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ERHC Energy Announces Annual Shareholders' Meeting Date
| Source: ERHC Energy
HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - November 20, 2007) - ERHC Energy (OTCBB : ERHE ), an independent oil
and gas exploration and production company with significant assets in the
Gulf of Guinea, has announced that it will hold its next annual
shareholders' meeting on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 in Houston, Texas.
Shareholders of record as of March 14, 2008 are eligible to vote at the
meeting.
Shareholders of record will receive formal notice of the meeting and an
invitation to attend via a Proxy Statement that will contain the time and
venue of the meeting.
The address to shareholders by the President/Chief Executive Officer of the
Company will review the Company's performance and prospects. Shareholders
will have the opportunity to elect directors and affirm the appointment of
the Company's independent auditors. The meeting will also be accessible in
listen-only mode, by telephone and through the Internet, to the
Corporation's shareholders and all other interested parties. The discussion
may include forward-looking information. Access instructions will be
announced prior to the meeting.
"We look forward to this opportunity to meet personally with shareholders
and discuss our various initiatives and accomplishments," said Acting Chief
Executive Officer Nicolae Luca.
ERHC has interests in Blocks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9 in the offshore Joint
Development Zone (JDZ) between Nigeria and the island nation of Sao Tome
and Principe. ERHC has additional interests in the territorial waters of
Sao Tome and Principe, known as the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
About ERHC Energy
ERHC Energy Inc. is a Houston-based independent oil and gas company focused
on growth through high impact exploration in the highly prospective Gulf of
Guinea and the development of undeveloped and marginal oil and gas fields.
ERHC is committed to creating and delivering significant value for its
shareholders, investors and employees, and to sustainable and profitable
growth through risk balanced smart exploration, cost efficient development
and high margin production. For more information please visit www.erhc.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release of ERHC Energy Inc. (the "Company") contains
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements may include, but are not
limited to, statements concerning the Company's future growth, operating
milestones, drilling operations, business plans, prospects, investment
opportunities, activities in the JDZ, corporate governance, cash position,
financial position and financing plans, as well as other matters that are
not historical facts or information. Such statements are inherently
subject to a variety of risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated,
projected, expressed or implied. A discussion of the risk factors that
could impact these areas and the Company's overall business and financial
performance can be found in the Company's reports and other filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. These factors include, among
others, those relating to the Company's ability to exploit its commercial
interests in the JDZ and the exclusive territorial waters of Sao Tome and
Principe, general economic and business conditions, changes in foreign and
domestic oil and gas exploration and production activity, competition,
changes in foreign, political, social and economic conditions, regulatory
initiatives, compliance with governmental laws and regulations and various
other matters, many of which are beyond the Company's control. Given these
concerns, investors and analysts should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking statement speaks only as
of the date of this press release. The Company expressly disclaims any
obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to
any
forward-looking statement to reflect any change in the Company's
expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or
circumstances on which any forward-looking statement is based.