Grant of Options

RNS Number : 8629T

Xtract Energy plc

13 December 2011

 



13^th December 2011

AIM: XTR

XTRACT ENERGY PLC

("Xtract" or the "Company")

Grant of Options

Xtract announces that on 13^th December 2011 it granted options over Ordinary Shares of 0.1p each in the Company to executive directors of the Company as set out below:

Tranche A

Director                       Options granted

Peter Moir                    5,375,000

Alan Hume                  4,375,000

The options are exercisable from the date of vest at an exercise price of 2.2p per share (calculated with reference to the closing price for the ten days up to and including 9 December 2011) and vest, subject to performance criteria, on 1^st July 2012 and expire on the fifth anniversary of the date of vest.

Tranche B

Director                       Options granted

Peter Moir                    5,375,000

Alan Hume                  4,375,000

The options are exercisable from the date of vest at an exercise price of 3.0p per share and vest, subject to performance criteria, on 1^st January 2013 and expire on the fifth anniversary of the date of vest.

Change of Registered Office of the Company

Xtract Energy Plc has changed its registered office address to 27/28 Eastcastle Street, London, W1W 8DH with effect from 13^th  December 2011.

Enquiries please contact:

Xtract Energy	Peter Moir, CEO Alan Hume FD	[phone] [phone]
Cenkos Securities Plc	Jon Fitzpatrick Beth McKiernan	[phone] [phone]
FTI Consulting	Billy Clegg Edward Westropp Alex Beagley	[phone]

About Xtract Energy

Xtract identifies and invests in a portfolio of early stage oil and gas assets and business interests in well established political jurisdictions, where the cost of entry is relatively low but with significant growth potential which can be monetised in a meaningful time frame. The Company aims to finance early stage asset and business development activity, and then to finance the asset development phase, or if appropriate to crystallise value for all shareholders at a suitable exit point. The objective is to seek assets with technical and/or other challenges, which make potential development projects initially less attractive to larger companies but which nevertheless have the potential to generate high returns for Shareholders.

For further information on Xtract please visit www.xtractenergy.co.uk

A short description of the principal assets of Xtract is set out below. These assets are either held directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company.

Extrem Energy AS ("Extrem Energy")

Xtract holds a royalty interest over the license portfolio currently owned by Extrem Energy, onshore and offshore Turkey.

Elko Energy Inc. ("Elko")

Xtract's wholly owned subsidiary, Elko has interests in exploration and production licences in the Danish and Dutch North Sea. Its major asset in the Danish North Sea is a 33% working interest in an exploration and production licence 02/05 and a 33% working interest an adjoining exploration and production license 01/11, close to the prolific Central Graben oil kitchen. Technical work indicates the potential for significant resources on these combined licenses. Elko also holds a royalty interest in gas-bearing license blocks P1 and P2 in the Dutch North Sea.

Zhibek Resources Ltd ("Zhibek Resources")

Zhibek Resources is an oil and gas exploration and production company which has a 72% interest in the Tash Kumyr exploration licence in the Kyrgyz Republic. Xtract has entered a farm-out agreement to fund a seismic and drilling programme for 2008-2011. Xtract owns 25% of the issued share capital of Zhibek Resources.

Xtract Oil Ltd ("XOL")

Xtract's wholly owned subsidiary, XOL, is focused on the development of the Company's oil shale resources in Australia and the technology for oil extraction from oil shale resources. Xtract has oil shale exploration rights over mining tenements in the Julia Creek area of Queensland. In addition to evaluating third party technologies, XOL has been developing proprietary technology for the commercial extraction of liquid hydrocarbon products from oil shale.

Xtract Energy (Oil Shale) Morocco SA ("XOSM")

XOSM is a joint venture with Alraed Limited Investment Holding Company WLL, a company controlled by His Highness, Prince Bandar Bin Mohd. Bin Abdulrahman Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia. XOSM has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines for the purposes of evaluation and possible development of an oil shale deposit near Tarfaya, in the south west part of Morocco. Xtract currently holds 70% of the joint venture.

 

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