Transaction in Own Shares

1 Apr 2008 14:08

Westmount Energy Limited01 April 2008 WESTMOUNT ENERGY LIMITED 1 April 2008 CONTACTS: Westmount Energy Tel: 01534Limited 814209Paul Anderson,Director Ruegg & Co Limited Tel: 020 7584 3663Gavin BurnellBrett Miller PRESS RELEASE Westmount Energy Limited (the "Company") announces that the Company todaypurchased for cancellation 109,200 of its ordinary shares of 20p each at a priceof 90p per share. Further to the FSA's Disclosure & Transparency Rules, the Company advises thatits issued share capital now comprises 7,015,300 ordinary shares of 20p each.The voting rights of all of these shares are identical. The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for thecalculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify theirinterest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FSA'sDisclosure and Transparency Rules. Note for Editors: Westmount Energy Limited is a Jersey based AIM quoted Energy Investment Company.Its present investments include 30,000,000 shares of AIM quoted Sterling Energyplc, 5,200,000 shares of AIM quoted Desire Petroleum plc and 244,000 shares ofpresently unquoted Eclipse Energy UK plc. The Company has no borrowings. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange