RE: RE: ANN23 Jan 2020 22:56
24th January 2020
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 7 OF THE MARKET ABUSE
REGULATION NO. 596/2014 ("MAR"). UPON THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, THIS INSIDE
INFORMATION IS NOW CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
88 Energy Limited
Placement to Raise $5.0 million
88 Energy Limited ("88 Energy" or the “Company", ASX:88E, AIM 88E) is pleased to advise that it has
successfully completed a bookbuild to domestic and international institutional and sophisticated investors to
raise A$5.0 million before costs(the "Placement") through the issue of 238,095,238 ordinary shares (the “New
Ordinary Shares”) at a price of A$0.021 (equivalent to £0.011) per New Ordinary Share .
Capital raised pursuant to the Placement, together with the Company's existing cash reserves (A$15.9 million
as at 31 December 2019, inclusive of Joint Venture cash), will be used to fund the ongoing evaluation of the
conventional and unconventional prospectivity of the Company’s existing assets, including its share of any
potential costs (over the US$23 million farm-out cap) in respect to the Charlie-1 well, which is due to spud in
February 2020, and to enable it to identify and exploit new opportunities on the North Slope of Alaska.
Strengthening the Company’s balance sheet at this time provides the Company with sufficient capital to:
• fund potential costs of the Charlie-1 appraisal well above the Premier Oil carry (carry up to a total of
US$23 million) - drilling planned for February 2020 spud;
• fund lease rental payments on the Company’s Alaskan acreage;
• fund interest payments on the Company’s debt facility;
• fund new venture opportunities; and
• finance the Company’s ongoing working capital requirements and general and administrative
overheads
Commenting on the Placement, Dave Wall, Managing Director of 88 Energy, stated:
"The decision by the Board to raise additional funds at this time was for several reasons, namely: unsolicited
demand for investment at a premium to the most recent placement in September 2019; and a subsequent
incremental increase in the well cost due to high grading of the quality of the evaluation program.
We would like to thank our advisers and shareholders for their continued support as we enter into this critical
phase.”
Hartleys Limited acted as Sole Lead Manager and Sole Bookrunner to the Placement.
The issue of the New Ordinary Shares is not subject to shareholder approval as the issuance will fall within the
Company's placement capacity pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1 and 7.1A. A total of 144,941,206 shares will be
issued pursuant to Listing Rule 7.1 and 93,154,032 shares will be issued pursuant to Listing Rule 7.1A. The New
Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares in the Company. Application has been
made for admission of the New Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM (“Admission”), with Admission and
settlement scheduled for Monday, 3 February 2020.