Hardy Oil & Gas plc Issue of Restricted Shares (9338S)

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RNS Number : 9338S

Hardy Oil & Gas plc

22 March 2016

22 March 2016

Hardy Oil and Gas plc

("Hardy", "the Company")

Issue of Restricted Shares

Hardy Oil and Gas plc (LSE: HDY), in accordance with the Company's Remuneration Policy the Non-Executive Directors and Chairman received an annual Restricted Share award on 21 March 2016. The aggregate award amounted to 432,693 ordinary shares of US$0.01 each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares")

The Ordinary Shares are issued in consideration for services rendered in 2015 at a price of 13.0 pence per Ordinary Share, being the closing price on the day prior to issue, as per the rules of the Remuneration Policy. Set out below is a table showing the number of Ordinary Shares of Hardy issued to Directors:

 
                                                                                Percentage of 
                                                   Number of Ordinary        the issued share 
                                                  Shares beneficially    capital beneficially 
                                     Number of          interested in           interested in 
                               Ordinary Shares          following the           following the 
 Name                                   Issued                  issue                   issue 
---------------------------  -----------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 Alasdair Locke (Chairman)             221,154              1,385,523                   1.58% 
 Peter Milne                           115,385                418,087                   0.57% 
 Pradip Shah                            96,154                919,682                   1.25% 
 

Hardy's Remuneration Policy provides for all Non-Executive Directors to be issued Ordinary Shares equivalent to 25 per cent of their annual cash fee on an annual basis. The Ordinary Shares are in addition to their cash fees and are subject to a Restricted Shares Agreement whereby such Ordinary Shares will be restricted for a period of three years from the date of issue and, save in certain circumstances, will be released if the Non-Executive Director remains a director throughout the three year period.

Application will be made to the UK Listing Authority and to the London Stock Exchange for the new Ordinary Shares, to be admitted to the Official List maintained by the UK Listing Authority, and to be admitted to trading by the London Stock Exchange on its market for listed securities.

Immediately following admission, the total number of ordinary shares in issue with voting rights in the Company is 73,764,035 and may be used by shareholders as the denominator to determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Hardy under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. The Company holds no shares in treasury.

For further information please visit www.hardyoil.com or contact:

 
 Hardy Oil and Gas plc                             012 2461 2900 
 Ian MacKenzie, Chief Executive Officer 
  Richard Galvin, Treasurer & Corporate Affairs 
  Executive 
 
 Arden Partners plc                                020 7614 5917 
 Steve Douglas 
  James Felix 
 
 Tavistock Communications                          020 7920 3150 
 Simon Hudson 
 

NOTES TO THE EDITORS

Hardy Oil and Gas plc is an upstream oil and gas company focused in India. Its portfolio includes a blend of exploration, appraisal, and production assets. Hardy's goal is to evaluate and exploit its asset base with a view to creating significant value for its shareholders.

Hardy Oil and Gas plc is the operator of the PY-3 oil field (shut-in July 2011) located offshore India's east coast in the Cauvery basin. Hardy also has interests in two offshore exploration blocks in India's Saurashtra and Cauvery basins.

Hardy is incorporated under the laws of the Isle of Man and headquartered in Aberdeen, UK. Ordinary shares of Hardy were admitted to the Official List and the London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities effective 20 February 2008 under the symbol HDY.

The Company's Indian assets are held through the wholly owned subsidiary Hardy Exploration & Production (India) Inc, located in Chennai, India.

For further information please refer to our website at www.hardyoil.com

This information is provided by RNS

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