Canada NewsWire
VANCOUVER, BC
,
June 30, 2022
/CNW/ – (TSX: AOI) (Nasdaq-Stockholm: AOI) – Africa Oil Corp. (“AOI”, “Africa Oil” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that it has received a dividend from Prime Oil and Gas Cooperatief UA (“Prime”). The Company has a 50% shareholding in Prime.
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Prime has distributed a
$75.0 million
dividend with a net payment to Africa Oil of
$37.5 million
related to its shareholding. This is the third Prime dividend distributed this year with Africa Oil having received an aggregate amount of
$162.5 million
.
Since acquiring its 50% interest in Prime for a cash consideration of
$519.5 million
in
January 2020
, Africa Oil has received 13 dividends from Prime for a total amount of
$562.5 million
.
Also, the Company reports the following share capital and voting rights update in accordance with the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act.
As a result of the exercise of stock options under the Company’s Stock Option Plan and return to treasury, the Company now has 477,280,774 common shares issued and outstanding with voting rights as at
June 30, 2022
.
Africa Oil Corp. is a Canadian oil and gas company with producing and development assets in deepwater
Nigeria
; development assets in
Kenya
; and an exploration/appraisal portfolio in
Africa
and
Guyana
. The Company is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and on Nasdaq Stockholm under the symbol “AOI”.
This information is information that Africa Oil Corp. is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out below on
June 30, 2022
at
6:45 p.m. ET
.
SOURCE Africa Oil Corp.
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