UK Oil & Gas PLC (London AIM: UKOG) announces that to permit further orderly reduction of the balance of the funding facility announced on 28 June 2023 ("Loan"), it has delivered to RiverFort Global Opportunities PCC Limited and YA II PN Ltd ("Investors") a tranche of 206,965,282 ordinary shares ("Equity Shares"). Future conversion of these Equity Shares by the Investors will further reduce the principal balance of the £2 million gross first cash sum received below the prior £0.66 million figure announced on 23 January 2024.
It is expected that the Investors will convert the Equity Shares at the Variable Price equivalent to 100% of the Company's lowest daily volume weighted average price ("VWAP") in the fifteen trading days preceding the conversion date or the date the Equity Shares are applied to discharge the Loan.
The Investors' share transactions remain subject to the orderly market, no short position and Investors voting in favour of the Company obligations as previously announced on 28 June 2023.
Admission
Application has been made for the fourth tranche of Equity Shares, numbering 206,965,282 ordinary shares in total, to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). Admission is expected to take place at 8.00 a.m. on or around 19 March 2024.
Following Admission, the total voting rights in the Company will be 3,460,957,892 ordinary shares and Shareholders may use this figure as the denominator by which they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure, Guidance and Transparency Rules.
