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BlackRock Group10 April 2008 FORM 8.3 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1) BlackRock GroupCompany dealt in D1 Oils PlcClass of relevant security to which the 1p ordinary sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)Date of dealing 9th April 2008 * Amended form - Please note this form replaces the form submitted at 3.10pmtoday. The original form incorrectly included the allocation of rights to acquireshares under the recent placing announcement in section 2(a) & section 3(a) i.e.with the existing shares. The right to acquire these shares has now beendetailed in Section 2(c) & 3(d) below. 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3) Long Short Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities 8,725,798 14.02%(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 8,725,798 14.02% (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Long Short Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Details Rights to acquire Right to acquire 8,540,000 shares @ GBP 0.25 under the placing announced by D1 Oils. Awaiting result from EGM which is being held 9th May 2008. 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5) (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, e.g. Long/short (Note 6) Number of securities (Note 7) Price per unit (Note 5)CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money paid/e.g. call selling, securities to price American, date received per unitoption purchasing, which the European (Note 5) varying etc. option relates etc. (Note 7) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 5) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction (Note 8) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5) Rights to acquire Right to acquire 8,540,000 shares GBP 0.25 under the placing announced by D1 Oils. Awaiting result from EGM which is being held 9th May 2008. 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. None....................................................................................................................................... Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO Date of disclosure 10th April 2008 Contact name Louise LyleTelephone number 0131 472 7472If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which N/AconnectedIf a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10) N/A Notes The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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