Notification of Major Holdings

RNS Number : 7941B

Vaalco Energy Inc

16 February 2022

 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

  US91851C2017

Issuer Name

VAALCO ENERGY, INC.

UK or Non-UK Issuer

Non-UK

2. Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights; An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Renaissance Technologies LLC

City of registered office (if applicable)

Country of registered office (if applicable)

US

4. Details of the shareholder

Name	Cityofregisteredoffice	Countryofregisteredoffice
RIEFTradingLLC	Wilmington,DE	USA
RIEFRMPLLC	Wilmington,DE	USA
RIDGEMasterTradingL.P.	Dover,DE	USA
GFTradingLLC	Dover,DE	USA
BadgerHoldingsL.P.	Wilmington,DE	USA

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

08-Feb-2022

6. Date on which Issuer notified

14-Feb-2022

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8.A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)	Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	4.489000	0.494000	4.983000	2957920
Position of previous notification (if applicable)

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible)	Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)	% of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	% of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)
US91851C2017		2664867		4.489000
Sub Total 8.A	2664867		4.489000%

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
Sub Total 8.B1

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Options on synthetic basket of shares	various	n/a	Cash	293053	0.494000
Sub Total 8.B2				293053	0.494000

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

2. Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entities (please add additional rows as necessary)

Ultimatecontrollingperson	Name ofcontrolledundertaking	% of voting rightsif it equals or ishigher than thenotifiablethreshold	% of voting rightsthrough financialinstruments if it equalsor is higher than thenotifiablethreshold	Total of both if itequals or ishigher than thenotifiablethreshold
RenaissanceTechnologiesLLC	BadgerHoldingsL.P.
RenaissanceTechnologiesLLC	GF TradingLLC
RenaissanceTechnologiesLLC	RIDGE MasterTradingL.P.
RenaissanceTechnologiesLLC	RIEF RMPLLC
RenaissanceTechnologiesLLC	RIEF TradingLLC

10. In case of proxy voting

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional Information

Renaissance Technologies LLC is the investment manager or managing member (as appropriate) of the entities listed in section 9 above. In each case the percentage of voting rights does not equal or exceed a notifiable threshold on an individual basis.

12. Date of Completion

14-Feb-2022

13. Place Of Completion

New York, USA

 

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