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Echo Energy PLC

23 March 2021

23 March 2021

Echo Energy plc

("Echo" or the "Company")

Block Admission Interim Review

Echo Energy plc, the Latin American focused upstream oil and gas company, provides an update in relation to the Company's block admission arrangements (the "Block Admissions") in respect of new ordinary shares of 0.25p in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") which may be issued as a result of future exercises of existing warrants and options. The Block Admissions have been put in place to enable the Company to handle any future exercises of existing warrants and options in an efficient manner.

Block Admission Interim Review

Pursuant to Rule 29 of, and Schedule Six to, the AIM Rules for Companies, the Company provides the following notification regarding its Block Admissions.

 
 
   Name of the company:                                                                           Echo Energy plc 
 
   Name of scheme:                                                                               1.Warrants to subscribe for new 
                                                                                                 Ordinary Shares at a price of 3p 
                                                                                                 per new Ordinary Share issued 
                                                                                                 by the Company in 2017 (the "March 
                                                                                                 2017 Warrants"). The grant of the 
                                                                                                 March 2017 Warrants was 
                                                                                                 announced by the Company on 6 
                                                                                                 March 2017 and were granted as 
                                                                                                 part of the institutional 
                                                                                                 investment 
                                                                                                 and Board changes described 
                                                                                                 therein; 
 
                                                                                                 2. Options to subscribe for new 
                                                                                                 Ordinary Shares at a price of 
                                                                                                 1.625p per new Ordinary Share 
                                                                                                 granted by the Company to certain 
                                                                                                 of the Company's employees in 
                                                                                                 March 2017 (the "March 2017 
                                                                                                 Options"). The grant of the March 
                                                                                                 2017 Options to certain of the 
                                                                                                 Company's employees was announced 
                                                                                                 by the Company on 6 March; 
 
                                                                                                 3. Warrants to subscribe for new 
                                                                                                 Ordinary Shares at a price of 3.0p 
                                                                                                 per new Ordinary Share 
                                                                                                 issued by the Company in November 
                                                                                                 2019 (the "November 2019 
                                                                                                 Warrants"). The issue of the 
                                                                                                 November 
                                                                                                 2019 Warrants, which were issued 
                                                                                                 in connection with the Company's 
                                                                                                 EUR5.0 million secured debt 
                                                                                                 facility put in place at that 
                                                                                                 time, was first announced by the 
                                                                                                 Company on 21 October 2019; 
                                                                                                 and 
 
                                                                                                 4. Warrants to subscribe for new 
                                                                                                 Ordinary Shares at a price of 1.4p 
                                                                                                 per new Ordinary Share 
                                                                                                 issued by the Company in March 
                                                                                                 2020 (the "March 2020 Warrants"). 
                                                                                                 The issue of the March 2020 
                                                                                                 Warrants, which were issued in 
                                                                                                 connection with the extension of 
                                                                                                 an existing GBP1.0 million 
                                                                                                 secured debt facility, was 
                                                                                                 announced by the Company on 6 
                                                                                                 March 2020. 
 
                                                                                                 5. Warrants to subscribe for new 
                                                                                                 Ordinary Shares at a price of 1.0p 
                                                                                                 per new Ordinary Share 
                                                                                                 issued by the Company in July 2020 
                                                                                                 (the "July 2020 Placing 
                                                                                                 Warrants"). The issue of the July 
                                                                                                 2020 Placing Warrants, which were 
                                                                                                 issued in connection with a 
                                                                                                 placing of new Ordinary Shares 
                                                                                                 under taken at that time, was 
                                                                                                 announced by the Company on 27 
                                                                                                 July 2020. 
 
                                                                                                 6. Warrants to subscribe for new 
                                                                                                 Ordinary Shares at a price of 0.8p 
                                                                                                 per new Ordinary Share 
                                                                                                 issued by the Company in July 2020 
                                                                                                 (the "July 2020 Fee Warrants"). 
                                                                                                 The issue of the July 2020 
                                                                                                 Fee Warrants, which were issued in 
                                                                                                 respect of fees incurred in 
                                                                                                 connection with a placing of 
                                                                                                 new Ordinary Shares under taken at 
                                                                                                 that time, was announced by the 
                                                                                                 Company on 27 July 2020. 
                                                                                               ------------------------------------ 
 Period of return:                                                                              From:     15          To:   19 
                                                                                                          September         March 
                                                                                                          2020              2021 
                                                                                               --------  ----------  ----  -------- 
                                                                                                  1:      61,538,461 
                                                                                                   2:      3,033,628 
                                                                                                   3:      74,200,000 
                                                                                                   4:      3,571,428 
                                                                                                   5:      13,300,000 
                                                                                                   6:      5,700,000 
 
 Number of unallotted securities not issued under the scheme(s) at the start of the period:      Total:    161,343,517 
                                                                                               --------  -------------------------- 
 Plus: The amount by which the block scheme(s) has been increased since the date of the last 
  return (if any increase has been applied for):                                                  1:      0 
                                                                                                   2:      0 
                                                                                                   3:      0 
                                                                                                   4:      0 
                                                                                                   5:      0 
                                                                                                   6:      0 
                                                                                                 Total:    0 
                                                                                               --------  -------------------------- 
 Less: Number of securities issued/allotted under scheme(s) during period:                        1:      0 
                                                                                                   2:      0 
                                                                                                   3:      0 
                                                                                                   4:      0 
                                                                                                   5:      0 
                                                                                                   6:      0 
                                                                                                 Total:    0 
                                                                                               --------  -------------------------- 
 
                                                                                                   1:       61,538,461 
 
                                                                                                   2:       3,033,628 
 
                                                                                                   3:       74,200,000 
 
                                                                                                   4:       3,571,428 
 
                                                                                                   5:       13,300,000 
 
                                                                                                   6:       5,700,000 
 
 Equals: Balance under scheme(s) not yet issued/allotted at end of period:                       Total:     161,343,517 
                                                                                               --------  -------------------------- 
 Number and class of securities originally admitted and the date of admission: 
                                                                                                   1:      64,538,461 - 2 March 
                                                                                                           2018 
                                                                                                   2: 
                                                                                                           3, 033,628 -20 March 
                                                                                                   3:      2020 
 
                                                                                                   4:      74,200,000 - 20 March 
                                                                                                           2020 
                                                                                                   5: 
                                                                                                           3,571,428 - 20 March 
                                                                                                   6:      2020 
 
                                                                                                 Total:    13,300,000 - 21 
                                                                                                           September 2020 
 
                                                                                                           5,700,000 - 21 September 
                                                                                                           2020 
 
                                                                                                           164,343,517 
                                                                                               --------  -------------------------- 
 Name of contact:                                                                               AMBA Secretaries Limited, Company 
                                                                                                Secretary 
                                                                                               ------------------------------------ 
 Telephone number of contact:                                                                   +44 (0)20 7190 9930 
                                                                                               ------------------------------------ 
 
 

For further information please contact:

 
  Echo Energy 
   Martin Hull, Chief Executive Officer       via Vigo Communications 
  Cenkos Securities (Nominated Adviser) 
   Ben Jeynes 
   Katy Birkin                              +44 (0)20 7397 8900 
 
 
  Shore Capital (Corporate Broker) 
   Jerry Keen                          +44 (0)20 7408 4090 
 
 
  Vigo Communications (PR Adviser) 
   Patrick d'Ancona 
   Chris McMahon                       +44 (0)20 7390 0230 
 

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