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Principle Capital Holdings S.A.10 April 2008 FORM 8.3 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE (Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1): Principle Capital, L.P. Company dealt in: D1 Oils plc Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2): Ordinary shares of 1p each Date of dealing: 9 April 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity dealt in (Note 3) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities 241,970 (approx 0.4%) (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan 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/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Ordinary shares of 1p each Details: Right to subscribe for a further 10,000,000 new ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of D1 Oils plc which is conditional, inter alia, on: (a) shareholder approval at an extraordinary general meeting of D1 Oils plc on 9 May 2008; and (b) admission of 64,384,000 new ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of D1 Oils plc to trading on the AIM market occurring on or before 8.00 a.m. on 12 May 2008 (or such later time and date as D1 Oils plc and Dresdner Kleinwort Securities Limited may agree being no later than 27 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 Long/short (Note Number of securities (Note Price per unit (Notename, 6) 7) 5)e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Optionname, selling, securities to price American, date moneye.g. purchasing, which the option European paid/call varying etc. relates (Note 7) etc. receivedoption per unit (Note 5) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of Exercise price per unit (Note 5)option securities (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction (Note 8): Right to subscribe Details: Right to subscribe for a further 10,000,000 new ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of D1 Oils plc which is conditional, inter alia, on: (a) shareholder approval at an extraordinary general meeting of D1 Oils plc on 9 May 2008; and (b) admission of 64,384,000 new ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of D1 Oils plc to trading on the AIM market occurring on or before 8.00 a.m. on 12 May 2008 (or such later time and date as D1 Oils plc and Dresdner Kleinwort Securities Limited may agree being no later than 27 May 2008) Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5): 25p 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 10 April 2008 Contact name Brian Padgett Telephone number +41 22 908 1190 If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connectedIf a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10) 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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