Independent Oil & Gas PLC Issue of New Shares (6497P)

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RNS Number : 6497P

Independent Oil & Gas PLC

18 February 2021

18 February 2021

Independent Oil and Gas plc

Issue of New Shares

Independent Oil and Gas plc ("IOG" or "the Company"), (AIM: IOG.L), the UK gas company targeting high returns via an infrastructure-led hub strategy , has today issued a total of 172,888 ordinary shares of 1 penny each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), following the exercise on behalf of a former IOG contractor of the same number of options pursuant to a Salary Sacrifice Share Option agreement dated 1 March 2017 (the "Exercise").

The Company has applied to the London Stock Exchange for admission of 172,888 new Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM ("Admission"). Admission is expected to occur on 24 February 2021. Following Admission there will be 488,384,043 Ordinary Shares in issue. Accordingly, this number may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Certain information communicated in this announcement was, prior to its publication, inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation 596/2014.

Enquiries:

 
Independent Oil and Gas plc 
 Andrew Hockey (CEO) 
 Rupert Newall (CFO) 
 James Chance (Head of Corporate Finance & IR)   [phone] 
 
finnCap Ltd 
 Christopher Raggett 
 Simon Hicks                                     [phone] 
 
Peel Hunt LLP 
 Richard Crichton 
 David McKeown                                   [phone] 
 
Vigo Communications 
 Patrick d'Ancona 
 Chris McMahon 
 Simon Woods                                     [phone] 
 

About IOG:

IOG owns and operates a 50% stake in substantial low risk, high value gas reserves in the UK Southern North Sea. The Company's Core Project targets a gross 2P peak production rate of 140 MMcfe/d (c. 24,000 Boe/d) from gross 2P gas Reserves of 302 Bcfe(1) + 2C gas Contingent Resources of 108 Bcfe(2), via an efficient hub strategy. In addition to the independently verified 2P reserves at Blythe, Elgood, Southwark, Nailsworth and Elland and 2C Contingent Resources at Goddard, IOG also has independently verified best estimate gross unrisked prospective gas resources of 73 Bcfe(2) at Goddard. Alongside this IOG has management estimated mid-case recoverable gas volumes of 21 Bcfe at Harvey. In December 2020 IOG also accepted a 50% operated stake in Licence P2589, containing the Panther and Grafton gas discoveries with management estimated 46 Bcfe and 35 Bcfe respectively. In addition IOG continues to pursue value accretive acquisitions to help generate significant shareholder returns.

(1) ERC Equipoise Competent Persons Report: October 2017, adjusted by Management to account for updated project timing and compression

(2) ERC Equipoise Competent Persons Report: October 2018

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