27th Nov 2009 07:00
27 November 2009
MAPLE ENERGY PLC
("Maple" or the "Company")
BLOCK LISTING SIX MONTHLY RETURN
Maple Energy plc (AIM: MPLE; LIMA: MPLE), an integrated energy company with assets in Peru, is pleased to announce the following update relating to its block admission of shares to be issued to certain optionholders upon the exercise by such optionholders of options granted pursuant to the Maple Energy Share Option Plan 2007:
Name of applicant: Maple Energy plc
Name of scheme: Maple Energy Share Option Plan 2007
Period of return: From: 30 May 2009
To: 27 November 2009
Balance under scheme from previous return: 4,751,948 ordinary shares
The amount by which the block scheme has
been increased, if the scheme has been
increased since the date of the last return: N/A
Number of securities issued/allotted
under scheme during the period of return: 30,000 ordinary shares
Balance under scheme not yet issued or
allotted at the end of the return period: 4,721,948 ordinary shares
Number and class of securities originally
admitted and the date of admission:
75,281,130 ordinary shares of US$0.01
each admitted on 13 July 2007
Total number of securities in issue at
the end of the period: 89,494,987 ordinary shares
Name of contact: Ray Cochard, Chief Financial Officer
Address of contact: Av. Víctor Andrès Belaúnde 147, Vía Principal 140, Suite 201, Edificio Real Seis, San Isidro,
Lima, Peru
Telephone number of contact: + 51 1 611 4000
For further information, please contact:
Maple Energy plc (+ 51 1 611 4000)
Jack W. Hanks, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director
Rex W. Canon, Chief Executive Officer, President and Executive Director
Jefferies International Limited: (+44 20 7029 8000)
Jack Pryde
Paul Wheeler
Schuyler Evans
Citigate Dewe Rogerson (+44 20 7638 9571)
Martin Jackson
George Cazenove
About Maple Energy
Maple is an integrated independent energy company, listed in London and Lima, with assets and operations in Peru engaging in numerous aspects of the energy industry, including:
Maple was admitted to AIM on 13 July 2007 and trades under the symbol "MPLE". The company was also admitted to the Lima Stock Exchange on 21 December 2007 where it trades under the same symbol.
Operations
Maple's operations are conducted and revenues are generated through its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Maple's principal operations consist of the following:
Oil and Gas Exploration. Significant exploration opportunities through a:- 100% working interest in Block 31-E, containing the San Roque and Cashiboya Deep prospects and the new shale gas opportunity; and- 33.77% working interest in the Aguaytía Deep Prospect in Block 31-C.
Related Shares:
MPLE.L