LEKOIL has applied for admission of its Ordinary Shares to trading on the Access segment of the AQSE Growth Market operated by the Aquis Stock Exchange (AQSE). It is expected that admission will occur on 18 May 2022 and that trading will commence on AQSE as soon as the audited accounts for the Company are released to the market, expected to be by the end of June 2022.

The Company's Ordinary Shares have been suspended from trading on AIM since October 2021.  Pursuant to AIM Rule 41, admission of the Company's shares to trading on AIM will be cancelled with effect from 7.00 a.m. on 18 May 2022 with the Company's shares being admitted to trading on the AQSE Growth Market from this time.
Moving from AIM to AQSE will not affect a shareholder's legal or beneficial right to his or her shares.  Shareholders are not required to take any action at this stage.

Anthony Hawkins, Interim Executive Chairman, commented:
"The Board of the Company considers AQSE to be a suitable exchange to provide for the continued listing of its shares.

The Board is of the view that the Company's primary activity is now the recovery of its investment through litigation against the Lekoil Nigeria group and Mr. Akinyanmi. This characterisation will allow the Company to fulfil its disclosure obligations to the AQSE market, noting that a successful recovery of the intercompany debts due to the Company will be the primary source of value for shareholders (with minimal value attributable to the day-to-day operational activities of Lekoil Nigeria).

With respect to the suspension of the Company's shares from trading on AQSE, the Company has a clear understanding as to what is required to restore trading in the Company's shares on AQSE and we are diligently working through that plan.   We will update our shareholders on this matter as soon as is practicable.

In selecting the AQSE Growth Market, the Board was keen to provide shareholders with the services of a regulated SME Growth market and a trading facility while it pursues its litigation assets, and its strategy unfolds."

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