LONDON--(Marketwired - Apr 17, 2013) -
TSX: SQZ Serica Energy plc ("Serica" or the "Company") Share purchase by Directors Serica Energy plc (TSX :SQZ ) (AIM :SQZ ) announces that the Trustees of the Serica Energy Share Incentive Plan ("the Plan") have made purchases of and allocated Serica shares under the terms of the plan on behalf of employees and officers of the Company as a result of which certain directors increased their beneficial shareholdings in the Company by a total of 5,172 shares on 15 April 2013, as follows: Christopher Hearne (Finance Director) acquired 1,725 ordinary shares at an average price of 21.75 pence per share taking his total beneficial shareholding to 800,410 shares representing 0.44% of the voting rights; Peter Sadler (Business Development Director) acquired 1,725 ordinary shares at an average price of 21.75 pence per share taking his total beneficial shareholding to 191,950 shares representing 0.11% of the voting rights. Mitchell Flegg (Chief Operating Officer) acquired 1,722 ordinary shares at an average price of 21.75 pence per share taking his total beneficial shareholding to 108,594 shares representing 0.06% of the voting rights. The Company has 182,770,311 shares issued and outstanding. 17 April 2013 Serica Energy plc Tony Craven Walker, +44 (0)20 7487 7300 Chairman & Interim CEO tony.cravenwalker@serica-energy.com Peter Sadler, +44 (0)20 7487 7300 Business Development Director peter.sadler@serica-energy.com Chris Hearne, CFO +44 (0)20 7487 7300 chris.hearne@serica-energy.com J.P.Morgan Cazenove Michael Wentworth-Stanley +44 (0)20 7588 2828 michael.wentworthstanley@jpmorgancazenove.com RBC Capital Markets Matthew Coakes +44 (0)20 7653 4000 matthew.coakes@rbccm.com College Hill Matthew Tyler +44 (0)20 7457 2020 matthew.tyler@collegehill.com Catherine Wickman +44 (0)20 7457 2020 catherine.wickman@collegehill.com Alexandra Roper +44 (0)20 7457 2020 alexandra.roper@collegehill.com To receive Company news releases via email, please contact serica@collegehill.com and specify "Serica press releases" in the subject line. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange END
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