TIDMZEN
RNS Number : 6161C
Zenith Energy Ltd
02 October 2018
October 2, 2018
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by
the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under
the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 ("MAR"). Upon
publication of this announcement via a regulatory information
service ("RIS"), the inside information contained in this document
is now considered to be in the public domain.
ZENITH ENERGY LTD.
("Zenith" or the "Company")
Issue of CEO Salary Sacrifice Shares
Zenith Energy Ltd. ("Zenith" or the "Company") (LSE: ZEN; TSX.V:
ZEE), the dual listed international oil & gas production
company operating the largest onshore oilfield in Azerbaijan, is
pleased to announce that its Chief Executive Officer &
President, Mr. Andrea Cattaneo, has advised the Company that he has
swapped his salary for the first two quarters of the 2019 financial
year in exchange for common shares in the capital of Zenith
("Salary Sacrifice Shares").
On February 28, 2018, the Company announced that Mr. Cattaneo
had submitted a proposal to the Company's Board of Directors to
receive his remuneration in equity for the twelve months starting
April 1, 2018 ("2018 Salary Proposal"). On April 5, 2018, Zenith
announced that the 2018 Salary Proposal had been approved by Zenith
shareholders at its annual general meeting held on March 29,
2018.
As a result, on October 1, 2018, the Company issued Mr. Cattaneo
2,225,941 Salary Sacrifice Shares at an average price of CAD$0.108
for the period from April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018, and at an
average price of CAD$0.069 for the period from July 1, 2018 to
September 30, 2018. The amount of Salary Sacrifice Shares was
calculated on the basis of Mr. Cattaneo's salary as at October 1,
2018.
An application will be made for the Salary Sacrifice Shares to
be admitted to the standard segment of the Financial Conduct
Authority Official List and to trading on the Main Market for
listed securities of the London Stock Exchange ("Admission"). The
Salary Sacrifice Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with
the Company's existing common shares and it is expected that
Admission will become effective on October 8, 2018.
Director/ PDMR Shareholding
Mr. Cattaneo has advised the Company that he has purchased a
total of 400,000 common shares of no par value ("Common Shares") in
the capital of the Company at a total average price of
GBP0.0346.
Following the aforementioned dealings and the issue of the
Salary Sacrifice Shares, Mr. Cattaneo is directly beneficially
interested in a total of 17,672,933 Common Shares in the capital of
the Company, representing 8.17 per cent of the total issued and
outstanding common share capital of the Company. As announced on
December 15, 2017, Mr. Cattaneo is indirectly interested in a total
of 1,250,000 Common Shares, today representing 0.58 per cent of the
Company's issued share capital.
Total Voting Rights
Upon Admission the total number of Common Shares in issue and
admitted to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange
and the TSX Venture Exchange will be 216,320,158 with one (1)
voting right per Common Share.
No shares are held in treasury. The above figure for total
number of common shares may be used by shareholders in the Company
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, the Company under the Financial
Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
For further information please contact:
Zenith Energy Ltd.
Andrea Cattaneo
Chief Executive Officer
E-mail: info@zenithenergy.ca
Tel: +1 (587) 315 9031
Vigo Communications - PR Adviser
Patrick d'Ancona
Chris McMahon
Kate Rogucheva
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7830 9700
Daniel Stewart & Company Plc - (Joint Broker)
Robert Emmet- Corporate Broking
Tel: + 44 (0) 207 776 6550
Optiva Securities - (Joint Broker)
Christian Dennis
Tel: + 44 (0) 203 137 1903
Allenby Capital Limited - (Financial Adviser)
Nick Harriss
Nick Athanas
Tel: + 44 (0) 203 328 5656
Notes to Editors:
Zenith Energy Ltd. is an international oil and gas production
company, dual listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and London Stock
Exchange.
The Company operates the largest onshore oilfield in Azerbaijan
following the signing of a 25-year REDPSA, (Rehabilitation,
Exploration, Development and Production Sharing Agreement), with
SOCAR, State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic, in 2016.
The Company's primary focus is the development of its Azerbaijan
operations by leveraging its technical expertise and financial
resources to maximise low-cost oil production via a systematic
field rehabilitation programme intended to achieve significantly
increased revenue. Zenith also operates, or has working interests
in, a number of natural gas production concessions in Italy. The
Company's Italian operations produce natural gas, natural gas
condensate and electricity.
Zenith's development strategy is to identify and rapidly seize
value-accretive hydrocarbon production opportunities in the onshore
oil & gas sector. The Company's Board of Directors and senior
management team have the experience and technical expertise to
develop the Company successfully.
NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS
DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY
ASSOCIATED WITH THEM
1 Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities / person closely associated
a) Name Andrea Cattaneo
-------------------------------- -----------------------------
2 Reason for the notification
---------------------------------------------------------------
a) Position/status Chief Executive Officer
& President
-------------------------------- -----------------------------
b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial Notification
-------------------------------- -----------------------------
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance
market participant, auction platform,
auctioneer or auction monitor
---------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Zenith Energy Ltd.
