Block Admission Return

21st Mar 2005 07:03

Roc Oil Company Limited21 March 2005 21 March 2005 Roc Oil Company Limited Block Admission Return Roc Oil Company Limited ("ROC" or "the Company") announces that pursuant to itsBlock Admission of 21 September 2004 for 2,392,400 ordinary shares of no parvalue reserved for allotment and issuance to employees of the Company under therules of the Company Employee Share Option Plan, the Company makes the followingnotification for the period from 21 September 2004 to 20 March 2005 as requiredby Schedule 8 of the AIM Rules: +-------------+------------+-----------------+------------+-------------+|Stock Options| Exercise| Stock Options| Stock|Stock Options|| Outstanding| Price| Exercised| Options| Outstanding|| 21 Sep 2004| A$/share| | Cancelled| 20 Mar 2005|+-------------+------------+-----------------+------------+-------------+| 5,744,200| $1.00| 50,000| 16,800| 5,383,200|+-------------+------------+-----------------+------------+-------------+| | $1.09| 68,000| | |+-------------+------------+-----------------+------------+-------------+| | $1.10| 21,000| | |+-------------+------------+-----------------+------------+-------------+| | $1.23| 120,900| | |+-------------+------------+-----------------+------------+-------------+| | $1.25| 16,800| | |+-------------+------------+-----------------+------------+-------------+| | $1.26| 32,500| | |+-------------+------------+-----------------+------------+-------------+| | $1.27| 15,000| | |+-------------+------------+-----------------+------------+-------------+| | $1.31| 20,000| | |+-------------+------------+-----------------+------------+-------------+| 5,744,200| | 344,200| 16,800| 5,383,200|+-------------+------------+-----------------+------------+-------------+ During the period from 21 September 2004 to 20 March 2005, a total of 344,200share options were exercised and 16,800 share options were cancelled as itemisedin the preceding table. The Company currently has an issued share capital of 186,196,793 ordinary sharesof no par value. This press release is being issued in compliance with the rules of the AIMmarket of the London Stock Exchange. For further information please contact: Dr John DoranTel: +61-2-8356-2000Fax: +61-2-9380-2635E-mail: [email protected] visit ROC's website: www.rocoil.com.au Dr Kevin HirdGeneral Manager Business DevelopmentTel: +44 (0)207 586 7935Fax: +44 (0)207 722 3919Email: [email protected] Nick LambertBell Pottinger Corporate & FinancialTel: +44 (0)207 861 3232 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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