28th February 2014
EGDON RESOURCES PLC
("Egdon" or "the Company")
Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights
Egdon Resources plc (AIM:EDR) announces that pursuant to the exercise of options granted under the Company's Enterprise Management Incentive Scheme, 828,271 ordinary shares of 1 pence each have been issued and allotted.
Application has been made for the admission of the 828,271 new ordinary shares of 1 pence each to trading on AIM. It is expected that dealing in these new ordinary shares, which will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares of the Company, will commence on or around 7 March.
Following this allotment, the total issued share capital of the Company has increased to 145,615,814 ordinary shares with an equal amount of voting rights and no shares are held in treasury.
For further information please contact:
Egdon Resources plc
Mark Abbott, Jerry Field 01256 702292
Buchanan
Richard Darby, Tom Hufton 020 7466 5000
Nominated Adviser and Broker - Cantor Fitzgerald Europe
David Porter, Tom Sheldon (Corporate Finance) 020 7894 7000
Richard Redmayne (Corporate Broking)
Notes to Editors:
Egdon Resources plc (LSE: EDR) is an established UK-based exploration and production company primarily focused on onshore exploration and production in the hydrocarbon-producing basins of the UK and France.
Egdon currently holds interests in thirty licences in the UK and France and has an active programme of exploration, appraisal and development within its balanced portfolio of oil and gas assets. Egdon is an approved operator in both the UK and France.
Egdon was formed in 1997 and listed on AIM in December 2004.