Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6612P
Vaalco Energy Inc
11 October 2019
 

11 October 2019

 

VAALCO Energy, Inc.

("VAALCO" or "Company")

Transaction in Own Shares

VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE: EGY, LSE: EGY), an independent energy company focused on development and production assets in West Africa, announces that it has made the following repurchase of its common shares ("Common Shares") pursuant to the share repurchase programme in accordance with Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") ("Share Repurchase Programme") and written trading plan under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act ("Trading Plan"), announced on 20 June 2019. The repurchased Common Shares will be held by the Company in treasury ("Treasury").

 

Date of purchase

 

10 October 2019

Number of Common Shares purchased

 

6,650

Highest price paid per Common Share

 

$2.00

Lowest price paid per Common Share

 

$1.99

Volume weighted average price per Common Share

$1.996

 

Following the repurchase of the Common Shares set out above, the Company's share capital is as follows:

 

Issued Common Shares

 

67,478,896

Common Shares in Treasury

 

8,977,684

Issued and outstanding Common Shares

 

58,501,212

For reporting under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, shareholders should exclude any Common Shares held in Treasury and should use the issued and outstanding Common Shares figure of 58,501,212 (the issued voting share capital) when determining if they are required to notify their interest, or a change of their interest, in the Company.

 

The Company will make further announcements in due course following the completion of any further purchases of Common Shares pursuant to the Share Repurchase Programme and Trading Plan.

 

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, details of the purchase of Common Shares by the Company, which were all executed through the Company's broker, Roth Capital Partners, LLC, a full breakdown of the individual trades can be found under the following link, http://bit.ly/2OE3kC3.

 

 

For further information:




VAALCO Energy, Inc. (General and Investor Enquiries)

+00 1 713 623 0801

Website:

Cary Bounds, CEO

Elizabeth Prochnow, CFO

www.vaalco.com



Buchanan (UK Financial PR)

+44 (0) 207 466 5000

Ben Romney / Chris Judd / James Husband

VAALCO@buchanan.uk.com



Al Petrie Advisors (US Investor Relations)

+00 1 713 543 3422

Al Petrie / Chris Delange




GMP First Energy (Financial Adviser and Joint Corporate Broker)     

+44 (0) 207 448 0200

Jonathan Wright / Hugh Sanderson




Canaccord Genuity (Joint Corporate Broker)

+44 (0) 207 523 8000 

Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor / James Asensio

 

Important Information

This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.

 

This announcement contains "forward-looking statements" and "forward-looking information" that are based on the Company's expectations, estimates and projections as of the date on which the statements were made. This forward-looking information includes, among other things, statements with respect to the Company's business strategy with respect to the Etame Marin Block and Block P ("Projects"), plan, development, objectives, performance, outlook, growth, cash flow, projections, targets and expectations, oil and gas reserves and resources, results of exploration, the price and demand for oil and gas and acts by the Company's partners to the respective Projects. Generally, this forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as ''outlook'', ''anticipate'', ''project'', ''target'', ''likely'', ''believe'', ''estimate'', ''expect'', ''intend'', ''may'', ''would'', ''could'', ''should'', ''scheduled'', ''will'', ''plan'', ''forecast'', ''evolve'' and similar expressions. Persons reading this announcement are cautioned that such statements are only predictions, and that the Company's actual future results or performance may be materially different.

Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company's actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. These statements speak only as of the date of this announcement. Actual operational and financial results or events may differ materially from the Company's expectations contained in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company.

 

 


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