TORONTO / ACCESSWIRE / November 24, 2017 / Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. ("Eco Atlantic" or "Company") (TSX-V:EOG, LSE:ECO) announces that the Company has granted 3,050,000 Restricted Share Units to directors, officers and consultants as success fees, of which 2,650,000 are to existing Directors, in relation to the recently announced new financing and positive corporate and operational developments pursuant to the Company's Restricted Share Units Plan (the "RSUs"). The RSUs will vest immediately and convert into common shares of no par value in the Company ("Common Shares").
Details of the RSU's being granted to each director are summarized in the table below:
| Director | RSUs Granted |
| Gil Holzman | 800,000 |
| Colin Kinley | 800,000 |
| Peter Nicol | 250,000 |
| Moshe Peterburg | 500,000 |
| Alan Friedman | 100,000 |
| Gadi Levin | 200,000 |
| Keith Hall (proposed director) | 200,000 |
Certain directors have also converted 3,998,900 existing RSU's, not previously exercised, into Common Shares ("Existing RSU's"). Of these Existing RSUs, 3,400,000 were previously granted and announced on 8 June 2017, for the successful AIM admission, and 598,900 RSU's were granted in 2016 for meeting the relevant performance criteria under the RSU plan prior to the AIM admission, as detailed in the Company's AIM Admission Document.
Application has been made to the TSX-V and the London Stock Exchange for the admission of 7,048,900 new Common Shares, in respect of the conversion of the RSUs and Existing RSUs into Common Shares, to trading on TSX-V and on AIM, which is expected to take place on 29 November 2017 ("Admission"). Following Admission, the Company will have 154,732,333 Common Shares with voting rights in issue.
For more information, please visit www.ecooilandgas.com or contact the following:
| Eco Atlantic Oil and Gas | +1 (416) 250 1955 |
| Gil Holzman, CEO Colin Kinley, COO Alan Friedman, VP | |
| Strand Hanson Limited (Financial & Nominated Adviser) | +44 (0) 20 7409 3494 |
| James Harris Rory Murphy James Bellman | |
| Brandon Hill Capital Limited (Joint Broker) | +44 (0) 20 3463 5000 |
| Jonathan Evans Robert Beenstock | |
| Peterhouse Corporate Finance (Joint Broker) | +44 (0) 20 7469 0930 |
| Eran Zucker Duncan Vasey Lucy Williams | |
| Blytheweigh (PR) | +44 (0) 20 7138 3204 |
| Nick Elwes Tim Blythe |
Notes to editors
Eco Atlantic is a TSX-V and AIM listed oil and gas exploration and production Company with interests in Guyana and Namibia where significant oil discoveries have been made.
The Group aims to deliver material value for its stakeholders through oil exploration, appraisal and development activities in stable emerging markets, in partnership with major oil companies, including Tullow and AziNam.