Eland Oil & Gas PLC Transaction in Own Shares (0769Q)

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RNS Number : 0769Q

Eland Oil & Gas PLC

15 February 2019

14 February 2019

Eland Oil & Gas PLC

("Eland" or the "Company")

Transaction in Own Shares

Eland Oil & Gas PLC (AIM:ELA), an oil & gas production and development company operating in West Africa with an initial focus on Nigeria, announces that it has made the following redemptions pursuant to the share buyback programme (the "Programme") announced on 19 November 2018:

 
 Date of purchase:                         14 February 2019 
 Number of Ordinary Shares purchased:                70,000 
 Highest price paid per Ordinary Share:             125.000 
 Lowest price paid per Ordinary Share:              123.500 
 Volume weighted average price per 
  Ordinary Share:                                   124.068 
 

Following the repurchase of the shares set out above, the Company's issued share capital consists of 220,164,155 Ordinary Shares. 1,888,932 Ordinary shares are held in Treasury. For reporting under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, Shareholders should exclude any shares held in Treasury and should use the figure of 218,275,223 Ordinary Shares (the issued voting share capital) when determining if they are required to notify their interest, or a change of their interest in the Company.

The Company will make further announcements in due course following the completion of any further purchases pursuant to the Programme.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 details of the purchase of its own ordinary shares by the Company, which were all executed through the Company's broker, Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited, are set out below:

 
 Schedule of Purchases: 
 Shares purchased:   Eland Oil & Gas PLC (ISIN: GB00B8HHWX64) 
 Date of purchase:                           14 February 2019 
 
 
 Aggregate Information: 
 Aggregated volume                 70,000 
 Volume weighted average price    124.068 
 Venue                               XLON 
 
 
 Individual Transactions: 
                                      ----------------------------------- 
 Date of purchase   Time of purchase  Number of Ordinary  Price paid per 
                                      Shares purchased:    Ordinary Share 
                                                                (p) 
                                                          --------------- 
    14/02/2019          08:00:27             877              124.50 
                    ----------------  ------------------  --------------- 
    14/02/2019          08:00:27             877              124.50 
                    ----------------  ------------------  --------------- 
    14/02/2019          11:26:00            2,392             124.00 
                    ----------------  ------------------  --------------- 
    14/02/2019          11:43:59            2,218             124.25 
                    ----------------  ------------------  --------------- 
    14/02/2019          11:46:00            3,337             124.50 
                    ----------------  ------------------  --------------- 
    14/02/2019          11:46:00             920              124.50 
                    ----------------  ------------------  --------------- 
    14/02/2019          12:24:10            4,185             125.00 
                    ----------------  ------------------  --------------- 
    14/02/2019          15:26:20            3,549             124.00 
                    ----------------  ------------------  --------------- 
    14/02/2019          16:19:33            2,420             123.50 
                    ----------------  ------------------  --------------- 
    14/02/2019          16:20:52             590              123.50 
                    ----------------  ------------------  --------------- 
    14/02/2019          16:27:10            2,241             123.50 
                    ----------------  ------------------  --------------- 
    14/02/2019          16:28:35             749              123.50 
                    ----------------  ------------------  --------------- 
    14/02/2019          16:35:25            9,996             124.00 
                    ----------------  ------------------  --------------- 
    14/02/2019          16:35:25            8,542             124.00 
                    ----------------  ------------------  --------------- 
    14/02/2019          16:35:25            1,462             124.00 
                    ----------------  ------------------  --------------- 
    14/02/2019          16:38:03            10,499            124.00 
                    ----------------  ------------------  --------------- 
    14/02/2019          16:38:03            3,501             124.00 
                    ----------------  ------------------  --------------- 
    14/02/2019          16:38:14            10,500            124.00 
                    ----------------  ------------------  --------------- 
    14/02/2019          16:38:14            1,145             124.00 
                    ----------------  ------------------  --------------- 
 
 

For further information:

Eland Oil & Gas PLC ([phone])

www.elandoilandgas.com

George Maxwell, CEO

Ronald Bain, CFO

Finlay Thomson, IR

Peel Hunt LLP, Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker ([phone])

Richard Crichton

David McKeown

Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited, Joint Broker ([phone])

Callum Stewart

Nicholas Rhodes

Ashton Clanfield

Camarco ([phone])

Billy Clegg

Georgia Edmonds

Tom Huddart

This announcement contains inside information as defined in Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation No. 596/2014 and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of those Regulations.

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