FORTE ENERGY NL
ACN 009 087 852
ASX CODE: FTE, AIM CODE: FTE,
Telephone: +618 9322 4071, Fax: +618 9322 4073
ASX and AIM Release
6 January 2010
CLEANSING STATEMENT - EXERCISE OF OPTIONS
Forte Energy NL ("Forte Energy" or "The Company") (ASX/AIM: FTE)
The following statement is made in relation to the Appendix 3B announcement of 29 December 2009 advising of the
allotment of 4,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares in the Company following the exercise of unlisted options.
Forte Energy hereby notifies ASX (as the operator of the prescribed financial market on which the Forte Energy
ordinary shares are quoted) under section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act 2001 ("Act") that:
1. the Company issued the shares without disclosure to investors under Part 6D.2 of the Act;
2. at the date of this notice:
(a) the Company has complied with the provisions of Chapter 2M of the Act as they apply to the
Company; and
(b) the Company has complied with section 674 of the Act; and
3. at the date of this notice there is no excluded information (as that expression is defined in sub-
sections 708A(7) and 708A(8) of the Act) in relation to the Company.
Please call Mark Reilly or Murray Wylie with any queries.
Murray Wylie
Company Secretary
For further information contact:
Mark Reilly, Managing Director
Forte Energy N.L. Tel: +61 (0)8 9322 4071
Alastair Stratton/Tim Graham
Matrix Corporate Capital LLP Tel: +44 (0) 203 206 7000
Conduit PR
Jos Simson/Emily Fenton Tel: +44 (0) 207 429 6603
Stuart Laing
RFC Corporate Finance Ltd Tel: +61 (0)8 9480 2506
(AIM Nominated Adviser to the Company)
Forte Energy NL