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Niko Reports Results for the Quarter Ended December 31, 2012

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11. Finance expense

----------------------------------------------------------------------------                   Three months   Three months    Nine months    Nine months(thousands of     ended Dec 31,  ended Dec 31,  ended Dec 31,  ended Dec 31, U.S. dollars)             2012           2011           2012           2011----------------------------------------------------------------------------Interest expense related to capital lease            1,133          1,488          3,892          4,500Interest expense on long-term debt                       841              -          2,622              -Interest expense on convertible debentures               3,349          3,842         11,079         11,703Accretion expense on convertible debentures               1,814          1,503          4,581          4,127Accretion expense on decommissioning obligations                717            574          2,110          1,691Bank fees and charges and other finance costs                    1,782            728          2,528          1,855----------------------------------------------------------------------------Finance expense           9,636          8,135         26,812         23,876----------------------------------------------------------------------------


12. Earnings per share

The calculation of basic and diluted per share amounts is as follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------                  Three months   Three months    Nine months    Nine months(thousands of    ended Dec 31,  ended Dec 31,  ended Dec 31,  ended Dec 31, U.S. dollars)            2012           2011           2012           2011----------------------------------------------------------------------------Net loss               (93,709)       (40,405)      (214,404)      (139,304)----------------------------------------------------------------------------


A reconciliation of the weighted average number of ordinary shares for the purpose of calculating basic earnings per share to the weighted average number of ordinary shares for the purpose of calculating diluted earnings per share is as follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------                   Three months   Three months    Nine months    Nine months(thousands of     ended Dec 31,  ended Dec 31,  ended Dec 31,  ended Dec 31, U.S. dollars)             2012           2011           2012           2011----------------------------------------------------------------------------Weighted average number of common shares used in the calculation of basic and diluted per share amounts       57,040,057     51,603,054     53,454,383     51,569,074----------------------------------------------------------------------------


As a result of the net loss in the periods ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the outstanding stock options of 5,354,601 and 3,792,253, respectively, and shares issuable upon conversion of the outstanding notes and debentures of 10,173,724 and nil respectively as at December 31, 2012 (2011 - nil and 2,805,430) were considered anti-dilutive to the loss per share and were excluded from the weighted average number of common shares for the purposes of diluted earnings per share.

13. Segmented Information

a. Products and services from which reportable segments derive their revenues

The Company's operations are conducted in one business sector, the oil and natural gas industry. All revenues are from external customers. All of Bangladesh sales are received from one customer and this customer accounted for 22 percent of sales during the nine months ended December 31, 2012.

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