31st Aug 2012 11:51
("Ophir" or the "Company")
BLOCK LISTING SIX MONTHLY RETURN
Date: 31 August 2012
1 | Name of Company: | OPHIR ENERGY PLC | |||
2 | Name of scheme: | Ophir Foundation Incentive Scheme,Ophir 2006 Share Option Plan andOphir Long-Term Incentive Plan 2011 | |||
3 | Period of return: | From: | 1 March 2012 | To: | 31 August 2012 |
4 | Balance of unallotted securities under scheme(s) from previous return: | 3,270,680 ordinary shares | |||
5 | The amount by which the block scheme(s) has been increased since the date of the last return (if any increase has been applied for): | 0 | |||
6 | Number of securities issued/allotted under scheme(s) during period (see LR3.5.7G): | 1,355,160 ordinary shares | |||
7 | Balance under scheme(s) not yet issued/allotted at end of period: | 1,915,520 ordinary shares | |||
8 | Number of securities originally admitted and the date of admission | 4,000,000 ordinary shares on 31 August 2011 | |||
9 | Please confirm total number of shares in issue at the end of the period (including shares held in treasury) | 398,866,689 ordinary shares (no shares held in treasury) | |||
For Further Information please contact:
Ophir Energy plc +44 (0)20 7290 5800
Nick Cooper, CEO
Lisa Mitchell, CFO and Company Secretary
Stephanie Prior, Commercial Manager
Brunswick Group
Patrick Handley/Elizabeth Adams +44 (0)20 7404 5959
Notes to Editors
Ophir Energy (OPHR.LN) is an African focussed, upstream oil and gas resource company which is a member of the FTSE 250. The Group's headquarters are located in London (England), with operational offices in Perth (Australia), Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), Dar es Salaam and Mtwara (Tanzania), Dakar (Senegal) and Nairobi (Kenya).
Ophir is the 5th largest deepwater acreage holder in Africa, present in four key emerging sub-Saharan exploration themes, and the largest net acreage holder in offshore East Africa. The Company has an extensive and diversified portfolio of assets across East and West Africa comprising of 22 licenses, 18 offshore and 4 onshore, in 11 countries including Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
Ophir has a 2012-13 drilling campaign of over 20 wells across a mixture of proven and frontier plays.
For further information on Ophir, please refer to www.ophir-energy.com
Related Shares:
OPHR.L