Financing Facility

For Release: 2nd June - 7am Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc (`Europa') Financing Facility The Board of Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc - AIM: EOG - the hydrocarbon production and exploration company, announces that Europa has entered into an agreement with the Headstart Group of funds under which a share finance facility of up to £1.5 million will be made available. Any draw down of the facility is at the sole discretion of Europa. The facility can be drawn down in monthly increments of up to £100,000 in exchange for the issue of new ordinary shares and is available at any time up to 1 December 2008. In consideration for making the facility available Europa has agreed to pay Headstart a one-off fee of £42,500. In addition, Europa has issued 300,000 warrants to Headstart granting the right to subscribe for ordinary shares at 31.20p per share. These warrants are exercisable at any time up to 31 May 2009. The cost of the Headstart financing compares extremely well with the cost of the IPO, being almost half the cost in percentage terms. The £5mm raised at the IPO was at a cost of 14.05% of the proceeds, along with one warrant given for every two shares issued. The £1.5mm Headstart facility cost is 8.2% of the proceeds, at an equivalent share price, with one warrant for every twenty shares. Revenues are set to increase significantly in the next quarter when the Bilca Gas Development comes onstream. The share finance facility gives Europa the flexibility to pursue additional acquisition opportunities and the increased ability to maintain the pace of development of existing projects. Ewen Ainsworth, Finance Director, commented "With the pace of Europa's commercial progress accelerating, particularly in the light of planned testing of the gas shows encountered in the Costisa-1 well and positive results from the recent seismic acquisition in Romania, the Board decided it was prudent to secure funding in order to maintain this progress. The facility has the added benefit of being discretionary, and will only be used as required." About Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc - AIM: EOG - focuses on the production and exploration of hydrocarbons in Europe and North Africa. It currently produces 210 barrels of oil per day from UK onshore fields and 25 barrels of oil equivalent from the Ukraine. Production is expected to rise significantly after its Romanian Bilca Gas Project is on stream later this year. Operating a balanced portfolio, Europa currently has field appraisal activity on projects in the UK Southern Gas Basin and onshore Romania and exploration activity on a further eight licences across the Europe - North Africa region. For more information please visit www.europaoil.com. Further information: Ewen Ainsworth, Finance Director, Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc +44 208 924 7227 Jonathan Wright / Parimal Kumar, Seymour Pierce Limited +44 20 7107 8000 Jade Mamarbachi / Toby Hall, gth media relations +44 20 7153 8035
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