Eland Oil & Gas PLC Transaction in Own Shares (3641T)

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RNS Number : 3641T

Eland Oil & Gas PLC

19 March 2019

19 March 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 and amended on 20 February 2019:

 
 Date of purchase:                         19 March 2019 
 Number of Ordinary Shares purchased:             20,000 
 Highest price paid per Ordinary Share:           122.00 
 Lowest price paid per Ordinary Share:            122.00 
 Volume weighted average price per 
  Ordinary Share:                                 122.00 
 

Following the repurchase of the shares set out above, the Company's issued share capital consists of 220,164,155 Ordinary Shares. 2,357,811 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 217,806,344 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 at the discretion of 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:                              19 March 2019 
 
 
 Aggregate Information: 
 Aggregated volume                20,000 
 Volume weighted average price    122.00 
 Venue                              XLON 
 
 
 Individual Transactions: 
                                                 -------------------------- 
 Date of purchase   Time of purchase   Number of Ordinary   Price paid per 
                                        Shares purchased:    Ordinary Share 
                                                                  (p) 
                                                            --------------- 
    19/03/2019          11:23:50             3,935              122.00 
                    ----------------                        --------------- 
    19/03/2019          15:26:18             1,065              122.00 
                    ----------------                        --------------- 
    19/03/2019          15:26:31             4,648              122.00 
                    ----------------                        --------------- 
    19/03/2019          16:06:49              202               122.00 
                    ----------------                        --------------- 
    19/03/2019          16:15:25              150               122.00 
                    ----------------                        --------------- 
    19/03/2019          16:15:28             5,000              122.00 
                    ----------------                        --------------- 
    19/03/2019          16:15:28             4,394              122.00 
                    ----------------                        --------------- 
    19/03/2019          16:15:28              606               122.00 
                    ----------------                        --------------- 
 
 

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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