RNA8 Nov 2019 07:33
Liberator A2 spud
After plugging and abandoning the Serenity 13/23c-10 well as planned, the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible rig was mobilised to Liberator's A2 location, and the A2 well has now been spud. The Company will provide A2 drilling results to the market when the well has reached total depth and acquired data has been evaluated. The results of the A2 well will allow the location and trajectory of the future LP-02 production well to be optimized and will be plugged and abandoned as planned.
Funding update
The Company has agreed to place 14,285,715 new ordinary shares in the Company (the "Placing Shares") at an issue price of 35 pence per share, raising gross proceeds of £5 million. This private placement has been organized by i3 and Bybrook Capital LLP ("Bybrook"), which, alongside certain other investors who participated in i3's May 2019 Junior Loan Notes, should they take up their right to participate, will subscribe for the Placing Shares. Such proceeds will bolster the Company's cash resources as it enters the drilling of the A2 well at Liberator which, in conjunction with Dolphin Drilling's partial payment deferral as announced by i3 on 29 October 2019, gives the Company flexibility to extend its drilling programme.
i3 announced on 29 October 2019 that it was obligated to enter a reserve-based lending facility by no later than December 2019 in order to remain in compliance with the terms of its Junior Loan Notes. The Majority Noteholders have now agreed to extend the date by which the Company must enter an RBL or find an alternative means of funding to achieve first oil from its assets to 30 April 2020.
For their previous and ongoing work and allocation of resources to structure and support the Company's funding requirements as it undertakes a large-scale drilling programme, Bybrook will be issued warrants to subscribe for up to 8 million new ordinary shares in the Company at an exercise price of 40 pence per Ordinary Share.
i3 will provide an update once the above Placing Shares have been issued. Once issued, application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for the admission of the Placing Shares to trading on AIM, with Admission expected to become effective no later than 8.00 a.m. on or around 6 December 2019 and that dealings in the Placing Shares will also commence at that time.
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CONTACT DETAILS:
i3 Energy plc
Majid Shafiq (CEO) / Graham Heath (CFO)
c/o Camarco
Tel: +44 (0) 203 781 8331
WH Ireland Limited (Nomad and Joint Broker)
James Joyce, James Sinclair-Ford
Tel: +44 (0) 207 220 1666
GMP FirstEnergy (Joint Broker)
Jonathan Wright
Tel: +44 (0) 207 448 0200
Canaccord Genuity Limited (Joint Broker)
Henry Fitzgerald- O'Connor, James Asensio
Tel: +44 (0) 207 523 8000
Camarco
Jennifer Renwick, James Crothers
Tel: +4