UK Oil & Gas PLC
("UKOG" or the "Company")
Loan Reduction Update
UK Oil & Gas PLC (London AIM: UKOG) announces that, in relation to the funding facility announced on 28 June 2023 ("Loan") and the Company's 19th April 2024 RNS, it has received a notice from RiverFort Global Opportunities PCC Limited and YA II PN Ltd ("Investors") that they have converted the 200,000,000 Equity Shares issued on 19th April 2024 at an average price of approximately 0.0405 pence per share. The Company has also issued the Investors a further 152,796,721 Equity Shares to repay a further £46,603 of the Loan, the principal balance of which now stands today at £0.42 million of the £2 million gross first cash sum received.
The Investors' share transactions remain subject to the orderly market, no short position and Investors voting in favour of the Company obligations as previously announced on 28 June 2023.
Admission
Application has been made for this tranche of Equity Shares, numbering 152,796,721 ordinary shares in total, to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). Admission is expected to take place at 8.00 a.m. on or around 09 May 2024.
Following Admission, the total voting rights in the Company will be 3,813,754,613 ordinary shares and Shareholders may use this figure as the denominator by which they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure, Guidance and Transparency Rules.
For further information, please contact:
UK Oil & Gas plc
Stephen Sanderson / Allen D Howard / Guzyal Mukhametzhanova Tel: 01483 941493
WH Ireland Ltd (Nominated Adviser and Broker)
James Joyce / James Bavister / Andrew de Andrade Tel: 020 7220 1666
Communications
Brian Alexander Tel: 01483 941493
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