Major Interest In Shares

22 Nov 2007 14:03

Hardy Oil & Gas plc22 November 2007 For Immediate Release 22 November 2007 Hardy Oil & Gas Plc TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer Hardy Oil & Gas Plcof existing shares to which voting rights are attached: 2. Reason for notification (yes/no) An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Yes 3. Full name of person(s) Lloyds TSB Group Plcsubject to notification obligation: 4. Full name of shareholder(s) State Street Nominees Ltd(if different from 3): 5. Date of transaction (and date 21st November 2007on which the threshold is crossed or reached ifdifferent): 6. Date on which issuer 22nd November 2007notified: 7. Threshold(s) that is/are Reached 8%crossed or reached: 8: Notified Details A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/ Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transactiontype of triggering transactionsharesIfpossible Number of Number of Number of Number of voting Percentage ofuse ISIN shares voting shares rights voting rightscode rights Direct Indirect Direct Indirect B09MB36 4,930,601 4,930,601 5,000,314 5,000,314 8.031 USD0.01 B: Financial Instruments n/a Total (A+B)Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 5,000,314 8.031 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 5,000,314 Shares are held by State Street Nominees Ltd. Shares are under thecontrol of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiaryof Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiaryof Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc,a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. Proxy Voting: 10. Name of proxy holder: 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: 13. Additional information: 14 Contact name: Central Disclosure Unit 15. Contact telephone name: +44 (0) 1444 418127 For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer Annex: Notification of major interests in shares A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notificationobligation Full name Lloyds TSB Group Plc(including legal form of legal entities) Contact address Henry Duncan House(registered office for legal entities) 120 George Street Edinburgh EH2 4LH Phone number & email +44 (0) 131 225 4555 Other useful information(at least legal representative for legal persons) B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable Full name Lloyds TSB Central Disclosure Unit Contact address 2nd Floor 31/33 Perrymount Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3SP Phone number & email +44 (0) 1444 418127 GrpOps_CDU@LloydsTSB.co.uk Other useful information(e.g. functional relationship with the person orlegal entity subject to the notification obligation) C: Additional information This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange