Last checked at 30 Apr 2019 16:10
30 April 2019
Serica Energy plc
("Serica" or "the Company")
Total Voting Rights
As required under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, the Company provides the following information relating to voting rights as at 30 April 2019:
Class of share |
Total number of shares |
Number of voting rights per share |
Total number of voting rights
|
Ordinary shares of US$0.10 each ("Ordinary Shares")
|
265,027,526*
| 1 |
265,027,526*
|
No Ordinary Shares are held in treasury.
* Out of the total issued number of shares, 161,000 new Ordinary shares were issued and allotted (subject to admission to trading on AIM) on 25 April 2019 pursuant to the exercise of nil cost options by employees of the Company. An Application for admission of the said new Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM has been made and dealings in the New Ordinary Shares are expected to commence at 8.00 a.m. on or around 2 May 2019.
The above figure for total number of ordinary shares may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Enquiries:
Serica Energy plc
Tony Craven Walker tony.cravenwalker@serica-energy.com +44 (0)20 7457 2020
Executive Chairman
Mitch Flegg, CEO mitch.flegg@serica-energy.com +44 (0)20 7457 2020
Peel Hunt (Nomad & Joint Broker)
Richard Crichton richard.crichton@peelhunt.com +44 (0)20 7418 8900
Ross Allister ross.allister@peelhunt.com +44 (0)20 7418 8900
James Bavister james.bavister@peelhunt.com +44 (0)20 7418 8900
Jefferies (Joint Broker)
Tony White twhite@jefferies.com +44 (0)20 7029 8000
Will Souter will.souter@jefferies.com +44 (0)20 7029 8000
Instinctif
David Simonson david.simonson@instinctif.com +44 (0)20 7457 2020
Sarah Hourahane sarah.hourahane@instinctif.com +44 (0)20 7457 2020
Dinara Shikhametova dinara.shikhametova@instinctif.com +44 (0)20 7457 2020
NOTES TO EDITORS
Serica Energy is a British independent oil and gas exploration and production company with exploration, development and production assets in the UK and exploration interests in the Atlantic margins offshore Ireland and Namibia.
Towards the end of 2018, Serica completed transactions which resulted in Serica UK holding a 98% interest in the Bruce field, a 100% interest in the Keith field and a 50% interest in the Rhum field and being operator of all three fields and asset infrastructure.
Serica holds an 18% non-operated interest in the producing Erskine field in the UK Central North Sea and a 50% operated interest in the Columbus Development which has been approved by the OGA and is scheduled to commence development in 2019.
Further information on the Company can be found at www.serica-energy.com.
The Company's shares are traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker SQZ and the Company is a designated foreign issuer on the TSX. To receive Company news releases via email, please subscribe via the Company website.