 HAMILTON, Bermuda, Dec. 18, 2020 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. TSX: TNP NYSE American: TAT the Company or TransAtlantic today announced that the Companys shareholders have approved the Agreement and Plan of Merger the Merger Agreement, by and among the Company, TAT Holdco LLC, a Texas limited liability company Parent, and TAT Merger Sub LLC, a Texas limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent Merger Sub. Under the Merger Agreement and the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda the Companies Act, the approval and adoption of the merger proposal required the affirmative vote of 75 of the votes cast by holders of common shares as of the close of business on the record date at a duly convened meeting of the common shareholders of the Company at which a quorum is present. At the meeting, the holders of 56,984,007 Common Shares were represented in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. Final vote totals indicate that 99.10 of the total votes cast were in favor of the Merger. Of the votes cast by shareholders not affiliated with the Acquiring Group, 86.60 were cast in favor of the Merger. 