-------------------------------- -----------------------------
b) LEI 213800AYTYOYD61S4569
-------------------------------- -----------------------------
4 Details of the transaction(s): section
to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument;
(ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each
date; and (iv) each place where transactions
have been conducted
---------------------------------------------------------------
a) Description of Common Shares
the financial
instrument, type
of instrument
-------------------------------- -----------------------------
Identification CA98936C1068
code
-------------------------------- -----------------------------
b) Nature of the Purchase of Common Shares
transaction
-------------------------------- -----------------------------
c) Price(s) and volumes(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
-------------------------------- -------------- -------------
GBP0.036 50,000
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d) Aggregated information
------------------------------------------------ -------------
Aggregated volume
------------------------------------------------ ------------------
Aggregated price
------------------------------------------------ ------------------
e) Date of the transaction(s) September 27, 2018
-------------------------------- -----------------------------
f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange
1 Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities / person closely associated
a) Name Andrea Cattaneo
-------------------------------- ----------------------------
2 Reason for the notification
--------------------------------------------------------------
a) Position/status Chief Executive Officer
& President
-------------------------------- ----------------------------
b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial Notification
-------------------------------- ----------------------------
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance
market participant, auction platform,
auctioneer or auction monitor
--------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Zenith Energy Ltd.
-------------------------------- ----------------------------
b) LEI 213800AYTYOYD61S4569
-------------------------------- ----------------------------
4 Details of the transaction(s): section
to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument;
(ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each
date; and (iv) each place where transactions
have been conducted
--------------------------------------------------------------
a) Description of Common Shares
the financial
instrument, type
of instrument
-------------------------------- ----------------------------
Identification CA98936C1068
code
-------------------------------- ----------------------------
b) Nature of the Purchase of Common Shares
transaction
-------------------------------- ----------------------------
c) Price(s) and volumes(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
-------------------------------- ------------- -------------
GBP0.034 50,000
------------------------------------- ------------- -------------
GBP0.035 125,000
------------------------------------- ------------- -------------
d) Aggregated information
-------------------------------- ----------------------------
Aggregated volume 175,000
------------------------------------- ----------------------------
Aggregated price GBP0.034
------------------------------------- ----------------------------
e) Date of the transaction(s) September 28, 2018
-------------------------------- ----------------------------
f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange
-------------------------------- ----------------------------
1 Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities / person closely associated
a) Name Andrea Cattaneo
-------------------------------- -----------------------------
2 Reason for the notification
---------------------------------------------------------------
a) Position/status Chief Executive Officer
& President
-------------------------------- -----------------------------
b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial Notification
-------------------------------- -----------------------------
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance
market participant, auction platform,
auctioneer or auction monitor
---------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Zenith Energy Ltd.
-------------------------------- -----------------------------
b) LEI 213800AYTYOYD61S4569
-------------------------------- -----------------------------
4 Details of the transaction(s): section
to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument;
(ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each
date; and (iv) each place where transactions
have been conducted
---------------------------------------------------------------
a) Description of Common Shares
the financial
instrument, type
of instrument
-------------------------------- -----------------------------
Identification CA98936C1068
code
-------------------------------- -----------------------------
b) Nature of the Purchase of Common Shares
transaction
-------------------------------- -----------------------------
c) Price(s) and volumes(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
-------------------------------- -------------- -------------
GBP0.0343 175,000
---------------------------------------------------- -------------
d) Aggregated information
------------------------------------------------ -------------
Aggregated volume
------------------------------------------------ ------------------
Aggregated price
------------------------------------------------ ------------------
e) Date of the transaction(s) October 1, 2018
-------------------------------- -----------------------------
f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange
-------------------------------- -----------------------------
1 Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities / person closely associated
a) Name Andrea Cattaneo
-------------------------------- ------------------------------
2 Reason for the notification
----------------------------------------------------------------
a) Position/status Chief Executive Officer
& President
-------------------------------- ------------------------------
b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial Notification
-------------------------------- ------------------------------
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance
market participant, auction platform,
auctioneer or auction monitor
----------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Zenith Energy Ltd.
-------------------------------- ------------------------------
b) LEI 213800AYTYOYD61S4569
-------------------------------- ------------------------------
4 Details of the transaction(s): section
to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument;
(ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each
date; and (iv) each place where transactions
have been conducted
----------------------------------------------------------------
a) Description of Common Shares
the financial
instrument, type
of instrument
-------------------------------- ------------------------------
Identification CA98936C1068
code
-------------------------------- ------------------------------
b) Nature of the Issue of salary sacrifice
transaction shares for the period from
April 1, 2018 to September
30, 2018
-------------------------------- ------------------------------
c) Price(s) and volumes(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
-------------------------------- -------------- --------------
CAD$0.108 857,863
------------------------------------- -------------- --------------
CAD$0.069 1,368,078
------------------------------------- -------------- --------------
d) Aggregated information
-------------------------------- ------------------------------
Aggregated volume 2,225,941
------------------------------------- ------------------------------
Aggregated price CAD$0.084
------------------------------------- ------------------------------
e) Date of the transaction(s) October 1, 2018
-------------------------------- ------------------------------
f) Place of the transaction TSX Venture Exchange
-------------------------------- ------------------------------
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