IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2013

DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Name of person dealing (Note 1) HSBC Bank Plc
Company dealt in San Leon Energy PLC
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Ordinary Shares
Date of dealing 25 Aug 2015
  1. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS
  2. Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3)
Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities 592,881 0.959%
(2) Derivatives (other than options) 592,881 0.959%
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total 592,881 0.959% 592,881 0.959%
  1. Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than 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
(a) Purchases and sales


Purchase/sale


Number of relevant securities


Price per unit (Note 5)
Purchase 16 61.6651 p
Sales 61,000 62.5P
Sales 16 61.6651 p
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)
Product name,

e.g. CFD
Nature of transaction

(Note 6)
Number of relevant securities

(Note 7)
Price per unit

(Note 5)
CFD Decrease in short position 61,000 62.5P
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Product name,
e.g. call option
Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc. Number of securities to which the option relates
(Note 7)
Exercise price Type, e.g. American, European etc. Expiry date Option money paid/received per unit
(Note 5)
(ii) Exercising
Product name,

e.g. call option
Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 5)
(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 4)
Nature of transaction

(Note 8)
Details Price per unit

(if applicable) (Note 5)
2. OTHER INFORMATION

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.

Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO

Date of disclosure 26 Aug 2015
Contact name Niteshkumar Singh
Telephone number 0207 99 10928
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected NA
If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10) NA

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