7 Sep 2012 14:00
7 September 2012
Sirius Petroleum plc
("Sirius" or "the Company")
Issue of Shares
Sirius Petroleum (AIM:SRSP), announces that it has issued 2,678,571 ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") in settlement of outstanding professional and other fees. The Company has applied for the new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on the AIM and trading is expected to commence on or around 13 September 2012.
Following the above issuance of Ordinary Shares, the Company will have in issue a total of 816,904,901 Ordinary Shares.
Sirius does not hold any ordinary shares in treasury; therefore, the total number of voting rights in Sirius is 816,904,901.
The above figure of 816,904,901 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, Sirius under the Financial Service Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Ends
www.siriuspetroleum.com
Enquiries | |
Sirius Petroleum Plc Ed Johnson, CEO / Jamie Bligh, IR
| +44 (0) 20 7747 5100 |
Strand Hanson Limited James Harris / James Spinney
| +44 (0) 20 7409 3494 |
Gable Communications Limited John Bick / Justine James | +44 (0) 20 7193 7463 |