Holding(s) in Company

16 Feb 2006 11:53

Hardy Oil & Gas plc16 February 2006 For Immediate Release 16 February 2006 HARDY OIL AND GAS PLC ("Company") HOLDING(S) IN COMPANY Hardy Oil and Gas plc received notification on 14 February 2006 that HoeghCapital Partners ("HCP"), registered under J.P. Morgan (Suisse) S.A. UKCustodian, have reduced their holding from 14,414,133 ordinary shares in theCompany of $0.01 each ("Ordinary Shares") to 13,251,433 Ordinary Shares. HCP'scurrent holding represents approximately 23.15 per cent. of the current issuedshare capital of the Company. Hardy Oil and Gas PLC 020 7471 9850Yogeshwar Sharma, Managing Director Arden Partners Limited 020 7398 1632Richard Day Buchanan Communications 020 7466 5000Ben Willey This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange