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Due to their size and nature, both the Exxon Acquisition and the PETRONAS Acquisition individually constitute reverse takeover transactions pursuant to AIM Rule 14.
Funding the Exxon Acquisition and the PETRONAS Acquisition
The considerations payable for the Exxon Acquisition and the PETRONAS Acquisition will be funded by a combination of the Debt Financing, Placing, Subscription and the Junior Loan Facility, further details of which are set out in the appendices of this announcement and in the Company's Admission Document to be published.
The Placing is not conditional on the Exxon Acquisition or the PETRONAS Acquisition completing.
Completion of the Acquisitions
Completion of the Exxon Acquisition is conditional upon, inter alia, shareholder approval at a general meeting (notice of which will be sent to shareholders upon publication of the Company's Admission Document) and Ministerial Consent, which is expected to be received by March 2022. The Exxon Acquisition is also conditional upon an IT systems transition process, which is expected to take approximately six months from the signature of the Exxon SPA. Therefore, completion of the Exxon Acquisition is expected to take place during or around June 2022.
Assuming completion of the Exxon Acquisition (such that all conditions precedent are satisfied), the Company's existing quotation on AIM will be cancelled and re-admission of the then group (including the entities acquired pursuant to the PETRONAS Acquisition to the extent the PETRONAS Acquisition has completed), as enlarged by the Exxon Acquisition, will become effective.
Completion of the PETRONAS Acquisition is conditional upon, inter alia, Shareholder approval at a general meeting (notice of which will be sent to shareholders upon publication of the Company's Admission Document) and Ministerial Consent, which is expected to be received by March 2022. Completion of the PETRONAS Acquisition also requires receipt of merger approval from the CEMAC Council for Competition, and such approval can take up to six months to be determined, following submission of the notification by Savannah Energy Chad Limited, which is expected to be made shortly after publication of the Company's Admission Document. Therefore, should the CEMAC Council for Competition take the full six months to provide its approval, completion of the PETRONAS Acquisition would be expected to take place during or around June 2022.
Assuming Completion of the PETRONAS Acquisition (such that all conditions precedent are satisfied), the Company's existing quotation on AIM will be cancelled and re-admission of the then group (including the entities acquired pursuant to the Exxon Acquisition, to the extent the Exxon Acquisition has completed), as enlarged by the PETRONAS Acquisition, will become effective.
On completion of each of the Exxon Acquisition and the PETRONAS Acquisition, the Company shall be required to publish a supplementary admission document pu