2012-11-15 08:04:54 -
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- (Marketwire) -- 11/15/12 -- Heritage Oil Plc ("Heritage" or the "Company") (TSX:HOC)(LSE:HOIL)
Applications have been made to the UK Listing Authority (the "UKLA") and the London Stock Exchange (the "LSE") for the block listing and admission to trading on the Official List of the UKLA and the Main Market of the LSE (the "Listing") of 21,276,428 ordinary shares of no par value each in the Company (each an "Ordinary Share").
Of the total number of Ordinary Shares subject to the Listing, 18,904,510 are issuable pursuant to the Company's Share Option Scheme, and 2,371,918 are issuable on the exchange of exchangeable shares of no par value in Heritage Oil Corporation, a subsidiary of the Company (the "Exchangeable Shares"), for Ordinary Shares.
Notes to Editors
-- Heritage is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and
is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The trading symbol is HOIL.
Heritage has a further listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:HOC).
-- Heritage is an independent upstream exploration and production company
engaged in the exploration for, and the development, production and
acquisition of, oil and gas in its core areas of Africa, the Middle East
and Russia.
-- Heritage has producing assets in Nigeria and Russia, exploration assets
in Malta, Tanzania, Pakistan, Libya and the Democratic Republic of Congo
and an exploration, appraisal and development asset in Kurdistan.
-- For further information please refer to our website,
www.heritageoilplc.com.
Contacts:
Heritage Oil Plc
Tony Buckingham
CEO
+44 (0) 1534 835 400
Heritage Oil Plc
Paul Atherton
CFO
+44 (0) 1534 835 400
info@heritageoilplc.com :
Heritage Oil Plc - Investor Relations
Tanya Clarke
+44 (0) 20 7518 0838
Heritage Oil Plc - Investor Relations
Claire Harrison
+44 (0) 20 7518 0827
ir@heritageoilplc.com :
www.heritageoilplc.com
Canada
Cathy Hume
+1 416 868 1079 x231
cathy@chfir.com :
Canada
Jeanny So
+1 416 868 1079 x225
jeanny@chfir.com :
