9 Feb 2015 17:20
9 February 2015
Ophir Energy PLC
("Ophir" or the "Company")
Amendment to Announcement.
Further to the Announcement made on 6 February 2015 (RNS Number: 7992C) regarding the conditional appointment of Dr Carol Bell as a Non-Executive Director of the Company (currently expected to be effective on 2 March 2015) the Company confirms that in addition to the directorships of publicly quoted companies in the previous five years disclosed in this announcement under Listing Rule 9.6.13R(1), Dr Bell is also currently a Director of BlackRock Commodities Income Investment Trust plc (date of appointment 1 December 2014).
Save as disclosed above, all other details remain unchanged. The full amended text is shown below.
6 February 2015
Ophir Energy PLC
("Ophir" or the "Company")
Appointment of Director by Ophir.
Following today's vote by the Company's shareholders in favour of the proposed acquisition by the Company of the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Salamander Energy plc ("Salamander") (the "Transaction"), to be effected by means of a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006, the Board of the Company has formally approved the appointment of Dr Carol Bell, currently a Non-Executive director of Salamander, as a Non-Executive Director of the Company subject to and with effect from the effective date of the Transaction. The effective date of the Transaction is currently expected to be 2 March 2015.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.13R(1), the Company confirms that Dr Bell has been a director of the following publicly quoted companies in the previous five years:
Company | Location | Date of Appointment | Date of Resignation |
Hardy Oil & Gas plc | UK | December 2005 | May 2012 |
Petroleum Geo-Services ASA | Norway | October 2009 | Present |
Det Norske oljeselskap ASA | Norway | May 2011 | April 2013 |
Salamander Energy plc | UK | January 2012 | Present |
Caracal Energy Inc | Canada | December 2012 | July 2014 |
Bonheur ASA | Norway | August 2014 | Present |
Ganger Rolf ASA | Norway | August 2014 | Present |
BlackRock Commodities Income Investment Trust plc | UK | 1 December 2014 | Present |
There are no matters required by paragraphs 9.6.13R(2) to (6) of the Listing Rules to be disclosed by Dr Bell.
For Further Information please contact:
Ophir Energy plc +44 (0)20 7811 2400
Nick Cooper, CEO
Chandrika Kher, Company Secretary
Brunswick Group +44 (0)20 7404 5959
Patrick Handley
Marleen Geerlof
Notes to Editors
Ophir Energy (OPHR.LN) is an, upstream oil and gas exploration 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), Libreville (Gabon) and Nairobi (Kenya).
For further information on Ophir, please refer to www.ophir-energy.com