17.9925 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 4,066 | 17.8957 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 3,948 | 17.7400 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 2,738 | 17.9800 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 2,537 | 17.9943 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 2,502 | 17.9600 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 2,300 | 17.8223 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 1,648 | 18.0247 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 1,103 | 17.8300 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 1,049 | 17.6800 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 1,011 | 17.9605 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 944 | 17.6622 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 923 | 17.7623 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 686 | 18.1600 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 679 | 18.1848 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 506 | 17.8190 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 465 | 17.9700 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 299 | 18.1661 NOK | ||||
Ordinary | Sale | 8 | 17.9687 NOK | ||||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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Ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 30,527 | 17.6966 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 12,128 | 18.1454 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 272 | 17.8190 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 27,703 | 17.9959 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,655 | 17.9389 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 13,069 | 17.7717 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,223 | 17.7713 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,774 | 17.9023 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 23,544 | 18.2200 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 68,669 | 17.9960 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 2,127 | 17.9960 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,431 | 18.1888 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,550 | 17.7650 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 679 | 18.1848 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 299 | 18.1661 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,267 | 17.9877 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,330 | 17.9877 NOK | |||
Ordinary | CFD | Opening Short | 214,153 | 17.8318 NOK | |||
Ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 5,949 | 18.0605 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,298 | 17.6785 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 7,121 | 17.9746 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 43,380 | 17.9959 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,050 | 17.9746 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 15,657 | 17.9959 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 4,054 | 17.9959 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,451 | 17.9389 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 34,357 | 17.9475 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 234 | 17.8190 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,995 | 17.9389 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,723 | 18.2190 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 19,449 | 18.1607 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,708 | 18.2200 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 8 | 17.9687 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 11,186 | 17.9415 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,467 | 17.9229 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,237 | 18.0450 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,578 | 17.7784 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 465 | 17.9700 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,335 | 18.2200 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 16,365 | 18.0600 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,738 | 17.9800 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 51,706 | 18.0125 NOK | |||
Ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 123,946 | 17.7590 NOK | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
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(ii) | Exercise |
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
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4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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any derivative is referenced: |
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(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 17 Aug 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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