Royale Energy Inc. and Matrix Oil Corporation jointly announced that they have entered into a Letter of Intent to merge in a combined stock and assumption of debt transaction. Upon consummation of the transaction, Jonathan Gregory will continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer of Royale and Johnny Jordan will become President and Chief Operating Officer. Two of the Matrix appointees will be Johnny Jordan and Jonathan Clarkson. Mr. Clarkson brings over 40 years of oil and gas industry expertise to the Royale board. He will serve alongside Harry Hosmer as non-executive Co-Chairman until Mr. Hosmer's retirement.
Royale Energy Funds, Inc. is an independent oil and gas producer. The Company also performs turnkey drilling operations. The Company owns wells and leases in various geological basins located primarily in California, Texas, Oklahoma, and Utah, and offers fractional working interests. The Company also owns an overriding royalty interest in discovery in Alaska. It usually sells a portion of the working interest in each well it drills or participates with third-party participants and retains a portion of the prospect for its own account. The Company generally sells working interests in its prospects to accredited investors in exempt securities offerings. The prospects are typically bundled into multi-well investments, which permit third-party investors to diversify their investments by investing in several wells at once instead of investing in single-well prospects. The Company owns an interest in approximately 70 producing oil and natural gas wells.
ROYALE ENERGY, INC. 
