First Day of Dealings

20 Feb 2008 08:05

Hardy Oil & Gas plc20 February 2008 For immediate release 20 February 2008 Hardy Oil and Gas plc ("Hardy" or "the Company") First Day of Dealings Hardy Oil and Gas plc announces that its shares have today been admitted to theOfficial List of the UKLA and to trading on the Main Market of the London StockExchange for listed securities ("the Introduction"). Simultaneously, trading inthe Company's ordinary shares on AIM has ceased. The shares will continue totrade under the trading mnemonic HDY.L. The Introduction was sponsored by Arden Partners plc. The prospectus on the Introduction is available for viewing on the Company'swebsite at www.hardyoil.com. A copy has also been submitted to the FinancialServices Authority for publication through the document viewing facility whichis situated at The Financial Services Authority, 25 North Colonnade, CanaryWharf, London E14 5HS. The Directors of Hardy will today be hosting an analyst meeting at the officesof Buchanan Communications, 45 Moorfields, EC2Y, commencing at 10.00am. Dial-indetails for the meeting for those calling-in are as follows: UK toll free : 0808 109 1498UK alternative : +44 (0) 20 8609 1435Pin code : 193086# For further information please contact: Hardy Oil and Gas plc 020 7471 9850Sastry Karra, Chief ExecutiveYogeshwar Sharma, Chief Operating OfficerDinesh Dattani, Finance Director Arden Partners plc 020 7398 1632Richard Day Buchanan Communications 020 7466 5000Ben WilleyBen Romney Hardy web page: www.hardyoil.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange