6 Oct 2005 17:34
Hardy Oil & Gas plc06 October 2005 HARDY OIL AND GAS PLC - DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES Hardy Oil and Gas plc received notification on the 5th October 2005 of thefollowing transactions on the 29th September 2005 concerning notifiableinterests in the ordinary shares of US$0.01 each. HOEGH CAPITAL PARTNERS INVESTMENTS LIMITED ("HCPI")INTERSTELLAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED ("INTERSTELLAR")LIMPOPO INVESTMENTS LIMITED ("LIL") Holding Pre Sale Shares Sold Holding Post SaleHCPI 7,883,633 (15.1%) 1,049,176 6,834,457 (13.1%)INTERSTELLAR 2,759,100 (5.3%) 143,860 2,615,240 (5.0%)LIL 5,580,400 (10.7%) 290,964 5,289,436 (10.2%) The above shares are registered in the name of J P Morgan (Suisse) SA ("JPMS")UK custodian. After the above noted sale and, as a result of an internal re-organisation whichdoes not alter the number of shares held by JPMS custodian, HCPI has transferredits shares to its shareholders/LIL and the shareholdings are now as follows: HCPI 0INTERSTELLAR 2,615,240 (5.0%) (no change)LIL 7,375,019 (14.2%)Argon Investments Limited 2,085,583 (4.0%)Pomor Holdings Limited 2,085,583 (4.0%)Goran Enterprises Limited 577,708 (1.1%) This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange