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November 12, 2021
ZENITH ENERGY LTD.
("Zenith" or the "Company")
Publication of UK Prospectus
Zenith Energy Ltd. ("Zenith" or the "Company") (LSE: ZEN; OSE: ZENA), a company focused on building a production and development portfolio in Africa, is pleased to announce that it has received approval from the UK Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") for publication of a UK prospectus document (the "Prospectus").
The Company previously issued regulatory announcements updating the market on the approval process on May 18, 2021, and July 12, 2021.
The Prospectus is being filed on the National Storage Mechanism and is available for download on the Company's website (www.zenithenergy.ca).
The Prospectus, which includes full details of the Company's activities and planned near-term development, has been produced to enable admission for a total of 1,467,751,863 common shares of no par value in the capital of the Company ("Common Shares") to the standard segment of the FCA Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange ("LSE") Main Market for listed securities ("Admission").
The Admission consists of the following three elements:
· The 272,727,273 new common shares announced on November 2, 2021, from a successful subscription for £3m (the "Subscription Shares").
· 1,086,842,772 common shares (the "Admission Shares"), representing the Company's share capital that had previously been issued and traded on Euronext Growth Market of the Oslo Børs but not admitted for trading on the LSE Main Market for listed securities and on the standard segment of the FCA Official List.
· The Company has also issued a total of 108,181,8181 new Common Shares in settlement of liabilities as set out below (collectively the "Capitalisation Shares").
The Capitalisation shares are made up of 8,181,818 new Common Shares at issue price of price of £0.011 (equivalent to approximately NOK 0.13) in full and final settlement of an existing liability of £90,000. In addition, Zenith has agreed to issue a further 100,000,000 new Common Shares at an issue price of €0.01 to Winance in full and final settlement of the €1m currently outstanding in respect of the loan facility announced on May 26, 2021. The 108,181,818 Capitalisation Shares will be issued fully paid at Admission.
Applications for Admission have been made to both the FCA and LSE and is expected to take place at 8:00 AM GMT on November 17, 2021.
Total Voting Rights
The Company wishes to announce, in accordance with the UK Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, as well as section 3.10 of the Euronext Growth Oslo Rule Book Part II, the following revised Total Voting Rights information from Admission:
Class of share |
Total number of shares |
Number of voting rights per share |
Total number of voting rights per class of share
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Common Shares in issue and admitted to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. | 1,792,574,449 | 1 | 1,792,574,449 |
Common Shares in issue and admitted to trading on the Euronext Growth Market of the Oslo Børs | 1,792,574,449 | 1 | 1,792,574,449 |
Zenith would also wish to underline that an error has been identified regarding the Company's previous reporting on the number of common shares admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange Main Market for listed securities and on the standard segment of the FCA Official List. The correct value is 324,822,586 (applicable until Admission), instead of 313,400,824, previously reported in the Company's past total voting rights announcements.
Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("MAR"). Upon the publication of this announcement via a Regulatory Information Service ("RIS"), this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.
Further Information:
Zenith Energy Ltd Andrea Cattaneo, Chief Executive Officer | Tel: +1 (587) 315 9031 E: info@zenithenergy.ca |
Allenby Capital Limited - Financial Adviser & Broker Nick Harriss Nick Athanas | Tel: + 44 (0) 203 328 5656 |
Celicourt Communications (Financial PR) Mark Antelme Jimmy Lea | Tel: +44 (0) 208 434 2643 E: zenithenergy@celicourt.uk
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Notes to Editors:
Zenith Energy Ltd. is an international oil and gas production company, listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE:ZEN) and the Euronext Growth Market of the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE:ZENA).
Zenith's development strategy is to identify and rapidly complete value-accretive hydrocarbon production opportunities in the oil & gas sector, specifically in Africa.