First Calgary meeting materials & conference call

    First Calgary Petroleums Ltd. files meeting materials and schedules investor
conference call to discuss proposed acquisition by Eni S.p.A.

   
    TSX: FCP
    AIM: FPL
  
    CALGARY, Sept. 25 /CNW/ - First Calgary Petroleums Ltd. (TSX: FCP,
AIM: FPL) (FCP or the Company) announces that it has filed with the Canadian
securities commissions the information circular and proxy statement and
related materials in preparation for both the extraordinary meeting of
bondholders of First Calgary to be held on October 14, 2008 and the special
meeting of shareholders and optionholders of FCP to be held on October 29,
2008. The meeting materials are available at www.fcpl.ca and at www.sedar.com.
Securityholders are expected to receive the meeting materials in the coming
days.
    Bondholders registered at the close of business in London on October 6,
2008 will be entitled to receive notice of, and vote at, the extraordinary
meeting of bondholders. Shareholders registered at the closing of business in
Calgary on September 22, 2008 will be entitled to receive notice of, and vote
at, the special meeting of shareholders and optionholders. If you require any
assistance in voting your securities, please call the Company's proxy
solicitation agent whose contact details are located on the back page of the
information circular.
    Shane O'Leary, President and Chief Executive Officer is scheduled to hold
a conference call on September 29, 2008 to discuss the proposed acquisition by
Eni S.p.A.

  
    When:   Monday, September 29, 2008
    Time:   8:00 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)
            10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
            3:00 p.m. British Summer Time (BST)
   
    To participate in the conference call, please dial [phone].
Please call in ten to 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start. A replay of the
conference call will be available. For the replay, dial 1-416-695-5800, access
code 3271733.

    About FCP

    First Calgary Petroleums Ltd. is an oil and gas company actively engaged
in international exploration and developments activities in Algeria. The
Company's common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada (FCP)
and on the AIM market on the London Stock Exchange in the United Kingdom
(FPL). Further information is available on the FCP website: www.fcpl.ca

    About Eni

    Eni S.p.A. is an integrated energy company operating in the oil and gas,
electricity generation and sale, petrochemicals, oilfield services
construction and engineering industries. In these businesses it has a strong
edge and leading international market position. Eni is active in around 70
countries with a staff of about 76,000 employees. Further information is
available on the Eni website: www.eni.it

    Forward-Looking Information and Statements

    This news release includes statements about expected future events that
are forward looking in nature and subject to risks and uncertainties. Readers
are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, as
there can be no assurance that the future circumstances, outcomes or results
anticipated in or implied by such forward-looking statements will occur or
that plans, intentions or expectations upon which the forward-looking
statements are based will occur. By their nature, forward-looking statements
involve numerous assumptions, known and unknown risks and uncertainties, both
general and specific that contribute to the possibility that circumstances,
events or outcomes anticipated or implied by forward-looking statements will
not occur. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things: risks
associated with the ability to obtain any necessary government and third party
approvals, waivers, consents, court orders and other requirements necessary or
desirable to permit or facilitate any of the proposed transaction (including,
regulatory and securityholder approvals); the risk that any applicable
conditions of any of the proposed transaction may not be satisfied; the risk
that a material adverse change will occur to the business, financial
conditions and operations of the Company prior to completion, that the
definitive agreement will be terminated for a material breach of the terms and
conditions thereof; volatility of and assumptions regarding oil and gas
prices; assumptions contained in or relevant to the company's current
corporate guidance; fluctuations in currency and interest rates; product
supply and demand; market competition; risks inherent in marketing operations
(including credit risks); imprecision of reserves estimates and estimates of
recoverable quantities of natural gas and liquids from the Company's
properties; the ability to access external sources of debt and equity capital;
the timing and the costs of well and pipeline construction; the ability to
secure adequate product transportation; changes in royalty, tax, environmental
and other laws or regulations or the interpretations of such laws or
regulations; applicable political and economic conditions; the risk of war,
hostilities, civil insurrection, political instability and terrorist threats;
risks associated with existing and potential future lawsuits and regulatory
actions; and other risks and uncertainties described from time to time in the
reports and filings made with securities regulatory authorities by the
Company. Although the Company believes that the expectations represented by
such forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that
such expectations will prove to be correct. Readers are cautioned that the
foregoing list of important factors is not exhaustive.


For further information: Shane O'Leary, President and Chief Executive
Officer, Tel: [phone]; Other Contacts: James Henderson, Alisdair
Haythornthwaite, Pelham Public Relations, Tel: [phone]; Barry
Weir, Christopher Dickinson, JPMorgan Cazenove, Tel: [phone];
Nominated Advisers: David Nabarro, Marc Cramsie, Nabarro Wells & Co. Limited,
Tel: [phone]
(FPL FCP.)




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