RE: Rns23 Apr 2018 14:24
Angus Energy Completes Financing For Balcombe Acquisition
Angus Energy Plc, a conventional oil and gas production and development company, is pleased to announce it has issued a £3 million unsecured convertible security at an interest rate of 0%.
This will complete the financing for the Company's acquisition of a 25% interest in PEDL244, the Balcombe Licence, approved this month by the Oil & Gas Authority ("OGA").
The Balcombe Field Discovery is considered to be in the 'sweet spot' of England's Weald Basin given the 568 metre thickness and highest maturity of the Kimmeridge Layers. By comparison, the well test at Horse Hill in 2016, located northwest of Balcombe flowed at a rate of approximately 900 bopd from the Upper Limestone Layer in its 455 meter thick Kimmeridge section, the same section through which the horizontal Balcombe-2Z well is drilled. The well test of the Balcombe-2Z to be performed in Q2/18 will be the first horizontal well test of the Weald's Kimmeridge Layer.
Per the Company RNS of 22 January, subject to OGA approval, Angus Energy will assume Operatorship of the Balcombe Field Discovery on behalf of its partnership with Cuadrilla Balcombe Limited and Lucas Bolney. The Company notes the two aforementioned approval processes are performed in separate, sequential stages.
All operations at Balcombe will be performed conventionally through the naturally fractured, Kimmeridge limestones without a need for hydraulic fracturing or "fracking".
Net Proceeds and Intended Use:
· The issue of the convertible security raises net proceeds of £3,000,000.
· The convertible security is an interest free, unsecured, unsubordinated obligation of the Company convertible to Ordinary Shares of £0.002 each ("Ordinary Shares") on agreed terms.
· Provides financing to complete the acquisition of the 25% interest in the Balcombe Licence per the Company's 22 January 2018 RNS.
· General corporate purposes which may include capital expenditures, potential acquisitions and strategic transactions.
Financing:
The Company has entered into a zero interest, unsecured convertible note with Bergen Global Opportunity Fund, LP (the "Investor") having a nominal value of £3,390,000 (the "Convertible Security").
The Convertible Security will (subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions) be issued on or about 25 April 2018, and the Company will make an announcement of the issuance. The Convertible Security has a term of 24 months.
In connection with the Agreement:
(A) the Company is issuing to the Investor 2,250,000 Ordinary Shares by way of a commencement fee in relation to the funding. The Company has applied for admission of these Shares, which rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares in issue, to trading on AIM, and this is expected to become effective on or