CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vital Energy Inc. (“Vital”) announced today
that it has completed the closing of the previously announced non-brokered private placement offering of 8% secured convertible
debentures in the principal amount of $100,000, subject to TSX Venture Exchange final approval. The debentures bear interest
at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum, calculated and paid quarterly and mature on December 28, 2018. The debentures
are secured against the personal property of the Corporation and are convertible at the holder’s option into common shares of the
Corporation at a conversion price of $0.10 per common share. All securities issued in connection with the offering are
subject to a hold period that expires on April 29, 2018. The net proceeds from the offering will be used to finance the
Corporation’s oil and gas exploration and development program and for general working capital purposes.
Mr. Ngai Ho, a director of the Corporation, purchased the debentures in the principal amount of $100,000 under
the offering. Vital has determined that exemptions from the various requirements of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 are
available for the issuance of the debentures (Formal Valuation - Issuer Not Listed on Specified Markets; Minority Approval - Fair
Market Value Not More Than $2,500,000). No new insiders were created, nor has any change of control occurred, as a result of this
private placement. No finder’s fees were paid on the proceeds of the closing.
Vital Energy Inc. is a publicly traded junior oil and gas company (TSX-V:VUX)
whose primary focus is developing light and medium crude oil production in Western Canada.
For further information please contact:
Jeff Standen, President
Tel: (403) 615-5827
Fax: (403) 699-9660
Email: jstanden@vitalenergyoil.com
Or visit our website at: www.vitalenergyoil.com
Cautionary Statement
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. No stock exchange, securities commission or
other regulatory authority has approved nor disapproved the information contained herein.
