RE: RE: SP14 Aug 2020 11:23
An amended Shareholders Agreement, the highlights of which as follows:
o Essar Mauritius to carry ShoreCan for a 10% carried interest (capped at US$5 million net) on all costs relating to the drilling of the first Well to be drilled under the terms of the OPL 226 PSC
o ShoreCan will have the option to increase its shareholding in Essar Nigeria from 10% to 30% by paying 20% of historic expenditures of Essar Nigeria at cost through the drilling of the first well. The option is exercisable within 90 days from the completion of the first well as defined in the final well plan as approved by concessionaire (NNPC) and regulator (DPR) under Phase 1 of the OPL 226 Production Sharing Contract (PSC)
o The Essar Nigeria Board of Directors and management team to be restructured commensurate with its amended share structure to reflect the increased shareholding of Essar Mauritius
· A Loan Agreement with Essar Nigeria whereby Essar Nigeria recognizes historic expenditures by ShoreCan on behalf of Essar Nigeria as a shareholder loan, thus allowing ShoreCan to recover these expenditures, cost recoverable and non-cost recoverable, from future production revenue
Essar Nigeria, with the full support of its shareholders, has applied to the concessionaire and the regulator for an extension of the exploration period under the OPL 226 PSC beyond the current term ending September 30, 2020. Completion of the definitive agreements outlined above is subject to the grant of such an extension and other customary completion conditions.