LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- (Marketwire) -- 08/03/12 -- Heritage Oil Plc (TSX: HOC) (LSE: HOIL), an independent upstream exploration and production company, announces the following voting rights in Heritage in respect of issued shares in accordance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules as at close of business 31 July 2012:
-- 255,485,078 Ordinary Shares of no par value (excluding treasury shares).
Each Ordinary Share carries one voting right; and
-- 2,471,918 exchangeable shares of no par value of Heritage Oil
Corporation each carrying one voting right in Heritage.
The total number of voting rights in Heritage as at 31 July 2012 is 257,956,996.
The above figure (257,956,996) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Heritage under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Notes to Editors
-- Heritage is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and
is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The trading symbol is HOIL.
Heritage has a further listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: HOC).
-- Heritage is an independent upstream exploration and production company
engaged in the exploration for, and the development, production and
acquisition of, oil and gas in its core areas of Africa, the Middle East
and Russia.
-- Heritage has an exploration, appraisal and development asset in the
Kurdistan Region of Iraq, exploration assets in Malta, Tanzania, Mali,
Pakistan, Libya and the Democratic Republic of Congo and a producing
property in Russia.
-- For further information please refer to our website,
www.heritageoilplc.com
Contacts:
Heritage Oil Plc
Tony Buckingham
CEO
+44 (0) 1534 835 400
info@heritageoilplc.com
Heritage Oil Plc
Paul Atherton
CFO
+44 (0) 1534 835 400
info@heritageoilplc.com
Heritage Oil Plc
Tanya Clarke
Investor Relations
+44 (0) 20 7518 0838
ir@heritageoilplc.com
www.heritageoilplc.com
Heritage Oil Plc
Claire Harrison
+44 (0) 20 7518 0838
ir@heritageoilplc.com
Media Enquiries
Ben Brewerton
+44 (0) 20 7831 3113
Media Enquiries
Edward Westropp
+44 (0) 20 7831 3113
heritageoil.sc@fticonsulting.com
Canada
Cathy Hume
+1 416 868 1079 x231
cathy@chfir.com
Canada
Jeanny So
+1 416 868 1079 x225
jeanny@chfir.com
