Read between the lines25 Mar 2022 09:17
1) Turkey is dead, they know this and have already started to prime mug PI's for investment in USA / Solar / Geothermal.
2) IoW was always a waste of time and money, do the directors show any remorse for their dumb use of cash?
3) HH Kimmeridge is dead, no mention of dual completion of HH1, because as we all know they have screwed the well up. Why would they not produce from the Kimmeridge in HH1 right now given that it is dry oil and that POO is where it is! They mention HH-4 which would target Kimmeridge, but hey ho, no funding and what would be the point?
4) Cashflow - ouch, that's a really bad position. £4.73 million at end of Sept 2021. But how much of that have they burned since, they have not provided a figure for March 2022, you know why? How much have they had to give to AME for the dead duck play in Turkey and what is the monthly burn rate (at a minimum it is £1.41m/12 = £117k).
4b) Recall the RNS on 1st Feb, "Sufficient funds remain available to deliver the planned sidetrack and seismic programme", so they were looking at having to pay AME a rather large chunk of cash, minimum £2m. Guess they are "pleased" that AME have not progressed the sidetrack as yet, because UKOG would not have the cash to pay for it. Placing is certainly required to cover that or their liabilities will eat them alive.
5) Liabilities = only just shy of cash in the bank, ouch!
6) Sando only took £13k pay hit, despite the obligations stated in RNS to reduce director salaries due to Covid. That lasted long didn't it. And yes, he still paid himself £284k for naff all.
7) "raising funds from equity remains a necessary part of UKOG's strategy". One does not need to read between the lines much on that, it is really a case of how much.
I'm surprised that the SP has not dropped by 50% this morning, seems folks aren't able to translate the BS, smoke and mirrors in the annual accounts.